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Athlete Ally, a non-profit that monitors homophobia in the world of sports, released a new report last week on how well NCAA teams support LGBTQ+ participants and the results are not good. 

Last week’s March Madness final game featured two teams that score at the bottom of the list. 

Meanwhile, the Arkansas state legislature overwhelmingly voted to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill that bans any type of care offered to transgender youth.  The ACLU said the new law is one of the most damaging anti-transgender laws to ever be passed. 

In California, former Olympian and now infamous transgender woman Caitlyn Jenner is exploring a possible run for governor should current Governor Gavin Newsom be recalled.

(Photo: Courtesy of Athlete Ally)

Last week the FDA eased restrictions for men who have sex with men from donating blood.  LGBT rights activists praised the decision, but some say it didn’t go far enough. 

The Human Rights Campaign published a new report last week that shows LGBTQ people stand a greater likelihood of suffering economically because of the coronavirus than their straight peers. 

Meanwhile, UCLA’s Williams Institute also shared information that showed a large percentage of LGBTQ people are likely to receive the special payout from the Government because of their economic situation. 

Many local businesses are suffering financially from COV-19 required closure. Now, a long-standing gay news organization is asking for help from the community to keep going.

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(Photo: Senior Airman Shane Karp / Public domain)

President Biden named an out gay police chief, formerly from the Bay Area City of Richmond, to head the Customs and Border Protection agency. 

In Alabama, the parents of a gay high school student who committed suicide has filed suit again the district alleging the district knew of the student’s intention to commit suicide but said nothing to the parents before it was too late. 

And here locally, the former mayor of Sebastopol has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault involving minors.

(Photo: Police Chief Chris Magnus - Courtesy of the City of Tucson)

The Kelloggs cereal announced a special “pride” cereal that features rainbow-colored hearts coated with edible glitter.  The cereal is Kelloggs’ second pride cereal edition and is coming to major grocery stores in May. 

Twenty local LGBTQ politicians and activists have been announced as this year’s inductees to the LGBTQ Hall of Fame.  A ceremony will take place on May 2 sponsored by the LGBTQ Victory Institute. 

Here in Sonoma County, Face to Face announced a new service and partnership that will enable the organization to provide PrEP directly to community members who visit the Face to Face offices.  PrEP is a once-a-day drug that is highly effective in preventing an HIV infection.  Learn more at f2f.org.

In Poland, a gay couple is distributed 300 rainbow fabric masks for free both to help protect people from the coronavirus and to combat homophobia. 

A  gay couple in Texas died within hours of each other from the Corona Virus while their mother-in-law remains infected and quarantined. 

Last week, New York announced the cancelation of this year’s pride celebration, the first time in the event’s 50-year history. 

Meanwhile, San Francisco Pride officials announced that despite the cancellation of San Francisco Pride, grand marshals would still be honored this year with special online events.

(Photo: In their YouTube video, Jakub Kwiecinski and Dawid Mycek distribute free rainbow masks for citizens in northern Poland)

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Despite warnings from the CDC, organizers of the annual Miami based Winter Party held their rave party event in early March and now one of the attendees has died from the coronavirus. 

In New York, a beloved transgender activist died last week after being hospitalized for a coronavirus infection. 

Here locally, organizers of the annual Frameline LGBTQ film festival announced that this year’s event scheduled for June will be postponed to dates in October. San Francisco Mayor London Breed recognized the difficulty of making this decision while announcing the extension of the shelter in place order for the City to May 1st.

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A man wearing an LGBTrump t-shirt was arrested for the second time in New York for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter work of art.

In Utah, students and community members are upset about an anti-transgender senior quote posted in the Highland High School yearbook.  School officials missed the comment before the books were printed and are now apologizing. 

Here locally, the Badlands bar in the Castro neighborhood announced it’s closing for good after 45 years in the community. 

And registration is open now for LGBT studies classes at Napa Valley College.

Outbeat News is a service of NorCal Public Media and can be heard Sunday nights at 8:00 pm as part of Outbeat Radio on KRCB FM Radio 91.

(Photo: Marky Hutt / Twitter)

Ohio Senator Candice Keller is in hot water again after blaming the recent mass shooting in Dayton on, among other things, gay marriage. 

In Washington State, Representative Laurie Jenkins is preparing to be sworn in as speaker of the house.  She is the first woman and first out lesbian to serve in that role. 

Locally, the Oakland LGBT Center received a $100,000 grant from the City of Oakland to support LGBTQ programming.

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(Photo: Washington State Representative Laurie Jenkins - LAJCampaign, Wikimedia Commons [CC BY 2.0])

Monday, August 12, 2019