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Los Angeles County Democratic Party honoree Matthew Contreras (Screen grab from JFK Awards 7-25-2020)

As Democrats look to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, one of the candidates that may help them do that is a gay former federal prosecutor. That candidate, 38-year-old Will Rollins, is again running against Republican incumbent Ken Calvert in California’s 41st Congressional District in Riverside County. Rollins narrowly lost to Calvert in 2022. Photo: Will Rollins for Congress

#TrumpMeltdown trended on Twitter most of May 27, in part because the president of the United States whined about a wide range of topics, including how the “Radical Left Lamestream Media” and the “Do Nothing Democrats” are spreading misinformation about how fast he reacted to COVID-19.

The late AIDS activist Michael Callen used to describe the gay community as a “useful fiction” – more of a concept than an actuality as he tried to corral disco-loving, post-Stonewall free-wheeling gay men into a unified recognition that in the early 1980s there were still fatal barriers facing practitioners of Gay Liberation.

Out of nowhere, life throws a curve ball that changes everything. Undaunted, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Sherry Powell stepped up to the unexpected and deftly handled an emotional courthouse crisis. That moment galvanized her into running for L.A. Superior Court, seat #97.