‘LGBT Weekly’ now available in Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons across the County

Starting April 13, San Diego LGBT Weekly will be available at more than 50 Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons stores across San Diego County. These stores will be replacing the 7-Eleven and CVS stores, which will no longer carry the news magazine. “It is all about foot traffic and geographic distribution,” said Publisher Stampp Corbin. “These…

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San Diego strong

Over the last year, I have had the pleasure of travelling to Sacramento to represent the Addiction Treatment Advocacy Coalition (ATAC), a group that advocates for those who suffer from Substance Use Disorder and those facilities that provide treatment. As the president of ATAC, I have met with regulators and legislators throughout the California capitol…

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LGBTQ advocacy groups hail growing list of cities and states banning official travel to North Carolina

WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC hailed the news that Chicago and California are maintaining their bans on taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina. The announcements come after North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Senate President Phil Berger, and House Speaker Tim Moore passed a law doubling down on many of the worst aspects of the state’s…

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New activist video series features LGBTQ puppets and puppeteer

NEW YORK — A new video series, “BreakthroughU,” is tackling complicated social issues, like gender-based violence, intersectionality* and culture change, issues that are at the heart of the work that Breakthrough has been doing for over 17 years. The videos employ an unusual approach — puppets. A cast of rainbow-colored puppets represents a range of…

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra: North Carolina remains on list of restricted states

SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that California will continue to prohibit state-funded and state-sponsored travel and expenditures to North Carolina based on that state’s discriminatory laws. The decision was reached following North Carolina’s enactment of House Bill 142 (H.B. 142). While this bill repealed the state’s controversial “bathroom bill” (H.B. 2), H.B. 142 bans state and…

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Chechnya update: Detentions continue

ILGA-Europe’s latest update reports that the Russian LGBT Network has continued its fact finding mission on the alarming arbitrary detention, torture and killing of (perceived) gay men in Chechnya. News of the ongoing situation has received widespread media attention, but unfortunately the situation has not yet been resolved. According to information obtained by Novaya Gazeta,…

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