March 19, 2018 Op-Ed: County Should Make Sunnyvale Shelter Year-Round By Guest Columnist If the Sunnyvale shelter closed, it would not only be a disservice to the people who stay there, but to the community at large as well. Read More 6
March 17, 2018 South Bay’s First Transgender Health Clinic Set to Open This Fall By San Jose Inside Santa Clara County will soon have a free health clinic dedicated to serving transgender and gender non-conforming patients. Read More 2
March 13, 2018 South Bay Lawmaker Wants to Outlaw Gay Conversion ‘Therapy’ By Stephen Perez Assemblyman Evan Low authored a bill that would brand so-called gay conversion therapy as fraud under consumer protection laws. Read More 7
February 9, 2018 LGBTQ Candidates Win Early Endorsements from BAYMEC By San Jose Inside The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee has announced early endorsements for three candidates running in the June primaries. Read More 4
January 29, 2018 Santa Clara County Launches 10-Part LGBTQ Listening Tour By Kristin Lam Residents and local officials gathered at the Mountain View Senior Center on Saturday for the region’s first listening forum on LGBTQ issues. Read More 3
January 22, 2018 Santa Clara County Considers Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Disaster Response By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County, which plays a key role in regional disaster response, is mulling the idea of using AI to brace for future emergencies. Read More 13
January 17, 2018 Women’s March Returns to Silicon Valley with Slogan, ‘First We Marched, Now We Run’ By Meg Furey-Marquess The Women’s March will kick off at 11am Saturday outside San Jose City Hall with a rally to follow. Read More 18
September 22, 2017 Controversial Study Links Facial Features to Sexual Orientation By Seth Hemmelgarn Stanford researchers respond to criticism over their study, which used dating profile photos to determine sexual orientation. Read More 7
August 14, 2017 Santa Clara County to Discuss Housing for LGBTQ Seniors By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County will explore housing for LGBTQ seniors to help them live out their golden years without fear of discrimination. Read More 5
August 4, 2017 Santa Clara County Accepting Applications for Transgender Services Program Manager By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County as accepting applications for a program manager for transgender services, a position funded in the 2018-19 fiscal year budget. Read More 8
July 21, 2017 GoFundMe Campaign Raises Money for Family of South Bay Native Who Died Fighting ISIS By Jennifer Wadsworth Mountain View-born Robert Grodt was one of two Americans killed earlier this month on the front lines in the fight against ISIS. Read More 2
June 12, 2017 Intersection of LGBTQ, Immigrant Rights a Focus at Equality March By San Jose Inside San Jose was the only Bay Area city to take part in Sunday’s national human rights protest known as the Equality March for Unity & Pride. Read More 11
May 24, 2017 California Democrats Still Split on Bernie, New State Party Chair By The Fly With its raucous election for party chair, the Golden State’s donkey party made for all sorts of colorful headlines this past weekend. Read More 7
March 9, 2017 Ex-S.F. Supervisor Named Deputy Santa Clara County Executive By Jennifer Wadsworth Former San Francisco Supervisor David Campos has accepted a high-ranking job in Santa Clara County government. Read More 8
March 8, 2017 ‘A Day Without a Woman’ Rally Draws Hundreds to City Hall By Vicente Serna A diverse crowd of several hundred came together Wednesday at San Jose City Hall for the “A Day Without a Woman” rally. Read More 10
February 24, 2017 Supervisor Yeager Slams Trump on Transgender Bathroom Stance By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s first openly gay elected official rebuked President Donald Trump for rescinding protections for transgender students. Read More 11