Responding to Trump, Ventura proposes protections for LGBTQ+ people, immigrants
The proposal considered Tuesday night was meant to be a big stand by a small city, an effort to protect from the Trump administration a…
Transgender Americans weigh leaving U.S. over Trump’s policies
Alexia Nunez presumed “things were going to be pretty bad” for transgender people under President Trump, given his campaign rhetoric, but had decided to stick…
At service, bishop asks Trump to ‘have mercy’ on migrants, LGBTQ+ people
WASHINGTON — At the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, made a direct appeal to President Trump, sitting feet…
Americans see positive LGBTQ+ influences all around
For Dakota, a 17-year-old transgender high schooler from the San Gabriel Valley, it was an older trans girl at school who made the difference —…
California lawmakers launch special session to thwart Trump
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers met at the state Capitol Monday to devise a plan to shield the state from President-elect Donald Trump’s conservative policies, including his…
U.S. ‘Welcome Corps’ helps LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing persecution
SAN FRANCISCO — Cabrel Ngounou’s life in Cameroon quickly unraveled after neighbors caught the teenager with his boyfriend.A crowd surrounded his boyfriend’s house and beat him.…
Trump promises to ‘save’ America with mix of lofty, vague policies
The way former President Trump tells it, the United States is a “crime-ridden mess” with “the worst border in the history of the world,” simultaneously…
LGBTQ+ bookstore in San Francisco ships free books into red states
Lots of out-of-town visitors to Fabulosa Books in San Francisco react emotionally when they see what Becka Robbins calls the “Big Gay Wall” — which…
Newsom calls on California voters to reaffirm same-sex marriage
SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty years after he issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in defiance of federal law as mayor of San Francisco, Gov. Gavin Newsom…
How queer people of color make U.S. democracy more just
When I was 33 years old, I realized I was a coward. It came all at once, like a punch to the gut, the first…
Poll: Religion, politics create sharpest divides over LGBTQ+ Americans
There’s a clear divide in how Americans view the influence of LGBTQ+ people in society. Three out of four Democrats who said LGBTQ+ people have…
Poll: Americans support LGBTQ+ people but split on some trans issues
Americans broadly support LGBTQ+ people living as they wish, with large majorities backing same-sex marriage, same-sex couples raising children and laws to protect queer people…
Poll: U.S. has caught up to California on views of LGBTQ+ rights
As the state with the largest LGBTQ+ population, and one that’s been shaped by the liberal politics of Los Angeles and San Francisco, California has…
Granderson: A football player said something stupid about women. Let it go
Between 1800 and 1900, women made up only around 10% of the world’s authors. Evelyn Beatrice Hall, who was born in 1868, adopted the pseudonym…
LGBTQ+ people in Huntington Beach fearful from a rise in hostility
Huntington Beach radiates California cool. The best surfers in the world descend here each summer to compete on waves rolling in under its public pier.…