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WEST HOLLYWOOD – During its regular session Tuesday evening, the West Hollywood City Council voted to approve a measure that will require large grocery stores in the city’s limits to give their employees a $5 per hour pay raise for the next 120 days.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) signaled late Tuesday he would oppose the Equality Act, legislation to expand the prohibition on anti-LGBTQ discrimination under federal law, throwing a massive wrench into plans of the bill’s supporters to guide it into law.

Editor’s Note: The news of Limbaugh’s death Wednesday to the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized people negatively impacted by his harmful rhetoric, bigotry and unceasing hate-filled broadcasts targeting those very groups of Americans over several decades is cause for a collective sigh of relief. It is also a moment to reflect on his horrific legacy and the impact of his bigotry.

YANGON, Myanmar – LGBTQ activists in Myanmar have joined the growing protest movement against the Feb. 1 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratically elected government.

LOS ANGELES – A study released this week by The Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law using data collected by an Axios-Ipsos poll in Fall 2020, shows that LGBTQ+ people are more adversely impacted in all areas of life by the coronavirus pandemic than their white LGBTQ+ and white non-LGBTQ+ people.

Ari Gold, the groundbreaking gay singer/songwriter and DJ who became a fixture of the New York dance music scene in the 2000s, came to the end of a long battle with cancer on Sunday when he passed away of leukemia. He was 47.News of his death broke publicly when Ru Paul Charles, a longtime friend who Gold described as “the closest thing I’ve known to a mentor,” posted a tribute to the music artist on his Twitter account, saying “Until we meet again, dear friend. @SirAriGold Love always, Ru.”

Nota del editor: Tremenda Nota es el medio socio del Los Angeles Blade en Cuba. Esta nota salió en su portal el 15 de febrero.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Transgender U.S. Navy Corpsman Akira Wyatt rises at 6 a.m. at Camp Pendleton each day to see sailors and Marines for sick calls, and today she does so a little easier.

Right-wing sources earned nearly half-a-million Facebook interactions in under two days on posts berating the White House for affirming that “trans rights are human rights”

The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, from telework to dining out, but LA’s singles scene perseveres with outdoor dates, outdoor dining, and Zoom meetings.

How do you identify? Gender X Queer

How do you identify? Gay

How do you identify? Cis Gay Man (Pronouns he, him, his)

How do you identify? Gay

How do you identify? Butch Jewish Lesbian.

Occupation: Semi retired. Working on a documentary of my one-woman show “Always A Bridesmaid, Never A Groom.”

LOS ANGELES – In a report released Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that wearing a cloth mask over a paper medical type mask can substantially reduce exposure to potentially infectious aerosols, which are the principal threat of coronavirus transmission. In the report CDC findings included the fact that adjusting a medical mask to fit more tightly can provide similar protection.

BOULDER – LGBTQ Advocacy group Out Boulder County, Colorado has completed what may be the nation’s first survey of COVID-19 vaccine reluctance among LGBTQ people.

LOS ANGELES – Data collected in fall 2020 finds that LGBTQ people—in particular LGBTQ people of color—have disproportionately experienced the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.

The issue of transgender athletes has come to the forefront of the culture wars again, as it does whenever the right needs a wedge issue. In this case, it is because president Biden signed an executive order affirming that the Administration will comply with the rulings in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris, and treat discrimination against LGBT people as a form or sex discrimination.

In such hard times, it’s always nice to show a little love to the ones you care about! Los Angeles Blade has a plethora of lovely, exquisite gifts for everyone on your Valentine’s Day shopping list. We have thoughtful gifts for him, gifts for her, and them! (And if you want to show some love to Mom too, we have some great gift ideas for her too!)

LOS ANGELES – Only those Angelenos with proof of getting the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be inoculated starting Tuesday.

Editor’s note: Presentes is a media outlet that covers gender and human rights in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador as a way to fight discrimination. The Los Angeles Blade received permission to republish this article that was published on their web site on Jan. 18.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his administration will issue a memorandum that commits the U.S. to promoting LGBTQ rights abroad.

LOS ANGELES – Public Health and elected officials across the nation are asking their constituents to refrain from gathering on Super Bowl Sunday. More than 25,000 fans will be attending in-person the game in Tampa, Florida with the NFL and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers imposing strict coronavirus restrictions and safety measures including issuing N95 masks.

SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi on Friday clarified his state of emergency declaration over gender violence on the island includes LGBTQ people.

‘Eleanor’By David Michaelisc.2020, Simon & Schuster$35.00 / 698 pages

American cinema may finally have entered an era when there are more LGBTQ stories on our screens, but it must be acknowledged that, as much of a hard-won blessing this may be, an entire generation (or two) of our community’s older members are still being left out of the picture.

SAN FRANCISCO – During Black History Month, the National AIDS Memorial honors Black lives lost to AIDS with a specially curated selection of 56 blocks of the AIDS Memorial Quilt (the Quilt).  The exhibition uses the beauty and power of the Quilt to bring to light stories of the countless men, women and children who have died, and the impact AIDS has had on Black Americans.

LOS ANGELES – Approved by almost 70 percent of Los Angeles County voters, Measure H provides funding for proven strategies to prevent and combat homelessness.

Another celebrity has joined the ranks of those who have made the decision to come out publicly, and this one represents an important milestone.

WASHINGTON – With his left hand on his mother’s bible held by his husband Chasten, Pete Buttigieg was sworn in as the nineteenth Secretary of Transportation by Vice-President Kamala Harris Wednesday morning, in the Vice-Presidential Ceremonial Office suite in the Eisenhower Old Executive office building.

WASHINGTON – Speaking via teleconference in Washington Wednesday morning, President Biden’s Coronavirus Task Force COVID19 Czar Jeff Zients announced a new partnership with the State of California to launch two pilot mega-vaccine community centers in underserved minority communities devastated by the pandemic.

LAS VEGAS – On January 22, just two days after a new presidential administration began to make good on their pledge to Make America America Again, drag and recording artist Rhea Litre made a public declaration of her own, with the release of “BuckBonkey.”  

The U.S. has joined the growing calls for the Venezuelan government to release five HIV/AIDS service providers who were arrested on Jan. 12.

Two men in Indonesia’s Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after their neighbors caught them having sex.