Today marks International Family Equality Day! As we continue the fight for equality, let’s celebrate the beauty and diversity of LGBTQ+ families everywhere. 💛

Genitals aren’t something to be ashamed of or embarrassed about, and in many cultures genitals are thought of as sacred instead of yucky, scary or sinful, as they’ve historically so often been presented here in the colonized West 🧵 www.scarleteen.com/read/bodie...

“By controlling the media we have access to, the state can manage how the oppressed understand their oppression.” In Texas prisons, survivors are force-fed a steady diet of Fox News & content from white Christian nationalists, shaping how they understand power & violence, writes Kwaneta Harris.

Join us Saturday, May 16th at Magnolia Park in RP to celebrate ONE YEAR of SoCo DSA, ft. food, raffle prizes, and fun! ¡Acompáñanos sábado 16 de mayo en Magnolia Park en RP para celebrar UN AÑO de SoCo DSA, con comida, premios de rifa y mucha diversión! RSVP: solidarity.socodsa.org/soco-dsa-ann...

gay cock!!! hell yeah #art ✧ #crossstitch ✧ #gay ✧ #rooster

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Lesbian Visibility Week kicks off today and runs April 20-26. It culminates with Lesbian Visibility Day on Sunday, April 26. Each and every day, we proudly celebrate all of our community’s fabulous lesbians. You are seen, heard, supported, and loved, always!

As anti-trans laws spread nationwide, the performer calls this year’s Pride both a celebration and a call to action. https://mrf.lu/HP3M

Thanks for another fabulous Butter and Egg Days Parade, Petaluma! ✨

In which @soleilho.com visits a queer art gallery in SF and wonders how transmasculinity might be about more than just being a dude. www.coyotemedia.org/queer-transm...

A dangerous federal book ban bill, HR 7661, is moving through Congress to erase LGBTQ stories from public schools and libraries by threatening them with defunding. This is not about protection; it is a targeted attempt to erase our families.

Petaluma and environs! A number of events on April 22nd, but... "Follow the Clucking Money", 7 at Lucchesi Community Center, is gonna be super informative on how we fund the city. www.urbanchat.org/upcoming-eve...

Last weekend, eight million people around the world joined the largest political protest in history to speak with a unified voice: No Thrones, No Crowns, No Kings. GLAAD is proud to be an official partner of the No Kings coalition.

Many athletes may only learn they are intersex from genetic testing. “There are places around the world where this kind of outing is incredibly dangerous," says Erika Lorshbough. "I would like to think the U.S. is not one of those places. But right now it doesn't feel like that to a lot of people.”

If you haven't taken a genetic test, you don't know what your chromosomes are, either. They might be XX or XY. They might be XO, XXY, or a mix of XX/XY. Science is more complex than many people feel comfortable believing.

The Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision against Colorado’s conversion therapy ban has California considering a replacement that could be tougher than its landmark law.

Mark your calendars for May Day! No work, no school, no shopping — just collective action, including this one.

Today is also National Run for Office Day, so, I'm re-upping my #TDoV post with my speech about the very same. Apply to a city or county committee, commission, or board. Or run for school board or city council! Or one and then the other down the road!

to all the allies, what are you doing to make it safe for your trans community to be visible?

NEW 🗣️ “It’s so moving to see the words with the pictures, the real lives in these beautiful portraits. It’s giving even more life to the language.” Sarah McCreadie talks to us about ‘Let The Dolls Play’, her new visualised poem about the trans footballers impacted by the FA ban. #FvT2026 #TDOV2026

tdov has definitely felt more commodified over the years I've been out but it was originally made by us (rachel crocker) for us to have a holiday based in joy and life. it can still mean that for you, if you want it to! no org or company will ever truly own our celebrations or love for one another

Tuesday, March 31, an event (not a protest) for Trans Day of Visibility 🩵🌸🤍🌸🩵 Love you trans friends and neighbors 🥰

The vast majority of people support the right to abortion and believe politicians shouldn't interfere in our personal medical decisions. Tell your members of Congress to pass federal legislation restoring our abortion rights nationwide.

Any policy that intends to discriminate against transgender athletes also harms intersex women, especially those with chromosomal and hormonal variations.

✨ The future depends on supporting the next generation of women leaders. #WomensHistoryMonth Catch up on the latest #ApathyIsNotAnOption episode with Karen Baynes-Dunning, board chair of the SPLC, reminding us of the importance of helping youth achieve their own goals 🎙️: https://bit.ly/4kkwX7U

This tool from NPR helps you register to vote for the 2026 primaries. Check it out to see registration deadlines, primary election dates, and links to check your registration status and to register to vote! apps.npr.org/voter-regist...

