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WASHINGTON —  Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), vice-chair and founding member of the Congressional LGBTQ Equality Caucus introduced a House Resolution Friday, honoring the contributions of Black LGBTQ+ individuals.

LOS ANGELES – A report released Thursday by the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law noted that LGBTQ people would gain express protections under the Equality Act from sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved HR 5 a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is recruiting for the Summer season, which is scheduled to begin in June 2021. The Department staff are looking for highly talented independent instructors to bring valuable expertise to the community and provide an opportunity for others to learn new skills, stay active and healthy, and have a great time.

WASHINGTON – Veterans Administration Secretary McDonough issued a Memo Tuesday directing the VA to review its policies and procedures as it relates to the care of LGBTQ veterans, their families, caregivers, survivors, and employees.

LOS ANGELES – Rosy Milagro Rosales Gil, a 52-year-old single mother of two, has been a staple for the Los Angeles LGBTQ+ community’s late night plus afterhours club and bar crowd dispensing hotdogs, tamales, and a friendly smile for nearly 16 years.

WASHINGTON – In a simple ceremony at the Diplomatic Entrance to the South Portico of the White House Monday evening, surrounded by 500 illuminated candles, each one representing 1,000 lives lost over the past year to the coronavirus, President Joe Biden paid tribute honoring those Americans.

“It’s A Sin,” the UK miniseries that debuted in America on HBO Max February 18, began its long gestation in the mind of out screenwriter Russell T. Davies back in 1995, even before he wrote his first high-profile gay TV drama, “Queer as Folk.” 

WILTON MANORS, Florida — Del cielo de la discoteca cuelgan unas flores ampulosas, de colores y formas extravagantes.  La pista en penumbras simula por momentos una jungla de plantas exóticas y mariposas. Unas flores sembradas en el escenario engalanan el nacimiento de la música, que la DJNina Flowers engendra desde su mesa de mezclas. 

The Murray School District in Utah just ended the “equity book bundles” program they launched to give children access to authors of color, LGBTQ authors, and more inclusive literature in general.

What good is sitting alone in your room?Well, if you’re sitting there on March 12 and you have access to the internet, it can do a lot of good. That’s the day “Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Celebration” will stream on demand, celebrating the life and legacy of a great show biz legend while also raising funds to help members of the entertainment community facing hardship during the ongoing shutdowns of the Covid crisis.

LOS ANGELES – The vaccination rate for seniors in Los Angeles County has increased dramatically over the past 10 days, but inequities remain as Latino and Black residents receive vaccinations at a significantly lower level than white and Asian American residents, according to data released Friday by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

WEST HOLLYWOOD – During its regular session Tuesday evening, the West Hollywood City Council voted to approve a measure that will require large grocery stores in the city’s limits to give their employees a $5 per hour pay raise for the next 120 days.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) signaled late Tuesday he would oppose the Equality Act, legislation to expand the prohibition on anti-LGBTQ discrimination under federal law, throwing a massive wrench into plans of the bill’s supporters to guide it into law.

Editor’s Note: The news of Limbaugh’s death Wednesday to the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized people negatively impacted by his harmful rhetoric, bigotry and unceasing hate-filled broadcasts targeting those very groups of Americans over several decades is cause for a collective sigh of relief. It is also a moment to reflect on his horrific legacy and the impact of his bigotry.

YANGON, Myanmar – LGBTQ activists in Myanmar have joined the growing protest movement against the Feb. 1 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratically elected government.

LOS ANGELES – A study released this week by The Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law using data collected by an Axios-Ipsos poll in Fall 2020, shows that LGBTQ+ people are more adversely impacted in all areas of life by the coronavirus pandemic than their white LGBTQ+ and white non-LGBTQ+ people.

Ari Gold, the groundbreaking gay singer/songwriter and DJ who became a fixture of the New York dance music scene in the 2000s, came to the end of a long battle with cancer on Sunday when he passed away of leukemia. He was 47.News of his death broke publicly when Ru Paul Charles, a longtime friend who Gold described as “the closest thing I’ve known to a mentor,” posted a tribute to the music artist on his Twitter account, saying “Until we meet again, dear friend. @SirAriGold Love always, Ru.”

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Transgender U.S. Navy Corpsman Akira Wyatt rises at 6 a.m. at Camp Pendleton each day to see sailors and Marines for sick calls, and today she does so a little easier.

Right-wing sources earned nearly half-a-million Facebook interactions in under two days on posts berating the White House for affirming that “trans rights are human rights”

The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, from telework to dining out, but LA’s singles scene perseveres with outdoor dates, outdoor dining, and Zoom meetings.

How do you identify? Gender X Queer

How do you identify? Gay

How do you identify? Cis Gay Man (Pronouns he, him, his)

How do you identify? Gay

How do you identify? Butch Jewish Lesbian.

Occupation: Semi retired. Working on a documentary of my one-woman show “Always A Bridesmaid, Never A Groom.”

LOS ANGELES – In a report released Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that wearing a cloth mask over a paper medical type mask can substantially reduce exposure to potentially infectious aerosols, which are the principal threat of coronavirus transmission. In the report CDC findings included the fact that adjusting a medical mask to fit more tightly can provide similar protection.

BOULDER – LGBTQ Advocacy group Out Boulder County, Colorado has completed what may be the nation’s first survey of COVID-19 vaccine reluctance among LGBTQ people.