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Walking the tightrope: Being a queer therapist in a system built to erase us
Being a queer therapist often feels like walking a tightrope, balancing high above a circus built by a system that was never meant for people like me to perform. The rope is taut, the stakes are high, and below is a crowd that has, at times, cheered for me to fall. On other days, I am the ringmaster of […]
How LGBTQ+ people are stepping up to run for school board seats on the front lines of America’s culture wars
As the Trump administration continues waging an unprecedented war on transgender people in every facet of American society, local school boards have continued to serve as crucial battlegrounds. In the face of escalating attacks on LGBTQ+ students and teachers, curricula, books, and diversity initiatives, queer leaders are not retreating. They are stepping up to serve and lead in some of the most […]
Six Former US Surgeons General: RFK Is A “Profound, Immediate, Unprecedented Danger To US Public Health”
From a Washington Post oped published today: As former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican and Democratic president since George H.W. Bush, we have collectively spent decades in service as the Nation’s Doctor. We took two sacred oaths in our lifetimes: first, as physicians who swore to care for our patients and, second, as public servants who […]
Local News
CALL TO ACTION: NO KINGS DAY Happens October 18
NO KINGS DAY 2 – Sat, October 18 NationwideAction / Protest / Rally / March Locations in Sonoma County: Santa Rosa: Two Marches converge to Doyle Park for a community event 9 am – 11 am – Begins at SRJC – sign up 10 am – 11 am – Begins at Julliard Park – sign up 11 am – […]
Positive Images Hosts Social Saturday October 11 at the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County
Social Saturday typically happens every second Saturday of the month from 12-2pm. These events are family-focused and open to folks of all ages. That’s where you come in – we want to see your beautifully queer family at our next Social Saturday! Join us on Saturday October 11th from 12-2pm at the Children’s Museum of Sonoma […]
Arts & Entertainment
SF Gay Drama “Fairyland” Starts Week Run at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol October 10
OUTwatch and Rialto Cinemas present Fairyland Starting Oct. 10 Rialto Cinemas, Sebastopol Multiple showings a day Following the sudden and tragic death of her mother, young Alysia is uprooted by her father Steve in hopes of restarting his life. They move to 1970s San Francisco where Steve develops his poetic and personal writing and begins […]
BOYCOTT: Anti-trans queer journalist Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News
In a move shaking the foundations of American broadcast journalism, Paramount Skydance announced Monday that it has acquired The Free Press, the digital media company founded by out journalist Bari Weiss, and appointed her as the new editor in chief of CBS News. The deal, valued at roughly $150 million in cash and stock, brings Weiss’s growing subscriber-driven […]
State News
This Saturday, October 11 National Coming Out Day in Palm Springs Boo2Bullying’s 3rd “Kick Bullying to the Curb”
Saturday, October 11 – National Coming Out Day — in Palm SpringsBoo2Bullying Presents Third Annual “Kick Bullying to the Curb” Free Community Wellness Festival and Celebrity Kickball Tournament: Steve Knill of “The Voice” Fame to Perform the National Anthem 6 October 2025 – Palm Springs, CA: This Saturday, October 11 (4pm – 7pm) Boo2Bullying is back in Palm […]
Long Beach Pride Office Gets “MAGA” Death Threats
Los Angeles’s CBS affiliate reports: Los Angeles County leaders have addressed the recent discovery of anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic graffiti outside of the Long Beach Pride headquarters over the weekend. The graffiti was found on a utility box outside of the building, which helps Long Beach put on their annual Pride festival. The language included a swastika, […]
