Gay former Healdsburg police chief Kevin Burke dies

Neil Patrick Harris smashes a bouquet of roses into a trash can in the first look at his new Netflix series, Uncoupled.

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Trans people have faced the worst of it, with conservatives and anti-trans people using sports (amongst other trivial things) as a cover to erode LGBTQ+ rights and convince their base it's the right thing to do.NBC News reported that the number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills has skyrocketed from "41 in 2018 to 238 in less than three months of this year" and with anti-transgender legislation representing the bulk of those new bills.With the upcoming 2022 midterm elections, LGBTQ+ rights and the candidates who support them will be crucial, but here are some things you can do at home to start organizing and bring the fight for equality to your neighborhood before then.While we mostly talk about politics at the highest levels, local city and state politics will often have a more immediate effect on you, although it is less high profile, which is something you can use to your advantage. Smaller politicians and elected officials are very much at the whim of the small public electorate who voted them in, so a small margin of votes can cost a decades-plus incumbent their seat. Plus, this smaller margin means that electing LGBTQ+ people or allies into office is that much easier. Protests, social media campaigns, and demonstrations and boycotts can not only grab the attention of your elected officials, but of the media and the community, which can build momentum or fire up more local action.

by Lillian FishmanThis one had me hooked from the first sentence: “I had hundreds of nudes stored in my phone, but I’d never sent them to anyone.” I was ready for a story about sexual awakening, but I had no idea the journey Acts of Service would take me on. In addressing relationships in all their messy glory, Lillian Fishman has written one of the most entertaining books about sex I’ve ever read. Like any good dating experience, it’s heady, exhilarating, and will change the way you look at the world.

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We are used to thinking of money as notes and coins, the kind most of us hold in our wallets. But most money – in Australia it’s 96.3% – is digital, held by financial institutions and moved around via bank transfers, debit cards and credit cards.

Alabama law criminalizing the provision of such care to minors.“After examining the [Texas attorney general’s] Opinion and the findings of ‘fact’ in the Alabama Law in detail, we conclude that their medical claims are not grounded in reputable science and are full of errors of omission and inclusion,” says a report published on the Yale School of Medicine website by six scientists and a law professor. “These errors, taken together, thoroughly discredit the AG Opinion’s claim that standard medical care for transgender children and adolescents constitutes child abuse.

bills himself as an "international lawyer" and "leader of a group trying to stop the Biden regime's effort to destroy the U.S. military via injections of the so-called vaccine that contains HIV." During Callendar and Johnson's conversation on the rightwing video-sharing platform Rumble, Callendar again claimed the various COVID vaccines give users AIDS and that health officials need to be "held accountable.""You've got more than a hundred doctors here, all of whom will tell you these shots caused vaccine-induced AIDS," Callendar said, even though no reputable doctor has made such a claim.

A joint report by member publications of News is Out: Bay Area Reporter, Dallas Voice, Philadelphia Gay News, Q Voice News, Tagg Magazine, Washington Blade, and Windy City Times. The LGBTQ+ community is experiencing wide-reaching attacks from state governments, with most proposed and passed legislation focusing on LGBTQ+ youth.

Roe v. Wade.

Good Trouble premiered on Freeform in 2018, among the 20-somethings viewers met residing at the show’s communal living space The Coterie was Emma Hunton’s teacher and body-positive influencer, Davia. Early in the show’s run, Davia proudly claimed her space by creating and posting a DIY music video of her song “Fat Bitch.” In the video that is a reclamation of self and a challenge to conventional standards, she sings, raps, and poses sexily in a bikini and faux fur jacket by the railroad tracks in downtown Los Angeles.

Tuesday night Washington state’s Liberty Lake City Council voted 4-2 to not force the local public library to remove a popular, award-winning LGBTQ book, “Gender Queer,” from its shelves. It was the second loss for Erin Zasada, a local realtor, KREM reports.

The San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance, serving as fiscal sponsor for the massively successful Queer Nightlife Fund that raised nearly $400,000 over 2020 and 2021 for LGBTQ folks thrown out of work by the COVID pandemic, may not have had its financial house in order when it told would-be donors their financial gifts were tax deductible. In March, 2020, following the collapse of the hospitality and nightlife industry because of the outbreak of COVID-19, several LGBTQ community leaders in San Francisco agreed to launch what would become the Queer Nightlight Fund, or QNF, in an effort to get money to hundreds of queer nightlife workers who were suddenly without jobs.

