A new book chronicling the lives of nine transgender women across the country who have been incarcerated comes amid historic progress for such prisoners. “The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons,” by Kristin Schreier Lyseggen, was released in September. Schreier Lyseggen, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., traveled around the…
WASHINGTON – Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), t released sample legislation for state legislators and equality groups who want to protect LGBTQ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. This first-of-its-kind sample legislation draws from best practices in the jurisdictions that have passed…
NEW YORK, New York – NYC Pride, producers of NYC’s iconic LGBT Pride events, announced today that New York City has been selected to host WorldPride 2019. WorldPride 2019 will be held in conjunction with Stonewall 50, the official commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. 2019 marks the first time that WorldPride, a global LGBT…
The famed author John Steinbeck once said, “I’ve taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.” The talented writer uttered these words some years back in describing his penchant for drinking. You can accept your consequences too during this spooky and eerily delicious time of the year. The overindulgence of candy during the…
The San Diego LGBT Community Center’s Masquerade event has been rescheduled. Originally planned for this coming Friday the event will now be a Mardi Gras celebration Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Announcing the change in an email, Dr. Delores Jacobs, CEO of The Center wrote: As a result of recent unexpected community events, at the requests…
Jonathan Crutchley, founding partner and owner of the world’s largest gay brands that includes Manhunt and Jack’d, has joined the advisory board of The National Coalition of Rent Boys & Allies, an organization advocating for the legal rights of male escort workers. The group formed in response to the Aug. 25 raid on Rentboy.com in…
The rabidly anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church protested against Kim Davis today, accusing the county clerk of hypocrisy and adultery, reports The Courier Journal. Four Westboro members picketed on a street corner near the Rowan County Courthouse, waving signs that denounced “fag marriage” and playing popular songs that were altered with inflammatory lyrics. It was one…
SAN FRANCISCO– To celebrate the 35th Annual San Francisco Fleet Week, LGBT active-duty service members, veterans, and straight allies gathered at The Café in San Francisco for the first ever Fleet Week LGBT Military Mixer Oct. 10. The event was coordinated by local LGBT military leaders as a way to thank visiting service members, discuss…
“I’m standing across the street from Stonewall in Sheridan Square. Here I was, an 18-year-old kid living at the YMCA in a $6-a-night room with no job, no prospects for the future, no real place to live and no money in my pocket. I’m thinking, What am I going to do? And it came to…
The Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a year-long series of events highlighting some of our region’s vibrant cultures. Launched in 1990, the Division of Social Sciences’ department is an interdisciplinary community of scholars engaged in the study of race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, sexuality,…
