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Will Smith sued by male tour violinist over sexual harassment
Actor and rapper Will Smith is reportedly being sued by a male tour violinist over accusations of sexual harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation. Musician Brian King Joseph, part of Smith’s Based on a True Story: 2025 Tour, claims Smith exhibited “predatory behaviour.” He also alleges Smith was “deliberately grooming and priming” him for “further sexual exploitation”. Smith, 57, […]
Just four people complained about trans people in toilets in UK since 2022
Only four people in the UK have formally complained about a trans woman entering a “single-sex” facility, an eye-opening report has revealed. A report published by advocacy group TransLucent found that only four official complaints were documented across 382 public bodies since 2022. Between 2022 and 2024, the group’s members submitted hundreds of Freedom of […]
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A Minnesota woman sitting in the snow with her dog told a person filming her that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had just shot and killed her wife — now identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37 — according to newly circulating video that has intensified scrutiny of a fatal federal shooting during a sweeping immigration enforcement operation […]
Local News
Sonoma Pride Bowling League Kicks Off January 13 – All Are Welcome
As the winter Pride Bowling League season approaches, we wanted to share important upcoming dates and information. During the fall season, our league had 30 teams (a record for Pride bowling). Moving into the winter season, we have 29 returning teams and can increase to 32 teams. Since another league bowls on Tuesday nights, we […]
Arts & Entertainment
SCCC Presents: New Year’s in Space w/The Space Orchestra plus Strange Daze and Sebastian Saint James Band
Presented by Sebastopol Community Cultural Center with Peacetown’s Jim Corbett! Wednesday, December 31 Doors 7:30pm Music begins 7:40pm Ages 21+ Ring in the new year IN SPACE! Kick off 2026 with a night of music and fun! Local favorite Sebastian Saint Jameswill be hitting the stage as doors open, followed by Strange Daze with the music of The Doors! That’s not all!! THE SPACE ORCHESTRA will blast […]
NYE Classical Voices Celebration 2025 Happens at 6th Street Playhouse December 31
How many sopranos does it take to ring in 2026? To find out, we invited some of the most talented women (and a few men) that we know to fill your New Year’s Eve with all the beautiful classical numbers and musical theatre mega-hits you love! From Schumann to Chicago, Mendelssohn to Mame, Candide to Company, our end-of-year concert is the perfect […]
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congressman from California dies suddenly
U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a Republican lawmaker representing California, whose career included his opposition to marriage equality and transgender rights, died suddenly this week at 65, according to the House GOP. His death further narrows an already fragile Republican majority in the U.S. House and removes a central figure in the party’s escalating campaign against trans rights. “House Republicans mourn the loss of Congressman Doug […]
Equality California Statement on Federal Court Ruling Undermining California Laws Protecting Transgender Students
Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang in response to a federal court ruling in Mirabelli v. Olson, which blocked enforcement of multiple California laws that protect transgender and gender-nonconforming students from forced outing at school and allow educators to respect a student’s name and […]
