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The Trans Handy Ma’am is taking her tools on tour, promoting new book with stop in Ohio.
Mercury Stardust’s home maintenance content helps LGBTQ+ people live with dignity. Now she’s taking her book on the road.
✏️ @hcomeriato.bsky.social
With Ohio legislators home campaigning in their districts, one Republican quietly introduced a bill to prevent an LGBTQ+ youth from being raised by a non-parent supportive adult – like a grandparent – even if the youth has been rejected by their parents for being LGBTQ+.
IN BRIEF Kansas challenge, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Elliot Page, queer Taipei bar raided, Pet Shop Boys, ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Robin Roberts Warning: This column mentions violent activities. NATIONAL While transgender and intersex Kansas residents challenge the state’s driver’s license and restroom…
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Brad Joseph Chapin, a gay man whose allegation of sexual assault against gay now-former District 8 supervisor candidate Emanuel “Manny” Yekutiel made headlines in June, became emotional as he addressed a City Hall hearing. www.ebar.com/story/171020
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San Francisco will officially recognize National PrEP Day for the first time. www.ebar.com/story/170968
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