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Vol. 47 • No. 13 • March 30-April 5, 2017
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Frank Lee, spokesman for the Pacific Justice Institute, spoke at a March 15 news conference.
Hormel Center director to retire
Sunset cannabis fight heats up by Sari Staver
Karen Sundheim, director of the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the San Francisco Public Library, will retire next month.
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pponents of a medical cannabis dispensary in the Sunset are apparently making unsubstantiated claims about marijuana in an effort to scuttle the project. At a news conference organized by the anti-LGBT hate group Pacific Justice Institute earlier this month, pastor Chris Ng of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit announced that there have been several marijuana overdose deaths among relatives of his parishioners. See page 14 >>
2020 census won’t count LGBTs by Lisa Keen
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he U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday its plans for the 2020 decennial census, and those plans do not include any efforts to determine the population of LGBT citizens. Gary Gates, Ph.D., a prominent social scientist in the study of LGBT demographic data who used to work at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, said, “The census bureau never had plans to add sexual orientation or gender identity to either the 2020 census” or the annual American Community Survey. But Out magazine ran a story Tuesday saying, “Expectations that the 2020 census might start including LGBTQ subjects were raised and then quickly dashed. ...” It said the census bureau “admitted that it had ‘inadvertently’ included ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ in a long-awaited report outlining new categories for the survey.” That story triggered strong words from some LGBT groups. GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis said, “By erasing LGBTQ Americans from the 2020 U.S. census, the Trump administration is adding a disgusting entry to a long list See page 15 >>
by Matthew S. Bajko
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he director of the San Francisco Public Library’s James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center is set to retire next month, just shy of 10 years leading one of the country’s premier archives for the LGBT community.
Wednesday, April 5, will be the last day on the job for Karen Sundheim, who became the acting manager of the Hormel Center in September 2007 and later its permanent director. Her retirement will start on April 8, when she turns 62. “That was my plan all along. It is common for city workers to retire on their 62nd
birthday,” Sundheim told the Bay Area Reporter during a recent interview. “I have absolutely loved my job, but it is also incredibly intense, with a huge workload.” Seated in the Hormel Center’s reading room on the third floor of the main library, Sundheim reflected on her 17-year career See page 15 >>
Clinton wows SF business crowd
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when trying to ask a question,” Clinton said. n her first major speech since Clinton also called out losing the presidential election, Fox News commentator Bill Hillary Clinton gave a sharp O’Reilly for his “racist joke” critique of the current adminwhen he said that Represenistration’s treatment of women tative Maxine Waters’ (Dat the annual conference of the California) hairstyle looked Professional BusinessWomen of like a “James Brown wig.” California, held at Moscone Cen“Too many women ter Tuesday, March 28. ... have had a lifetime of Without mentioning Presipractice taking precisely dent Donald Trump by name, these kinds of indignities in Sari Staver Clinton – who received a standstride,” she said. ing ovation when she stepped Hillary Clinton spoke “But why should we have onto the stage in her black at the Professional to?” she asked rhetorically. leather pantsuit – said that the BusinessWomen of “Any woman who thinks this representation of women in the California’s conference in couldn’t be directed at her is current administration “is the San Francisco. living in a dream world.” lowest in a generation.” Clinton also discussed the In her hourlong presentation, Clinton, a forneed for better paid family leave policies, with a mer first lady, senator, and secretary of state, was cursory mention of the importance of “including outspoken in her criticism of the treatment of the LGBT” community in such proposals. women. “As a candidate for president, I put out a comClinton cited the heated exchange earlier that prehensive plan” for legal changes on family leave. day between White House press secretary Sean “I don’t expect you to remember that,” she said. Spicer and April Ryan, a correspondent for “In fact, there was a recent study showing American Urban Radio Networks, when Spicer that none of my plans were really publicized reprimanded Ryan for “shaking her head” while or talked about, so that gives me something for he was speaking. speeches for at least a decade,” she quipped. Ryan, one of the few black women journalists While the former presidential candidate did in the White House press corps, “is a respected not offer any details about her plans for the future, journalist with unrivaled integrity and was doing she did say she would “never stop speaking out.” her job ... when she was patronized and cut off In remarks tailored to her northern
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California audience, Clinton called on Silicon Valley to improve diversity and inclusion, but praised Salesforce and the Gap as companies “making real commitments to employees” on equal pay and paid family leave. She also mentioned Uber’s recent sexual harassment scandal, saying, “For some women, the hostility is even more direct, like the Uber engineer who spoke out about her experiences” with sexual harassment. “It’s a cruel irony that stereotypes and bias run rampant at companies that pride themselves at being forward-thinking,” she said, referring to the experience of Susan Fowler Rigetti, a former software engineer at Uber whose blog post about harassment went viral last month. Clinton said she was “appalled” to see the much-circulated photo showing an all-male group of Republican lawmakers last month negotiating women’s coverage in health care legislation, noting a social-media parody of it that showed an all-dog panel deciding on feline care. And last week’s collapse of the GOP health care bill, she said, was a “victory for all Americans.” Clinton thanked the organizers of PBWC for the opportunity to address such an “inspiring” audience, noting that the organization was founded by Representative Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/ San Mateo) who was also scheduled to speak but had to remain in Washington, D.C. to attend a House Intelligence Committee meeting. “There is no place else I’d rather be than here with you,” she told the enthusiastic audience. “Other than the White House.” t
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