Access to abortion pills is under SERIOUS threat. Extremists are pressuring the FDA to restrict mifepristone—a medication that’s been safely used for over 25 years by more than 7.5 million people. Medication abortion is a lifeline. Learn what’s at stake:

When children with disabilities turn 22, many school-based supports disappear.

“We're here standing up for people whose voices are being silenced,” she said. “There's increasing violence against the trans community and others, intimidating and silencing the most vulnerable members of our community. That, by definition, is un-American.” — Jennifer Horos, Pride's President

We'll be tabling tomorrow at Walnut Park – join us and millions of others across the country in standing up to rising authoritarianism. While you're there, make sure to connect with one of the organizations to plug in for the ongoing work of ushering in a better world!

Disabled parents are no less suited to be great parents than non-disabled parents. Disabled partners are no less suited to be great partners than non-disabled partners. Disabled employees are no less suited to be great employees than non-disabled employees.

Equal Pay Day is how many extra days into the new year women have to work to earn what men earned the year prior. While we’ve come a long way to improve the gender wage gap, this year’s #EqualPayDay is a day later than last year. Caregivers and care workers deserve equal pay.

March 20 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD)—a day to increase awareness of the impact of HIV and AIDS on Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and to encourage engagement in education, testing, prevention, and treatment. 1/4

Through intimate, authentic storytelling, filmmaker Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color and the second woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Our stories deserve to be told.

Please call your Reps and tell them to vote NO on the SAVE ACT, HR 22/S 128. Five Calls has a good script: 5calls.org/issue/save-a...

The Quickies Series was born of our commitment to our tagline "Queer Sex Ed for All" and because we understand that in-depth and lengthy explanations may not be accessible or even preferred for all our users.🧵

Abortion is health care, but it can also be an act of hope or a prayer or a wish or a Hail Mary for the lives patients want to protect or build or keep imagining. Some people don’t want to be pregnant, they have an abortion, they go on to lead the lives they imagined. Abortion is worth celebrating.

This editorial by the Director of SoCo's Sheriff oversight agency is SO BOSS. TESTIFY, John Alden. www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/03/15/c...

What is Long Covid? What should I do if I think I have Long Covid? How can I help someone with Long Covid? Our resource, “What you need to know about Long Covid,” available in English and Spanish, answers these questions and more! autisticadvocacy.org/2023/07/new-...

One week till this fabulous Trans Day of Visibility event at Life On Art organized by Celebrate Love and featuring speakers from @sfpride.org, @amorparatodos.bsky.social, @socodsa.org, and @petalumapride.org! We'll see you there! 🏳️‍⚧️✊ #TDOV #TransRights #WeAreEverywhere

On this National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, we share our deep gratitude with health care professionals working everyday to give people care, no matter the obstacles. We continue striving for a nation where the decisions for our bodies and futures are made with our doctors, not politicians.

We're celebrating the great women in our College all month long. Today, the spotlight is on Dr. Julie Shulman, Professor and Chair of our Counseling Department. You can learn more about Dr. Shulman and her work here: counseling.sonoma.edu/faculty-staf... #WomensHistoryMonth @SonomaStateUniversity

We the people are worth fighting for. Our training series Organizing to Protect Democracy supports your fight for civil liberties in our communities. RSVP today for our next training on March 11 at 8pm ET.

The Black lesbian poet & activist who preached intersectionality before the word even existed - buff.ly/NMqmmZL

Must read from @janus.bsky.social about how “age verification” laws are paving the way for the online version of what just happened to trans people in Kansas (gift link!) www.theverge.com/policy/89207...

Furthering the right's attacks on trans kids, the Supreme Court has issued a new 'emergency' ruling overturning a California law protecting trans students from forced outing. Read @alyssaur.bsky.social's latest piece here.

California's proposed voter ID ballot measure is a voter suppression scheme straight out of the Trump playbook. If it qualifies for the November ballot, we'll defeat it.

Rae Alexandra’s essay collection, out March 17 on @citylightsbooks.bsky.social, is a sharp, witty, educational celebration of Bay Area activists and rule-breakers — and a reminder that history is made by regular people every day. www.coyotemedia.org/unsung-heroi...

Claudette Colvin was 15 when she defied segregation on this day in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus — nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. A court put her on probation and she was branded a troublemaker for her activism. #TheMarchContinues

Republicans are pushing hard for a bill that would disenfranchise trans voters - buff.ly/lVftxYu