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Athlete Ally, a non-profit that monitors homophobia in the world of sports, released a new report last week on how well NCAA teams support LGBTQ+ participants and the results are not good. 

Last week’s March Madness final game featured two teams that score at the bottom of the list. 

Meanwhile, the Arkansas state legislature overwhelmingly voted to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill that bans any type of care offered to transgender youth.  The ACLU said the new law is one of the most damaging anti-transgender laws to ever be passed. 

In California, former Olympian and now infamous transgender woman Caitlyn Jenner is exploring a possible run for governor should current Governor Gavin Newsom be recalled.

(Photo: Courtesy of Athlete Ally)

Last week the FDA eased restrictions for men who have sex with men from donating blood.  LGBT rights activists praised the decision, but some say it didn’t go far enough. 

The Human Rights Campaign published a new report last week that shows LGBTQ people stand a greater likelihood of suffering economically because of the coronavirus than their straight peers. 

Meanwhile, UCLA’s Williams Institute also shared information that showed a large percentage of LGBTQ people are likely to receive the special payout from the Government because of their economic situation. 

Many local businesses are suffering financially from COV-19 required closure. Now, a long-standing gay news organization is asking for help from the community to keep going.

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President Biden named an out gay police chief, formerly from the Bay Area City of Richmond, to head the Customs and Border Protection agency. 

In Alabama, the parents of a gay high school student who committed suicide has filed suit again the district alleging the district knew of the student’s intention to commit suicide but said nothing to the parents before it was too late. 

And here locally, the former mayor of Sebastopol has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault involving minors.

(Photo: Police Chief Chris Magnus - Courtesy of the City of Tucson)