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UAW-QUAD writes, "Upon reading the UAW Local 2865’s summary of advancements made in the recent round of contract negotiations (emailed 10/4), one might think we made significant progress in improving our rights and benefits. It is apparent, however, that only small movement was made in the area of improving the rights of minority groups, while, generally speaking, disproportionate progress was made around the rights of the majority."
Activists are mobilizing to roll back changes to the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which is moving quickly through the House of Representatives. ENDA, which was introduced to protect LGBTQ employees, was recently stripped of provisions prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity. The stripped down bill denies protection to transgendered people and introduces loopholes that would seriously limit the bill's effect.
Fri Sep 28 2007 (Updated 10/17/07)
HRC Sweatshop Playland at Castro Street Fair
Gay Shame SF and LAGAI-Queer Insurrection will sponsor an "HRC sweatshop play land" for kids of all ages at the 19th and Castro Streets during the Castro Street Fair in San Francisco on Sunday, October 7th. The playland will ask "how can the Human Rights Campaign claim to be for the rights of humans, while cheering on corporate culture and selling goods manufactured in sweatshops?" Organizers will point out that corporations such as Coors, Nike, Chevron, and Merck aim to maximize profits, even at the expense of workers' safety and human rights. The playland, which will be for kids of all ages, will include a sewing machine, a button press, a paint fume bouncy tent, and more.
After many years of relative safety in the Sacramento area, the last several have seen virulent protest from radical fundamentalists. Satendar Singh, a recent immigrant from Fiji, was fatally wounded in an attack at Lake Natomas on July 1st by a group of Russian-speaking men after they perceived him as gay. Satendar was a recent immigrant to America from Fiji. Memorial services are being planned, and a West Coast Diversity Summit will take place on July 21st in Sacramento. The focus of the summit will be the growing number of hate crimes and threats generated from radical groups in the area.
Thu Jun 21 2007 (Updated 07/15/07)
2007 Pride Weekend in San Francisco
San Francisco LGBT Pride Weekend was June 22nd through June 24th. Some 10,000 people poured into the streets to take place in the City's fourth annual Trans March. Tens of thousands of women and their friends spent Saturday afternoon in Dolores Park, enjoying music and speakers, before the San Francisco Dyke March, which led to Pink Saturday in the Castro. SF Pride continued on Sunday with a March down Market Street, and a Celebration in the Civic Center area.
Sat Jun 2 2007
Out in the Valley
The 17th annual Fresno and Central Valley Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade & Festival was held on Saturday, June 2, 2007.
Fri Mar 23 2007 (Updated 03/25/07)
April 3rd Memorial for Nadia Cabezas, aka Kitty Kastro
A memorial for Nadia Cabezas, who was also known as Kitty Kastro, will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd at 2pm at St. Anthony's Foundation, 121 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco. Kitty Kastro was struck and killed instantly by a reckless driver in Indiana on March 5th. Nadia Cabezas stood with ACT UP, educated society about transgender issues, confronted the religious right, and fought for the rights of disabled people. Kitty Kastro hosted a public access show called Tranny Talk, where she interviewed police chiefs, children of transsexuals, religious extremists, mothers of transsexuals who have been killed, and others. Nadia is survived by her partner, who is Tranny Talk producer Dina Boyer, as well as her Mom Kathy, her dog Maya, and the couple's two cats, Samantha and Kitty.
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