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WASHINGTON – With President Biden’s first 100 days in office coming to a close, the Equality Act doesn’t appear even close to passage after his campaign promise to sign the legislation into law within that timeframe, although defenders say talks are ongoing and point to his executive actions in favor of LGBTQ rights.

WASHINGTON – The National Black Justice Coalition, a D.C.-based LGBTQ rights organization, issued a statement on Monday disclosing that an unarmed 32-year-old black man who was shot as many as 10 times by a sheriff’s deputy in Spotsylvania County, Va., on April 21 is gay.

MONTGOMERY, AL. – In a joint statement released Wednesday afternoon, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Alabama, and Cooley LLP announced their plans to file a legal challenge to proposed legislation in Alabama that, as currently written, would criminalize medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth with up to 10 years in prison.

WEST HOLLYWOOD Ryan Floyd signed the contract for his first restaurant after working for 10 years in LA as a  finance guy. He said he hit the decade mark and realized, “I want to do something on my own.” He liked the industry, and knew the business side after working as CFO for a successful restaurant development and management firm. Now, after more than a year in lockdown, he’s got big things planned for his spot 33 Taps, and his next venture, Stache in West Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES – Friday, the State announced 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to people in the most under-resourced communities across the state which now allows L.A. County to move to the less restrictive red tier.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador— En medio de una lucha de poder por el partido Nuevas Ideas que será mayoría en la Asamblea Legislativa y el resto de los partidos políticos que se vuelven la minoría, la Mesa Permanente por una Ley de Identidad de Género en El Salvador dio una conferencia de prensa el martes para exigir acción a los diputados salientes, acciones concretas en favor de la propuesta de ley de identidad de género que presentaron el 22 de marzo del año 2018.

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law on Wednesday a bill banning the state’s transgender student athletes from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.

WASHINGTON – State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Friday did not say whether any of the $4 billion in aid the Biden administration hopes to use to mitigate the causes of migration from Central America’s Northern Triangle will go to LGBTQ rights groups or HIV/AIDS service organizations.

WASHINGTON – In his first primetime address to the nation since taking office in January, President Joe Biden reflected on the one year mark of the coronavirus pandemic that has taken the lives of 527,726 Americans.

PANAMA CITY — Activists in Panama have urged the country’s president to remove two provisions of a bill that would prevent same-sex couples from adopting children.

WASHINGTON – In a simple Oval Office event with Vice-President Kamala Harris by his side and also attended by members of the White House press corps, President Joe Biden signed his American Rescue Plan $1.9 trillion relief package into law Thursday afternoon.

You’ve probably heard of 2020’s renaissance man by now. He has an Emmy for “Will & Grace,” more Instagram followers than Norway has people and at 65 he’s about to release his debut album, “Company’s Comin’” on April 2.

WASHINGTON – The U. S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden in a near party line vote of 220-211.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Two transgender women who were forced to pursue their asylum cases in Mexico entered the U.S. on Wednesday.

MONTEREY – Paul Richmond’s paintings are mind-blowing.  Filled with abstraction of color, motion, form and vibrancy, they focus on the unique identity of the subject and that subject’s inner life with its own abstraction of pain, joy and spirit.   They often blend beauty with whimsy, intrigue with eroticism. 

BEVERLY HILLS – A year ago the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was unleashed on the globe with terrifying results. Commerce, government, industry — in fact, life as humanity knew it, ground to a halt. And the silence left only a ringing in the ears. The impact was colossal and keenly felt as health officials and governments urged their citizens to isolate and retreat to safer spaces.

WASHINGTON — A prominent LGBTQ activist from Trinidad and Tobago died in D.C. on March 4.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported Friday that in partnership with state and federal health officials, the County has administered over 456,913 doses of COVID-19 vaccines over this past week, which averages to 65,273 doses administered per day.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced Senate Bill 357, repealing provisions of California law that criminalize loitering for the intent to engage in sex work.

LOS ANGELES – New research released Monday from the Williams Institute at University of California Los Angeles School of Law examines the demographic and mental health differences among cisgender lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women with and without children. Findings show that nearly one-quarter of LBQ women ages 18 to 59 and an estimated 24% of female same-sex couples have had children. Parents were more likely to be bisexual, in a relationship with a man, and non-urban.

LOS ANGELES – As the Los Angeles County region accelerates its vaccinations and the active cases of the coronavirus drop, following the the state’s adjusted guidelines, if LA County has been at a case rate between 7 and 10 for two weeks then the county in the most restrictive purple tier can immediately move to the red tier.

LOS ANGELES – Did you know that 85% of U.N. member states have constitutions that explicitly guarantee equality for women & girls?? The United States *IS NOT* one of them!

WILTON MANORS, Fla. — Yariel Valdés González began his new life in freedom in this country a year ago today.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported Friday that in partnership with state and federal health officials, the County has administered over 456,913 doses of COVID-19 vaccines over this past week, which averages to 65,273 doses administered per day.

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LOS ANGELES – Whether you’re looking to take up a new hobby, learn a new skill or language or just be more active, LA County Parks and Recreation has just the class for you and everyone you know. We’re offering a variety of classes, ranging from arts and finance to fitness and mental health, for all ages! Join a virtual class with friends to reconnect, or create special moments with your family by partaking in a new activity together at your local park! 

SACRAMENTO – A new report released Tuesday found that California residents making less than $40,000 a year, especially in minority communities and notably women in low-income households, suffered the worst job losses through layoffs or furloughs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

WEST HOLLYWOOD – Kick ass. If Ivy Bottini was pissed off at an injustice, you heard about it. The whole room heard about it. And by the end of her righteous rant, whether at a Stonewall Democratic Club meeting or before the West Hollywood City Council, even nonchalant shruggers applauded her passion. Time finally did what Bottini’s critics could not: her voice was silenced on Thursday, Feb. 25 at her daughter Lisa’s home in Florida. Ivy Bottini was 94. 

Nota del editor: Tremenda Nota es el medio socio del Los Angeles Blade en Cuba. Esta nota salió en su portal el 25 de febrero.

LOS ANGELES – The dogwalker who was gravely wounded in the violent robbery of Lady Gaga’s two French Bulldogs last week has issued a bedside statement on from multiple Instagram accounts Monday. Thirty-year-old Ryan Fischer posted two photographs and wrote a lengthy post noting that he was  “still in recovery from a very close call with death,” and then expressed gratitude for all of the support he has received.