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A slew of new California laws that became effective last week on January 1 should improve the quality of life for LGBTQl people. Bills supporting LGBT foster youth, transgender youth, and training for teachers on LGBT issues are among the many new legal requirements. In the coming year, the California legislature will consider more bills to bolster the rights of transgender inmates, intersexed youth, and LGBTQ youth who engage in consensual sexual activity.
Meanwhile, the Catholic Dioceses of Santa Rosa was hit with several new lawsuits related to sexual abuse by 4 priests dating back to 1960.
Outbeat News can be heard Sundays at 8 pm as part of Outbeat Radio.
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This week Outbeat Radio host Greg Miraglia looks at some of the top LGBTQ events of the first two decades of the 21st century.
From the elimination of sodomy laws in 2003 to nation-wide marriage equality in 2015, the LGBTQ community has been center stage at the Supreme Court this decade. Despite the gains, there were some huge losses and it doesn’t look bright for LGBT civil rights as we prepare to start the next decade.
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Outbeat News can be heard Sunday nights at 8 pm as part of Outbeat Radio on KRCB FM Radio 91.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Just in time for the holiday season, Hallmark reacted to backlash from conservative Christians about a commercial Hallmark aired showing a same-sex couple at the alter getting married. Fortunately, Hallmark reversed course.
In a related story, a gay man seeking to marry his same-sex partner is being offered a free wedding ceremony by one hotel after his first choice turned him away because they don’t specialize in same-sex marriage ceremonies.
Here in the Bay Area, the National Center for Lesbian Rights named a new executive director.
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Heath officials in Australia report new HIV infections among straight identifying men were up in 2019 while new infections in gay men were down.
Here in the U.S., dozens of organizations signed a letter to Facebook urging the media giant to stop posting ads from private injury attorneys targeted at those who use Truvada, a drug shown to be 99% effective in preventing an HIV infection.
In the traditionally republican state of Arizona, an out, gay democratic candidate is tied with Donald Trump in the run for president according to new polling data.
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