June 16, 2020 County Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQ Workers’ Rights By Silicon Valley Newsroom In a press release sent to reporters early this week, county officials declared the resolution a victory for lesbian, gay and transgender rights. Read More 1
July 25, 2018 Drag Queen Glams Up Story Time at San Jose Library, But Not Without Some Controversy By Tori Truscheit More than 400 attendees—about half of them children—showed up for the inaugural drag queen story time at the MLK Library last weekend. Read More 23
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
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
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 31, 2017 San Jose’s June 11 LGBT March Sends Mixed Messages on Goals By Tori Truscheit It’s unclear if the origins of San Jose’s upcoming LGBT march comes from activists and community organizers or Santa Clara County HQ. Read More 8
November 25, 2016 Trans Day of Remembrance Helps Honor Fallen, Raises Claims of ‘Elitism’ at Billy DeFrank Center By Tori Truscheit An event honoring trans people killed by violence has brought attention to claims of ‘elitism’ at one of the area’s LGBTQ outreach centers. Read More 18
August 24, 2016 LGBTQ History Comes out of the Shadows, into K-12 Classrooms By Melissa Hartman Five years after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the FAIR Education Act, California’s public schools are now rolling LGBTQ history into the coursework. Read More 34
June 14, 2016 Photo Gallery: San Jose’s LGBTQ Community, Allies Hold Vigil for Orlando Terror Attack Victims By Daphne Morales More than 100 people gathered Monday night at San Jose City Hall for a candlelight vigil to honor victims of the Orlando terrorist attack. Read More 4
June 13, 2016 Silicon Valley Mourns Victims of Orlando Terrorist Attack By Jennifer Wadsworth Silicon Valley hosts vigils to memorialize one of the worst mass shootings in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded. Read More 19
January 8, 2016 Santa Clara County First Nationwide to Open Office of LGBTQ Affairs By Silicon Valley Newsroom Santa Clara County this week became the first in the nation to open an office of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer affairs. Read More 7