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Several businesses in Santa Rosa were vandalized this week with anti-LGBTQ+ posters linking to a rap song celebrating "straight Pride," authorities said.The posters were discovered at several locations around the city, including Brew Coffee and Beer House, which is queer-owned, as well as Shady Oak Barrel House, according to their social media accounts.

Happy Monday, everyone!Grab a lawn chair and enjoy live music outdoors at the summer's first Jazz in the Parks, or attend one-or all-of Capital Pride's beloved festivities.Best Things to Do This Week



Capital Pride Parade and Festival.The Capital Pride Parade will take to the streets in support of the LGBTQ+ community and its allies beginning at the intersection of 14th Street NW and T Street NW.

In this summer's most anticipated new work, the story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's rollercoaster romance gets a creative treatment by Boonville-based composer Gabriela Lena Frank and librettist Nilo Cruz.Set three years after Kahlo's death, and weeks before Rivera's own, the opera imagines Rivera (Alfredo Daza) pining to see his wife Frida (Daniela Mack) one last time.

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The 17th of May is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.First conceived of in 2004, the day was first celebrated as the International Day Against Homophobia the following year.Since then, multiple LGBTQ+ initiatives and charities have worked together to grow its support and be inclusive to the trans community.

A comedy club has backed down in its row with MP Joanna Cherry, apologising for cancelling her show and agreeing it will go ahead as planned.The Stand Comedy Club had said it would not host the In Conversation With interview event with the SNP MP because some of its staff were unwilling to work at it due to her views on trans rights.

Nicola Sturgeon said she would argue she was not out of step with the Scottish public around the issues of trans rights and the gender recognition act.Concluding a mammoth day of media rounds on Monday, the outgoing First Minister told Sky News political editor Beth Rigby she had listened to stories from transgender children who told her they wanted to kill themselves due to the stigma, discrimination and recognised for who they are.

Dwyane Wade, retired Miami Heat superstar, NBA All-Timer, and all-around outspoken supporter of his kids, used his attendance at the 2023 Met Gala to speak up for trans rights - and speak out against recent Florida policy that targets LGBTQ+ youth.Over the past few years, legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ youth in Florida - like the recently expanded "Don't Say Gay" bill that bans students and teachers in public school settings from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity - have ramped up under the leadership of current Governor Ron DeSantis.

"As a trans femme person assigned male at birth (AMAB), I felt uncomfortable naming my experience with my womb.I could recount all the times I felt it throb and felt its thirst to hold something, but I struggled to articulate it."So begins an essay by trans author Féi Hernandez as part of a collection of trans writing focused on the intersection of trans rights and reproductive justice.

Thai business tycoon and transgender activist Chakrapong "Anne" Chakrajutathib poses for a photo after a news conference Thursday in Bangkok.Sakchai Lalit/AP BANGKOK  A Thai business tycoon and transgender activist has purchased the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, her company announced Wednesday.

BANGKOK  A Thai business tycoon and transgender activist has purchased the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, her company announced Wednesday.Chakrapong Anne Chakrajutathib, who controls JKN Global Group Public Co. Ltd., is a celebrity in Thailand who has starred in reality shows and is outspoken about being a transgender woman.

Ipsa Provisions, the NYC-based frozen food startup that has partnered with big industry names like celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, has arrived in Boston.Order cheffed-up freezer meals like a balsamic and date-braised brisket and Colicchio's oxtail ragu for delivery across town.To mark the Boston launch, Ipsa partnered with Oleana chef Ana Sortun for two collaboration dishes: a spanakopita and a lamb and eggplant moussaka.

Scottish Greens have sent the clearest signal yet that they would not work with Kate Forbes if she is elected as the country's next first minister.Party co-leader Patrick Harvie told his party's conference that for the Greens a sincere commitment to progressive values cannot be an optional extra in a choice of first minister, saying instead that this was necessity.

A candlelit vigil has been held outside the Department for Education in memory of Brianna Ghey.Brianna, who was a transgender girl from Birchwood in Warrington, was found by members of the public as she lay with fatal stab wounds on a path in Culcheth Linear Park at around 3.13pm on Saturday.Two teenagers charged with her murder were remanded into custody by a district judge on Wednesday.

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* Portland City Council Approves Incentives for Office-to-Apartment Building Conversions
Facing a housing crisis and a sluggish downtown economy, Portland City Council is aiming to incentivize developers to convert vacant office buildings into residential apartment complexes by waiving fees and relaxing seismic requirements.

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND!It's March 16, and today in history: Portland's own Tonya Harding pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation into the attack on her figure skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan, and was sentenced to three years of probation and a fine of $100,000 on this day in 1994.

I can tell you this firsthand: Gender-affirming care changes lives.Since going through puberty, I've always felt weird about my chest.Seeing photos or studying myself in the mirror, I would zero in on that area, trying to reconcile it with the version of myself I innately had in my head.During the height of the pandemic, I realized I was purposely arranging my laptop so nobody could ever see my chest during virtual meetings.

Dan Benson "doesn't question" why his OnlyFans followers are "mostly gay men."The 35-year-old actor is best known for playing Zeke Beakerman on the Disney Channel sitcom 'Wizards of Waverly Place' alongside Selena Gomez in the late 2000s and has been in a relationship with co-star Jennifer Stone since 2009 but now sells racy pictures on the adults-only subscription service and enjoys being able to lean into gay culture with his platform.

Dan Benson "doesn't question" why his OnlyFans followers are "mostly gay men."The 35-year-old actor is best known for playing Zeke Beakerman on the Disney Channel sitcom 'Wizards of Waverly Place' alongside Selena Gomez in the late 2000s and has been in a relationship with co-star Jennifer Stone since 2009 but now sells racy pictures on the adults-only subscription service and enjoys being able to lean into gay culture with his platform.

Nearly 1,000 New York Times contributors, in addition to tens of thousands of subscribers and readers of the Times, signed an open letter on Wednesday to the paper's standards editor condemning the publication's coverage of transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people.A second letter organized by the non-profit Glaad (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) on Wednesday spoke against what it called irresponsible, biased coverage of transgender people in the Times.

Hershey's Canada is standing by a new trans-inclusive ad campaign after right-wing backlash.Late last month, the chocolate company announced the "HER for SHE" campaign, celebrating International Women's Day on March 8.The campaign includes special limited-edition chocolate bars in wrappers featuring images of young Canadian women who are "changing how we see the future."

Transgender conservative pundit Caitlyn Jenner had a public meltdown after receiving criticism for retweeting a politician's attack on a trans woman, railing against the "so called 'inclusive' lgbt community."Last week, Jenner reposted a tweet by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) which criticized trans comedian Dylan Mulvaney's TikTok video asking people not to stare at trans women's crotches in public.

The UK Government's decision to block gender reforms in Scotland does not have an iota of good faith, Nicola Sturgeon has said.Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said on Monday that the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill would be blocked using for the first time Section 35 of the Scotland Act.