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12/24/2021
South Dakota GOP Gov. proposes anti-trans sports bill
PIERRE – Months after vetoing an anti-trans sports bill, South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem proposed legislation last week to bar trans women and girls from playing sports.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/22/south-dakota-gop-gov-proposes-anti-trans-sports-bill/
Noem’s draft legislation would codify two executive orders – one for K-12 students and the other for the collegiate level
12/24/2021
LA County Parks & Recreation awarded $15.5 million in grants
ALHAMBRA, Ca. – On December 8, 2021, the LA County Department of Parks and Recreation’s Grants Division was awarded 15.5 million dollars in funding as part of Governor Newsom’s “Outdoors for All” Initiative, a project that aims to allocate $548.3 million in grant funding to deliver new parks and revitalize older parks all across California.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/24/la-county-parks-recreation-awarded-15-5-million-in-grants/
"Many thanks to Governor Newsom for his announcement of funding the County of Los Angeles’ Department of Parks & Recreation will receive"
12/24/2021
Biden excoriates misinformation sources urges Americans get vaccinated
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden, in a televised mid-afternoon national address from the White House, urged Americans to get vaccinated, get a booster shot, and wear a mask plus take other precautions against being infected with the coronavirus as a new and much more rapidly infectious variant takes hold across the country.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/21/biden-excoriates-misinformation-sources-urges-americans-get-vaccinated/
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden, in a televised mid-afternoon national address from the White House, urged Americans to get vaccinated, get a booster shot, and wear a mask plus take other precautions against being infected with the coronavirus as a new and much more rapidly infectious variant tak...
12/24/2021
COVID-19, Isolation, To***co and the LGBTQ + BIPOC Community
SANTA MONICA – While smoking rates have declined nationally in the past 20 years, this decline has not been shared equally among Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities or the LGBTQ+ community – and especially among those with intersecting identities.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/24/covid-19-isolation-to***co-and-the-lgbtq-bipoc-community/
Research shows that intense amounts of discrimination is linked to increased risk of to***co use. This is no coincidence
12/24/2021
After only one year, a Gay Hawaiian state Rep. is making a difference
HONOLULU – Hawai’i state Rep. Adrian Tam (D), a gay Chinese-American, had to fight a hard battle to win the seat he proudly holds now.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/after-only-one-year-a-gay-hawaiian-state-rep-is-making-a-difference/
Tam has not let anything get in the way of his work. In only his first year, he has already seen “the difference that we’re making”
12/24/2021
Out Brazilian Olympic diving star Ian Matos dead at 32
RIO DE JANEIRO, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Openly Out Brazilian diving champion Ian Carlos Gonçalves de Matos died earlier this week on Tuesday from a non-COVID-related lung infection.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/24/out-brazilian-olympic-diving-star-ian-matos-dead-at-32/
During a 2014 interview Matos revealed he was gay saying he had been inspired to do so after seeing the YouTube coming out by diver Tom Daley
12/24/2021
Jay Gilliam appointed to lead USAID LGBTQ initiatives
Former HRC staffer worked for agency during Obama administration
12/24/2021
Tom Daley calls out anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in Christmas message
Tom Daley calls out anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in Christmas message
12/24/2021
LGBTQ+ Media loses a powerful voice; journalist Rebecca Juro dies at 59
PHILADELPHIA – A powerful voice for the Trans community, writer and journalist Rebecca Juro died at hospital on Saturday, December 17, suffering from complications caused by lung cancer. In a Facebook post Sunday, her brother Steve Juro wrote, “Sad news…my sister Rebecca Juro passed away last night. She lived a tough, multi-faceted life that took her down a number of different paths.”
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/20/lgbtq-media-loses-a-powerful-voice-journalist-rebecca-juro-dies-at-59/
Juro's career as a Trans advocate and LGBTQ+ writer/journalist spanned several publications over the past fifteen plus years
12/24/2021
Brothers returned to Chechnya start hunger strike
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev fled anti-LGBTQ crackdown
12/24/2021
Federal judge rules Indiana high school must allow GSA to fully function
INDIANAPOLIS – A student led Gay-Straight Alliance, (GSA) at Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Indiana filed suit against their school and the South Madison Community Schools District last Fall for banning public announcements and adverts in-school for their club. On Wednesday a preliminary injunction was granted that requires PHHS to provide the GSA with the same rights provided to other student groups at the school.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/federal-judge-rules-indiana-high-school-must-allow-gsa-to-fully-function/
“The student led Gay Straight Alliance group must be treated in the same manner that all other student groups are treated"
12/24/2021
Cuban lawmakers approve draft of new family code
Proposal could pave way for marriage equality
12/24/2021
Majority in Poland support LGBTQ+ marriage and family equality
WARSAW – The majority of Polish people support LGBTQ+ rights surrounding marriage and family, according to research by Miłość Nie Wyklucza (Love Does Not Exclude).
