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August 2022 volume 3 issue 21
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LGBTQSD.NEWS
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COMMUNITY vOICes
The Pride of Lion King Returns p16 News
California LGBTq Health and Human Services Network Welcomes Dannie Ceseña as the Next Network Director p4
BIg MIkE & FRIENDS Featuring Lawrence Brown p8
LIFE BEYOND ThERApY You are Not Your History p9
TRANS TALk WITh CONNOR San Diego Pride Re-cap and More Community News p10
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PUblIC servICe
Taking Care of What’s Important p14
A NOTE FROM TONI Happy August! And, Happy Birthday to us! p6
OPINION
DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS To Share or not to Share p12
Creep of the Week: Marco Rubio p18
COUrT News
Arrest Made in 1990 Murder p19 San Diego Man Pleads Guilty to Murder p p19
UNDersTaNDING MONkeYPOx
EDucATioN, prEvENTioN, AND HArm rEDucTioN ArE KEy until vAccines become much more widely AvAilAble, prevention And hArm reduction Are importAnt strAtegies
aTTOrNeY GeNeral bONTa releases 2021 haTe CrIMe rePOrT
By Allan Acevedo
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s more than 75 countries have confirmed over 25,000 Monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries, a myopic hysteria has seized public health experts, the LGBTQIA+ community, and conservatives attempting to weaponize the moment.
Announces creAtion of A stAtewide hAte crime coordinAtor position within the cAliforniA depArtment of Justice
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By AGpressoffice@doj.ca.gov
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alifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta has released the 2021 Hate Crime in California Report and highlighted information and resources to support ongoing efforts across the state to combat hate. At 1,763 bias events in 2021, overall hate crimes reported in California increased 32.6% from 2020 to 2021 and are at their highest reported level since 2001. Reported hate crimes targeting Black people remain the most prevalent and increased 12.5% from 456 in 2020 to 513 in 2021, while reported anti-Asian hate crime events once again increased dramatically, rising 177.5% from 2020 to 2021, and reported hate crimes involving a sexual orientation bias also increased significantly, rising 47.8% from 2020 to 2021. