LGBTQ+ Employees at UC Santa Barbara Share Their Experiences In Higher Education – Daily...

UC Santa Barbara professors, lecturers and faculty within the LGBTQ+ community have a wide range of lived experiences.  Max Abrams / Daily Nexus The Nexus spoke with employees on UCSB’s Out List about...

War, sexual freedom and fascism in Germany – Lavender and Red 4 & 5...

In addition to the legislative attacks on women, gender-nonconforming people and LGBTQ+ lives, in June white-supremacist groups like the Proud Boys have attempted a military-style raid on Pride in the Park...

Human Rights Campaign Denounces Trump’s 2024 Bid for President, Vows to Work to ‘Ensure...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign — America’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization — released the following statement in response to former President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will run...

John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church – The...

That year he ordained Robert Williams, an openly gay man, as a priest. (Ellen Barrett, a lesbian, had been ordained about a decade before.) Bishop Spong understood the controversy he was...

When Will Science Tell Us Exactly What’s Wrong With Homophobic People? – IN Magazine

Is some homophobia self-phobia?  By Paul Gallant Years ago, researchers and armchair commentators liked to bat around the question of what causes homosexuality. It wasn’t just a part of the personal...

As Cases Rise, Gov. Newsom Declares State of Emergency to Address Monkeypox – KQED

Aug 4 at 10:00 AMSave ArticleSave ArticleFailed to save articlePlease try again (David Talukdar via Getty Images)Guests:Dr. Peter Chin-Hong M.D., Infectious Disease specialist, UCSF Medical CenterScott Wiener, California state...

Pride Month Vote Stirs Up Memories of Growing up Gay in Redding – anewscafe.com...

I am writing to Supervisors Jones and Baugh regarding the Pride Month Proclamation. I am Brandon Rogers, I grew up in Redding and lived there until 2012. I worked for Shasta...

Book Talk: ‘Greenbrier’ is compelling tale of Civil War – Akron Beacon Journal

“Greenbrier,” a praiseworthy novel by Ravenna resident Jay Brackenrich, is rich in its description of its Virginia setting and of the senselessness and waste of the Civil War.Rumelow Brajkovick is called...

Are We Doing Our Best for Trans Kids? – The Bulwark

Seventeen legislatures are considering laws that would dictate how medical personnel can treat transgender youth—the latest flash point in the culture war. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson surprised observers this week when...

‘An Endangered Species’: The Scarcity of Harvard’s Conservative Faculty | News – Harvard Crimson

Government professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. ’53 is widely known on campus as the default example of a conservative faculty member at Harvard.According to Mansfield, this is not because his views...

Is Luke Evans Going To Be the First Gay James Bond? – Gayety

By Gayety Staff Posted on December 13, 2022 How do you take your martini? Personally, we like them shaken, not stirred, and very very gay. If you’re like us, there’s...

Alan Turing to be honoured with sculpture at Cambridge – PinkNews

A sculpture commemorating Alan Turing, the wartime codebreaker who died after being convicted of gay sex offences, has been approved at the...

I feel imprisoned in Ron DeSantis’ Florida on Fourth of July – Chicago Tribune

Prior to the Fourth of July holiday, I checked my rearview mirror to see if I had been followed into the post office parking lot.I was there to mail a package...

Martha’s Vineyard News | Gazette Chronicle: Aquinnah Schoolhouse – The Vineyard Gazette – Martha’s...

From the Jan. 21, 1966 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:The little red schoolhouse and the one-room schoolhouse have not yet entirely been “progressed” out of existence. Several still remain through Vermont,...

26 New Science Fiction And Fantasy Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down...

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen)This innovative YA science fiction novel integrates figures from Chinese history into a futuristic, feminist plot. Eighteen-year-old Zetian — based on Empress Regnant Wu,...

Being Gay Not a Choice: Science Contradicts Ben Carson – Live Science

Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and presidential hopeful, recently apologized for a statement in which he said being gay is "absolutely" a choice.In an interview on CNN, the potential 2016 Republican...

What Really Happened To Paul Pelosi? – The American Conservative

To start: I don't know what happened that night at the Pelosi house, and neither do you. Yet, anyway -- who knows what will come out today. So to speak. At...

At PEN America Panel, Min Jin Lee, Roxane Gay Among Those … – PEN...

 A panel of writers and executives criticized the publishing industry in a PEN America Town Hall on Tuesday for failing to make enough progress on diversity. The panel, moderated by PEN America...

Canadian Blood Services moving to end ban on donations from gay men – News...

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Cold hearted killers and how their webs of lies finally unravelled – Liverpool Echo

These evil killers struck fear into the hearts of people across Merseyside - but their crimes finally caught up with them and they all ended up behind bars. This...

Wyoming Democrats get drubbed – again – but not giving up – The Associated...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Aaron Appelhans is among a rare few in Wyoming: A Democrat who won in Tuesday’s midterm election in this ever-redder state.After being appointed as Wyoming’s first Black...

10 New Books We Recommend This Week – The New York Times

It’s purely a coincidence, I swear, that our recommended books this week include a novel named “Elsewhere” and a memoir named “Son of Elsewhere” — but as coincidences go, it’s a...

Midterm elections as democracy’s renewal – The Christian Science Monitor

The midterm elections next month in the United States – in which voters will elect new officials at the local, state, and federal level, but not a new president – come...

Respect for Marriage Act gains momentum for approval in Congress … – The Christian...

Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears headed for final approval and President Joe Biden’s signature, a bipartisan agreement that reflects a wider acceptance of...

‘Save this country:’ Brazil grapples with trust on heels of Lula victory – The...

Since former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's victory was announced, a relatively small but powerful cohort of truck drivers have set up hundreds of roadblocks – with little resistance...

What Liberal Admonishers of Left Psychiatry Critics Get Wrong – CounterPunch

Photo by Finn While it is unsurprising that mainstream publications mischaracterize Left critics of psychiatry, it is a touch disappointing to see Jacobin accepting the mainstream liberal narrative that goes like this:...

The Importance of Being Lil Nas X – News @ Northeastern – News@Northeastern

This month, Lil Nas X launched his highly anticipated debut album, “Montero.” The album, which follows Nas X’s hit singles “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) and “MONTERO (Call Me...

Zoë Playdon | ‘I think I’m probably a hopeless optimist. I believe ultimately in...

Ewan Forbes’ case is as significant to the trans experience as Oscar Wilde’s is to gay men. With the difference that whereas everyone knows about Oscar, what happened with Ewan has...

John Prados, Master of Uncovering Government Secrets, Dies at 71 – The New York...

John graduated from high school in Puerto Rico, then returned to New York to attend Columbia. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science and international affairs in 1973 and a...

Judge in Texas abortion case is an Obama-appointee and ‘country boy at heart’ who...

The federal judge presiding over the Biden administration’s challenge to the Texas law banning most abortions has been balancing big, complicated issues since he was a child in Fort Worth.Robert Lee...

Cruel court decision makes it harder to prevent AIDS – Washington Blade

Just as the disease was on a glide path to extinction thanks to new drugs, HIV/AIDS got a boost from a federal court in Texas. On Sept. 7, U.S. District Judge Reed...

ICAM program schedule, June 19 – June 25, 2022 – The Local Ne.ws

Image by Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay Please Support Local Advertisers ICAM Public ChannelComcast Ch. 9 and Verizon Ch. 33¸ Sunday, June 19, 20227:30 a.m. Let’s Visit Charleston10 a.m. First...

What Are Doug Mastriano’s Views? Ban Gay Marriage and Adoption – Rolling Stone

No one would mistake Doug Mastriano — the Trump-endorsed candidate for governor in Pennsylvania — for a moderate. He tried to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, participated in the events...

Martha’s Vineyard News | Sheryl Joan Brooks Scott, 78 – The Vineyard Gazette –...

Sheryl Joan Brooks Scott died peacefully in her sleep on June 27 at Briarwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Needham. She was 78. She was born on July 7, 1943 and grew...

UMass Chan medical student serves as advocate, role model for LGBTQIA+ patients – UMass...

Theo Eldore, a member of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine Class of 2024, was on his family medicine rotation when he realized the profound impact he could have as a...