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/21/majority-in-poland-support-lgbtq-marriage-and-family-equality/
The survey found 56% of respondents believe same-s*x marriage should be legal to ensure the safety of their children
12/24/2021
Tennessee school’s Gay Straight Alliance sparks debate at board meeting
LAKELAND, Tn. – The creation of a “Gay Straight Alliance” (GSA) at a middle school in a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, sparked a heated debate at a local school board meeting last week.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/20/tennessee-schools-gay-straight-alliance-sparks-debate-at-board-meeting/
One parent said he would remove his three children from the school system if they continued to support the GSA
12/24/2021
Women account for nearly two-thirds of HIV-related arrests in Kentucky
LOS ANGELES – Since 2006, at least 32 people have been arrested under Kentucky laws that criminalize people living with HIV, according to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Women account for nearly two-thirds (62%) of all HIV-related arrests but only one-sixth (17%) of the state’s population of people living with HIV.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/20/women-account-for-nearly-two-thirds-of-hiv-related-arrests-in-kentucky/
Using data obtained from the Kentucky State Police researchers found that all but one HIV-related arrests since 2006 were related to s*x work
12/24/2021
El Código de las Familias ya es proyecto de ley en Cuba, pero no revelaron la fecha en que se realizará el referendo
El documento será consultado con la ciudadanía a partir de febrero
12/24/2021
Britons value stopping hate speech over free speech new poll shows
LONDON – A survey conducted last month and released Wednesday by the global public opinion and data company YouGov, of over 1,500 Britons, had some thought-provoking results according to the company’s researchers.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/22/britons-value-stopping-hate-speech-over-free-speech-new-poll-shows/
The survey also found that those with “less progressive” views were more “reluctant to express” them in public
12/24/2021
Huyó de Honduras por ser LGBTQ y lo pagó con un año de cárcel en EEUU
César Ramón Mejía tuvo que huir del país en 2018
12/24/2021
Federal LGBTQ+ data collection for coronavirus pandemic impact lacking
BOSTON – Despite requests since the start of the COVID pandemic for the U.S. government to enhance data collection for patients who are LGBTQ, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is still falling short on issuing nationwide guidance to states on the issue, a leading expert health on the issue told the Blade.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/22/federal-lgbtq-data-collection-for-coronavirus-pandemic-impact-lacking/
“Only California has reported data publicly-They’re not reporting the data itself…And they’re also just asking people who tests positive"
12/24/2021
Why Electing Christy Smith to Congress is Critical
WEST HOLLYWOOD – So here we are — what feels like inches and seconds away from the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection when violent Confederate battle flag waving cult followers of Donald Trump breached the halls of Congress in an invasion not seen since the War of 1812.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/22/why-electing-christy-smith-to-congress-is-critical/
Editor’s note: The following piece is private political commentary endorsing a candidate for office and is not an official endorsement by the Los Angeles Blade or its staff. By Karen Ocamb | WEST HOLLYWOOD – So here we are — what feels like inches and seconds away from the one-year anniversary...
12/24/2021
Florida bill could close hate crime loophole
TALLAHASSEE – Two Florida lawmakers are working to close a loophole in the state’s hate crime law that allowed a man who vandalized gay Pride display in Delray Beach, Florida, to avoid such charges over the summer.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/florida-bill-could-close-hate-crime-loophole/
The law lets prosecutors pursue hate crime charges when a crime involves defacing properties owned by local governments or organizations
12/24/2021
California Highway Patrol highlights new 2022 traffic safety laws
SACRAMENTO – As we head into the new year, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is educating the public on traffic safety laws that were passed during this year’s legislative season and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The laws take effect January 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/california-highway-patrol-highlights-new-2022-traffic-safety-laws/
The laws take effect January 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted
12/24/2021
Colorado advocate raises awareness for missing LGBTQ+ people
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. – A trans advocate in Colorado Springs uses his criminal justice and forensics knowledge to raise awareness about missing LGBTQ+ people who would usually go unseen.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/20/colorado-advocate-raises-awareness-for-missing-lgbtq-people/
“How many other people are unidentified that could have been trans, but you never know it because they can’t speak for themselves anymore?"
