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WASHINGTON — A group of LGBTQ Latino activists from across the country who participated in a virtual roundtable on Wednesday said the election results are a matter of “survival.” for their respective communities.
“As a trans person, these elections are critical for our survival,” said Maria Roman-Taylorson, vice president and chief operation officer of the TransLatin@ Coalition who is based in Los Angeles. “It’s not only the presidency, but our health is on the ballot. us living authentically is
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Rev. Kim Jackson won her election last night, making history as Georgia’s first ever openly LGBTQ State Senator.
This article will be updated periodically until winners are all announced. Numbers currently reflect 94 percent of ballots cast. Courtesy of Politico. Last update: Nov. 4, 12:14am
Sarah McBride made history Tuesday, becoming the first transgender state senator in the United States by besting a Republican opponent Steve Washington. Per The New York Times, the first to report the news, it was a landslide, too, with McBride taking 73 percent of the votes to Washington's 27 percent.
The Los Angeles Police Department broke up an Election Day gathering on Tuesday night near the Staples Center and Los Angeles Convention Center, calling it a "large and unruly crowd." Around 8 p.m. on Election Day the LAPD declared an unlawful assembly at Pico and Figueroa, across from the Los Angeles Convention Center, and ordered individuals there to disperse.
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay spoke on Tuesday at a Black Lives Matter election day event at Staples Center, where she encouraged attendees to cast their votes in the 2020 election. "Thank you for holding space for this resistance, for this power, for this voice, for demonstrating who we are, that we can proclaim what we want, that we can exercise rights that are given to us and rights that we take that are not given to us, that we can declare what we want," said the filmmaker, wearing a face mask.
G-Eazy and Ashley Benson are no strangers to PDA, and cozied up close to each other while grabbing lunch in Los Angeles on Election Day. The pair were spotted enjoying a meal on November 3 at the Mustard Seed Cafe with another pal. The Pretty Little Liars actress, 30, stunned in a pair of black denim Daisy Dukes and a casual black tee. She opted for a pair of platform combat boots, as she slicked her hair back into a low bun while donning a black protective face mask.
British politician and Brexit leader Nigel Farage on Monday toured a boarded-up Washington ahead of Election Day, noting that businesses are not preparing for violence from President Trump's supporters but from mobs of far-left protesters who might loot and riot should Trump win a second term. In a video posted on Twitter, the former United Kingdom Independence Party leader strode down Connecticut Avenue -- not far from the White House -- where people were boarding up businesses.
election so spectacularly wrong.It's required reading — perhaps never more than this year.
LOS ANGELES -- An online channel devoted to women in the LGBTQ community is launching with shows including a pandemic-set romantic comedy and a paranormal drama.The channel debuts Thursday as part of Revry, a digital platform that offers free, queer-focused programming, including the 24/7 Revry News channel.“I’m overjoyed to offer a free, living and breathing space for queer female stories to be seen across the world,” Revry co-founder LaShawn McGhee said in a statement.The channel’s name is OML
Shout out to Brad Pitt for standing on the right side of history in this election… not that we really ever had any doubt about where he’d stand when it came time to support a candidate!
Organizers for the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter filed a lawsuit on Monday against county District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her husband over his alleged pointing of a firearm at demonstrators outside the couple’s home earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed by Civil rights attorney Carl Douglas, accuses the Laceys of assault, negligence, and inflicting emotional distress in connection with the March 2 incident.
Maryland’s governor Larry Hogan is not voting for Donald Trump – nor anyone still alive.
CBS News has unveiled its 2020 election night plans, with network coverage originating from ViacomCBS' corporate headquarters in Times Square. It will be the first time that the network's election coverage will originate from Times Square, in the past it has originated from the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th street in New York, and the network's Washington D.C.
LOS ANGELES – This year LGBTQ people faced a difficult dilemma on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day: come out, be authentic, and jump into the progressive fight for full equality – or stay closeted, silent, and sheltered from the gathering storm of anti-LGBTQ animus threatening to blow down LGBTQ rights like a house of cards.
Reporters had a decision to make in Washington last week.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThere’s nothing scarier than the 2020 election, which makes it the perfect opener for this year’s edition of “The Simpsons” Halloween-themed “Treehouse of Horror.”Variety has an exclusive first look at the 31st installment, which opens on Election Day 2020.