1+ week, 2+ day ago   (571+ words) The Trump administration announced in August that the federal government will stop paying its share of medical costs for transgender youths on Oct. 13. State lawmakers responded last week, authorizing funds in the budget for some of the state’s most vulnerable…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1014+ words) Less than two months after reinstating an option for the public to make comments via Zoom, Sonoma County officials are contending with the return of racist and derogatory remarks from some online participants during Board of Supervisors meetings. “If we…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (305+ words) The Sonoma County Pride Bowling League hosted a high-energy weekend of strikes, spares and solidarity in a new local tournament that drew more than 150 LGBTQ+ bowlers and their allies from across the country. The inaugural Wine Country Classic and accompanying…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (544+ words) I am a woman. Not a “biological male who identifies as a woman.” Not “trans-identified.” Not a political slogan. Not a social experiment. I am a woman. I have spent more than 60 years living with the consequences of other people…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (508+ words) The three Giants pitchers who inscribed a Bible verse on their Pride Night hats last week have been issued a warning from Major League Baseball, according to a report by Outsports.com. Last Friday, the Giants wore special black caps…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1760+ words) The removal of the progressive pride flag at Sonoma Valley High School in January triggered immediate outrage by many students, teachers, staff and community members, resulting in its quick restoration. It became apparent that although state policy AR 6115 requires the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (424+ words) Following weeks of expressions of public ire, the popular coffee shop chain Philz, it seems, will keep its rainbow flags after all. Earlier this month, San Francisco-rooted national coffee chain Philz announced that it would no longer be permitted at…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (495+ words) “We did it,” said Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal after helping raise the flag near an existing American flag in a tiny Greenwich Village park jammed with more than a hundred people. Many onlookers chanted “Raise it Up!” Until a…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (817+ words) The Pride flag at Sonoma Valley High School was only down for a few hours. But for the students who spoke at the Jan. 26 Sonoma City Council meeting, the damage was already done. What should have been an unremarkable school…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1193+ words) A decade before Joel Redon died of AIDS in Sonoma County in 1995, the young writer traveled to Morocco to study under American expat author Paul Bowles at The American School of Tangier. Patrick Ballard worked as a real estate agent…...