12/24/2021
Celebrity gossip website: Dr. Oz praises J.K. Rowling for anti-Trans stance
BOCA RATON, Fl. – A360 Media, LLC, formerly American Media, Inc.’s celebrity gossip site Radar Online published an article online this past Friday that claimed it had obtained the exclusive audio of remarks made by Dr. Mehmet Oz, the 61-year-old television celebrity physician running for a U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, at a private function Thursday in New York City.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/19/celebrity-gossip-website-dr-oz-praises-j-k-rowling-for-anti-trans-stance/
Oz, who is registered as a Republican candidate, was asked by another attendee regarding his stance on Trans issues
12/24/2021
Trans people ‘have been left out’ of Texas abortion ban discussion
AUSTIN – Texas’ ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, the most extreme anti-abortion law in the country, has been in effect since September, getting extensive media coverage. But trans and nonbinary people are often left out of the United State’s discourse on abortion rights, meaning the consequences are “even more significant.”
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/trans-people-have-been-left-out-of-texas-abortion-ban-discussion/
“I didn’t want to be a pregnant man in Texas,” he said. “I didn’t know if I could even get somebody to look at me or even take me seriously”
12/24/2021
Tom Daley calls out anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in Christmas message
Tom Daley calls out anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in Christmas message
12/24/2021
After only one year, a Gay Hawaiian state Rep. is making a difference
HONOLULU – Hawai’i state Rep. Adrian Tam (D), a gay Chinese-American, had to fight a hard battle to win the seat he proudly holds now.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/after-only-one-year-a-gay-hawaiian-state-rep-is-making-a-difference/
Tam has not let anything get in the way of his work. In only his first year, he has already seen “the difference that we’re making”
12/24/2021
El Código de las Familias ya es proyecto de ley en Cuba, pero no revelaron la fecha en que se realizará el referendo
El documento será consultado con la ciudadanía a partir de febrero
12/23/2021
Florida bill could close hate crime loophole
TALLAHASSEE – Two Florida lawmakers are working to close a loophole in the state’s hate crime law that allowed a man who vandalized gay Pride display in Delray Beach, Florida, to avoid such charges over the summer.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/florida-bill-could-close-hate-crime-loophole/
The law lets prosecutors pursue hate crime charges when a crime involves defacing properties owned by local governments or organizations
12/23/2021
Brothers returned to Chechnya start hunger strike
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev fled anti-LGBTQ crackdown
12/23/2021
California Highway Patrol highlights new 2022 traffic safety laws
SACRAMENTO – As we head into the new year, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is educating the public on traffic safety laws that were passed during this year’s legislative season and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The laws take effect January 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/california-highway-patrol-highlights-new-2022-traffic-safety-laws/
The laws take effect January 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted
12/23/2021
Women account for nearly two-thirds of HIV-related arrests in Kentucky
LOS ANGELES – Since 2006, at least 32 people have been arrested under Kentucky laws that criminalize people living with HIV, according to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Women account for nearly two-thirds (62%) of all HIV-related arrests but only one-sixth (17%) of the state’s population of people living with HIV.
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/20/women-account-for-nearly-two-thirds-of-hiv-related-arrests-in-kentucky/
Using data obtained from the Kentucky State Police researchers found that all but one HIV-related arrests since 2006 were related to s*x work
12/23/2021
Trans people ‘have been left out’ of Texas abortion ban discussion
AUSTIN – Texas’ ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, the most extreme anti-abortion law in the country, has been in effect since September, getting extensive media coverage. But trans and nonbinary people are often left out of the United State’s discourse on abortion rights, meaning the consequences are “even more significant.”
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/23/trans-people-have-been-left-out-of-texas-abortion-ban-discussion/
“I didn’t want to be a pregnant man in Texas,” he said. “I didn’t know if I could even get somebody to look at me or even take me seriously”
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Mayor Robert Garcia, as Los Angeles Blade reported yesterday would happen, has formally announced his candidacy to replace retiring Congressman @Representative Alan Lowenthal.
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https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/12/08/year-one-complete-wehos-newest-councilmembers-just-getting-started/?fbclid=IwAR04iiQOY_gq0Qa8CRxSdDeuh4S7x6tZ2eLm6wzLICsZTITJ3_SwGG-le74
“For decades, Big To***co has used their profits to place themselves as friends of our community. This year we are kicking them OUT; out of our Pride, out of our organizations, and out of our politics,” said Equality California Program Manager, Dr. Shannon Kozlovich. “We are calling all 2022 California State legislative candidates to stand with us and pledge to run to***co free campaigns.
http://ow.ly/avVS50H4MWa via Los Angeles Blade
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