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J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

1 day ago | gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Ryan Adamczeski

Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the Harry Potter series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people’s rights “in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.” The author announced in a Saturday post to X, formerly Twitter, that she would be founding the J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund, using her personal fortune. The website for the group states that it “offers legal funding support to individuals...
White supremacists leave threatening messages at homes with pro-LGBTQ+ displays

2 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Daniel Villarreal

National/ News/ Top Stories Bigots in the Utah cities of Providence and North Logan celebrated the first day of Pride Month by leaving anti-gay and white supremacist messages in front of homes with pro-LGBTQ+ displays. North Logan homeowner Ryan Thorell, whose family displayed pro-LGBTQ+ signs outside of their home, found several posters stapled to nearby utility poles facing his house — the posters said “White power,” “man plus woman,” and had homophobic slurs, he told KSL-TV. He called the...
Florida Ranks Last In Annual LGBTQ Safety Report

3 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Gary Carnivele

National/ News/ Top Stories The Naples Daily News reports: Home security and safety blog SafeHome.org released their annual report of the , noting hate crimes have risen for the fourth year in a row and 71% of LGBTQ+ adults have avoided a public space due to fear of discrimination or violence. Experts ranked the 50 states on a composite safety score comprising a law score and a hate crime score. A “law score” was calculated based on pro- and anti-equality laws in each state. A “hate crime...
Republican support for same-sex marriage is lowest in a decade, Gallup Poll finds

3 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Brooke Sopelsa

Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual Marriage for same-sex couples has been legal across the United States since the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision a decade ago. While Democratic support for gay nuptials has risen steadily since that landmark 2015 ruling, Republican support has tumbled 14 points since its record high of 55% in 2021 and 2022, according to a Gallup report released Thursday. In the latest Gallup Poll, 41% of Republicans and 88% of Democrats said...
These 14 corporations have stopped or scaled back sponsorship of LGBTQ+ Pride events

4 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Everybody's Business |Ryan Adamczeski

Everybody's Business/ Features/ Top Stories When corporations got rid of their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, many also axed their commitments to LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Even before Donald Trump’s executive orders terminating all DEI positions in the federal government, dozens of major companies had already abandoned their practices. Many made their decisions after conservatives online specifically targeted them for their policies and threatened boycotts, with failed filmmaker...
Most LGBTQ adults feel Americans don’t accept transgender people, Pew poll finds

4 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Gary Carnivele

Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual LGBTQ people in the U.S. see lower social acceptance for transgender people than those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, a new Pew Research Center poll found. Pew found that about 6 in 10 LGBTQ adults said there is “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of social acceptance in the U.S. for gay and lesbian people. Only about 1 in 10 said the same for nonbinary and transgender people — and about half said there was “not much” or no acceptance at all...
June Events at Sonoma County Library

5 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Gary Carnivele

Local/ News Join us for events throughout the month of June, from magic shows to live music performances.
Medicare, Medicaid agency demands info on gender-affirming care for trans youth

5 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Trudy Ring

Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, headed by Mehmet Oz, has sent a letter to some hospitals demanding information on their provision of gender-affirming care to transgender youth. The CMS, like all of Donald Trump’s administration, is opposed to this care, falsely claiming it is experimental and is not supported by evidence. The letter, dated Wednesday, expresses “urgent concerns with both the quality standards adherence and...
Is WorldPride DC Safe in Trump’s America? The Director of Security Weighs in

5 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Spencer Macnaughton |E Oliver

News/ Top Stories WorldPride DC officially began on May 17, but the big party starts later this week and will culminate with a Parade and Street Festival on June 7 and 8. As many as three million people are expected to descend on the nation’s capital for the ninth ever WorldPride. The theme is The Fabric of Freedom, which some may find ironic with the backdrop of the White House and the Trump administration, which has waged unprecedented and relentless attacks against the transgender and...
LAPD seeks group of men in another attack on a transgender woman

6 days ago | gaysonoma.com | Genesis Miramontes

News/ State The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a group of men who they say attacked a transgender woman over the weekend and are believed to be the same people who attacked her in April. According to LAPD, the group involved in a previous attack returned to the victim’s location on May 31 at around 11:38 p.m. in the Westlake District of Los Angeles. They assaulted the 61-year-old, leaving her with serious injuries. The group left the scene before...