Posts Tagged ‘LGBT’
Tales of Two Cities Podcast: Spectrums
Hear from people finding their own place on spectrums of language, hookup culture, neurodiversity, and politics.
Read MoreMeet Somos Familia, the nonprofit supporting Latinx parents with queer and trans children
At Somos Familia, Latinx parents with queer or trans children meet together in a support group and share resources with one another.
Read MoreQueer artists tackle race, identity at festival leading up to Oakland Pride
The Revolve Creative Arts and Film Festival, created as a supplement to Oakland Pride in 2012, specifically highlights work by queer activists and artists of color.
Read MoreA safe place to work out for the LGBTQ community
After feeling uncomfortable at corporate gyms, Nathalie Huerta founded The Perfect Sidekick, a dedicated gym for LGBTQ athletes.
Read MoreGender Reel Festival promotes equity onscreen
Within the lavender walls of Oakland’s Humanist Hall, the Gender Reel Festival screened films respecting the diversity and fluidity of the transgender and queer communities.
Read MoreCommunity photo of the week: Gay pride flag raising at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every Wednesday, we will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Leah Hall.
Read MoreLocals chip in on globally popular LGBT support videos
The It Gets Better Project serves as a digital chorus of solidarity and support for LGBT adolescents and teens all over the world. The video project, which in less than a month has turned into an international phenomenon, was spearheaded by Seattle-based advice columnist Dan Savage in the wake of a sequence of gay teen suicides in September. Each teen death has been traced to peer bullying, and to the harsh reality of being a gay teenager in America.
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