New San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney (D), center, was sworn into office May 3 by Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Los Angeles) as Haney's mother, Kris Calvin, looks on. Haney won the runoff race April 19 to finish the term of former assemblymember David Chiu, who resigned last November to become San Francisco's first Asian American city attorney.

A Starbucks union organizer and UC Santa Cruz student aims to be California's first nonbinary state legislator. But first Joe Thompson has to survive the June 7 primary race for the 28th Assembly District seat that straddles Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.Thompson, 19, is one of three Democrats running for the open seat in addition to one Republican candidate.

Pridefest Oakland organizers have released new information about their planned September 11 street festival, which replaces the previous event held by the Oakland Pride organization.As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, several LGBTQ leaders in the East Bay announced in February they would hold a festival in light of Oakland Pride's implosion last year. A parade, however, is not planned for this year.Sean Sullivan, Pridefest board member and co-owner of the LGBTQ Port bar in Oakland, said that organizers have been lining up sponsors and finalizing other details.With a goal of keeping queer Oaklanders in the heart of the city, Pridefest will take place at 20th Street/Thomas L.

Judge Greg Mathis has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which was installed on Wednesday afternoon.The 62-year-old courtroom show host was present during the installation of the star, and he beamed with pride while accepting the distinction.The television personality was also joined by his wife, Linda Reese, as well as Magic Johnson and Johnny Gill, who appeared to be overjoyed about their friend's achievement. Set in stone:Judge Greg Mathis has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which was installed on Wednesday afternoonJudge Mathis wore a black pinstripe jacket on top of a stark white shirt while appearing at the ceremony.The television mainstay also donned a pair of dark gray pants and a set of leather shoes as he spent time at the event.

Lily Collins looked so chic in a faux leather dress at the Living Proof Party event held at Vespertine in Los Angeles on Tuesday night (May 3).

A new survey of young LGBTQ individuals living in the U.S. found about 45 percent said they "seriously" thought about attempting suicide during the previous year.The findings demonstrate an "upward trend" over recent years in deliberations about suicide among LGBTQ individuals ages 13 to 24.

Calaveras County in the Sierra Nevada foothills gets its name from the Spanish word for skulls. Early Spanish explorers reported seeing skulls of Native Americans along what is now called the Calaveras River. But it was gold, not skulls that would put the region on the map.

New York City felt like it was almost its bustling self again as I walked through the streets enjoying the warm spring weather during a recent trip.The city, like many others, is forever changed after more than two years of the COVID pandemic, but in true New York fashion, the Big Apple is coming back. It was my second trip within six months after about a two and a half year break.New Yorkers rolled up their sleeves (more than 80% are vaccinated), masked up, and have done pretty much everything they can to get their groove back. However, COVID subvariants continue to emerge in the ongoing pandemic.

The Bay Area Reporter recommends the following candidates for statewide offices in the June 7 primary.Governor: Gavin NewsomFresh off his resounding win in last year's recall race, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is almost certainly going to win reelection to a second four-year term. For LGBTQ residents in the Golden State, that is a good thing.

Justin used to sell "Happy Meals" for $135: an ounce of G, an eighth of meth, and two to three Viagra. The meth pumps your brain with dopamine, the G makes you horny, and the Viagra allows you to stay erect."It's all the things that make you feel happy and loved and then also with the added boost so that you can perform," said Justin, who asked that his last name not be published.For gay men in San Francisco, the "methamphetamine problem" is much more than a single drug. It's about Gamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB or G, which is often used concurrently with meth, and it's also about sexual and mental health.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki again was forced to explain to Fox News propagandist Peter Doocy something very simple – exactly what President Joe Biden meant earlier on Wednesday when he warned that conservatives at some point might try to ban LGBTQ kids from classrooms.

January 12, 1938 — April 24, 2022John William Hughes, 84, died peacefully at home Sunday, April 24, 2022, succumbing to late-stage Parkinson's disease. Born on January 12, 1938 in Troy, New York, John moved to San Francisco in 1973.

Supports Parmer-Lohan for supeAs a Pacifica resident who is always looking for thoughtful, committed candidates, I believe Laura Parmer-Lohan is the best candidate for San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, District 3.I saw her speak at a recent forum. She was the most thoughtful candidate on the issues of climate change, fire prevention, and sea-level rise.

In Watertown, South Dakota, on April 25, Calvin Hillesland, a German teacher at Watertown High School, handed letters to four trans and nonbinary students. The letters, shared widely on social media by at least two sources, begin as follows:"I am hoping that by now you know me well enough from class to be able to trust me.I respect you.I support you.I want what's best for you.If there were a rattlesnake under a pile of leaves on the path in front of you, I'm hoping you could easily imagine that I would run out ahead of you to warn you.If your home were on fire, I'm hoping you could believe that I would try to help you get out."As this point, the letter takes a turn."That's sort of what's happening now.When you asked me to call your friends by masculine names and I started trying to do that, I was wrong.

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4 mannen vermoord De Spaanse politie maakt jacht op een seriemoordenaar die zich op homoseksuelen richt. Hij heeft naar verluidt al minstens vier mannen vermoord in de Baskische stad Bilbao in het noorden van Spanje. De verdachte zou een man zijn tussen de 20 en 30 jaar. Hij werd beschreven door een slachtoffer dat in december kon ontsnappen.

Bearracuda is hosting a party near you (hopefully). Bearracuda is one of the most popular nightlife conglomerates on the planet, and its success is due to its modus operandi: the events are advertised as “a fun, friendly party for bears, cubs, and other wildlife,” which includes any of the other animals that gay guys will adopt as their identities.

"We have all got it in our core, but we usually don’t tap into it until that’s the only choice we have left."At first Katie believed her ex-boyfriend had successfully sabotaged her modelling career, due to the impact the attack had on her appearance.However, she went on to have a successful career in the public eye, continuing to model and present on television, after harnessing her own self-belief."I do believe sometimes in life that the only answer is within you," she insisted."The only person that can make your life really bloody brilliant is yourself.”All of her self-belief paid off, as she was able to help those who had suffered similar incidents to make a physical and emotional recovery.Earlier this year, she received her honour from the Queen and issued a statement on her foundation website about the milestone and how far it meant she had come."This is without doubt, one of the happiest times of my life," she wrote after receiving it."I am so honoured to be recognised on the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list for services to charity and survivors of burns."She added: "I’m very proud to say that we’ve helped and rehabilitated thousands of survivors of burns and people with scars from traumatic incidents, with their physical and mental recovery."Funded purely by voluntary donations, we launched and founded the UK’s first and only live-in rehabilitation centre so that having a brighter future after burns can be for the majority, and not the minority of survivors.Offering a heart-rending message of support, Katie continued: "The charity and the honour is in my name, but so many survivors are at the heart of it all."This OBE is ALL of us.Thank you for following, supporting and joining my life’s journey.”Katie will now

What does it mean for abortion and LGBTQ+ protections? May 3, 2022 On May 2, 2022, the news outlet Politico released a confidential draft Supreme Court majority opinion from February 2022 in the pending case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (JWHO). On May 3, Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that the draft is authentic and launched an investigation into the source of the leak.

leaked draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.

Now that it seems clear the Supreme Court will take away the constitutional right to abortion, conservatives are urging the Court to attack LGBTQ rights. Ben Shapiro, the “radical conservative” founder of the right-wing website The Daily Wire is calling on the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell, the landmark ruling that finds same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.

Dwayne Wade, former basketball star of the Miami Heat and father to trans daughter Zaya Wade, is now offering advice to new parents of trans children.“[Think of] the moment when you were in the hospital and you grabbed your daughter, and you looked at your daughter,” Wade told Variety on the Met Gala red carpet Monday night. “All the things that went through your mind and all the emotions that went through your mind. And how much love fills your heart at that moment.

more extreme than the one passed in Florida, has died in committee.The House Education Committee Tuesday voted 7-4 not to advance the bill, Lafayette, La.’s Daily Advertiser reports.The legislation, sponsored by Republican Rep. Dodie Horton, would have banned classroom instruction or discussion regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Mean Girls alum Jonathan Bennett and cohosted by his husband, TV host Jaymes Vaughn.The podcast, appropriately named Pridecast, is a new iHeart Radio project in collaboration with Los Angeles Pride. The series is here to expand Pride from just being a singular event or month to something year-round that people can find comfort and support in.The show pulls inspiration from the LGBTQ+ community, sharing impactful stories to educate and inspire; it’s not a show where celebrities come only to talk about their latest projects, according to Bennett and Vaughn.“We just really wanted to find a place for the LGBTQI+ community to come and just be celebrated and empowered,” Bennett tells The Advocate.Vaughn says that in the world today, while we need to keep informed about the anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being passed and other similar news, there also needs to be support and encouragement.

Rep. Matt Gaetz was swiftly condemned online after he suggested women protesting against Roe v Wade’s potential SCOTUS revocation were “over-educated, under-loved millennials” with “no bumble matches.”How many of the women rallying against overturning Roe are over-educated, under-loved millennials who sadly return from protests to a lonely microwave dinner with their cats, and no bumble matches?— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) May 4, 2022Many Twitter users pointed out the misogyny in Gaetz’s tweet, while others mocked him for turning away younger voters.“Just when you thought he couldn’t be more of a pathetic despicable loser… he says this,” one person wrote. “He is a menace to a functioning democratic society.

Mean Girls alum Jonathan Bennett and cohosted by his husband, TV host Jaymes Vaughn.The podcast, appropriately named Pridecast, is a new iHeart Radio project in collaboration with Los Angeles Pride. The series is here to expand Pride from just being a singular event or month to something year-round that people can find comfort and support in.The show pulls inspiration from the LGBTQ+ community, sharing impactful stories to educate and inspire; it’s not a show where celebrities come only to talk about their latest projects, according to Bennett and Vaughn.“We just really wanted to find a place for the LGBTQI+ community to come and just be celebrated and empowered,” Bennett tells The Advocate.Vaughn says that in the world today, while we need to keep informed about the anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being passed and other similar news, there also needs to be support and encouragement.

expressing outrage over the leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and thus rolling back abortion rights — while seemingly targeting marriage equality at the same time — right-wing Republican U.S.

The cryptocurrency market cap tops $1.7 trillion, and such a big market could create severe disturbances in financial markets. The daily turnaround in crypto markets is over $90 billion. From the government's perspective, digital currencies are unregulated, and there is no central bank or other authority to monitor what is going on with crypto.

Dead By Daylight recently outed its first-ever playable gay character, David King, bringing some badly needed gay representation to the game’s large (and largely male) fan base.King is a hunky, English brawler and former rugby player who earns money in the underground fighting circuit. His quick-healing abilities and confrontational combat style differentiate him from the other characters being stalked by The Huntress and Dead by Daylight’s other monstrous slashers.But King is just one of several sexy out video game characters to grace the small screen.

Home And Away fans have been enjoying the presence of latest arrival to Summer Bay, Rose Delaney, for a few weeks now.The pretty police officer - played by Kirsty Marillier - is the sister of fellow newcomer Xander Delaney, who is brought to life by former Summer Bay regular and Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth's cousin Luke Van Os, and current character Jasmine Delaney.Kirsty, 32, has made her way to the Bay after carving out her acting career with some enviable roles over the years as she prepared for her stint in soapland.The South African born star is now frequenting screens as Rose but she has applied her skills to different avenues over the years.Kirsty isn't just a force to be reckoned with in the acting department, she's also an award-winning playwright with two of her own works from the Emerging Writers Group at the Sydney Theatre Company currently in production.Her debut effort, Orange Thrower, will get its stage debut in 2022 thanks to the combined resources of the Griffin Theatre Company and the National Theatre Of Paramatta.Kirsty had huge success appearing in the theatre adaptation of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child at Sydney's Griffin Theatre.She previously admitted that taking the part helped her work on her own scripts for her upcoming productions.She said: "A large chunk of writing time took place in my dressing room while playing understudy roles in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child over in Melbourne."The stability of this job meant I was able to write without stress, without time constraints or deadlines.

Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez  says it’s time for his state to have “a real First Lady again,” as opposed to current First Gentleman Marlon Reis, husband of Gov. Jared Polis.Lopez made the clearly homophobic remark at a campaign rally, and the crowd ate it up.

Mattea Roach is now number five in the most consecutive games won in Jeopardy history. With 21 games won, she is the second on the list for women. Ken Jennings heads the list with 74 consecutive wins followed by Amy Schneider with 40 games, Matt Amodio with 38 and James Holzhauer with 32.

Make way, another sexual position option for the gays is breaking into the public conciousness.

Prior to his untimely death in 2016, George Michael began working on what is now known to be a “special documentary film” –  Freedom Uncut, which will premiere previously unseen archive footage showcasing Michael’s impressive career. So-called the “Modern-day Elvis” in the documentary’s new trailer, fans can expect an in-depth look at the life of […]

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