The Coordinated Attack on Trans Student Athletes
Transgender athletes want to participate in school sports for the same reason as anybody else: to find a sense of belonging and social engagement, to be a part of a …
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My Genderless ID Makes Me Feel Safe
I have never had an ID that accurately reflects my gender. The closest I have come to achieving this was when I received my New York City municipal ID (IDNYC). …
Read More Merrick Garland Can Transform the Department of Justice. Will He?
When President Biden’s nominee for U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland begins his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, the U.S. government will reach a critical inflection point. …
Read More Biden Must Halt Face Recognition Technology to Advance Racial Equity
Face recognition and other forms of biometric identification technologies are a threat to core constitutional rights and have a disturbing record of racial bias and inaccuracy that endangers people of …
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Golden Globe Nominations Feature Robust LGBTQ Representation
LGBTQ stars and characters are standing out for this year’s Golden Globe Awards nominations. The LGBTQ-inclusive shows “Schitt’s Creek” was nominated fives times, including for Best Musical/Comedy Series, and Ryan …
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Q&A: “The View” Co-Host Joy Behar Opens Up About LGBTQ Issues
Joy Behar, an Emmy-winning lightning rod on the ABC-TV daytime talk show “The View,” has earned her place at the highly visible table. She started stand-up comedy “later” in life, …
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Off to a Great Start, And Lots More to Do!
Reflections on Week One of the Biden-Harris Administration President Biden has certainly been busy, hasn’t he? As of January 29, 2021, Biden has issued 22 executive orders and seven other …
Read More I’m Nonbinary. My Passport Should Show That.
My driver’s license is just like yours. It has my photo, date of birth, and other standard descriptors. Under gender, however, you’ll find not M or F, but X. In 2017, …
Read More What President Biden’s LGBTQ Executive Order Does and Doesn’t Do
Yesterday, as part of a slate of executive orders signed by President Biden on his first day in office, he issued an “Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on …
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Supporting Young People Building Their Futures
by Rebecca Rolfe, SF LGBT Center Executive Director At this time when our community members are navigating additional health, safety, and economic concerns piled on by the COVID-19 pandemic, fundamental …
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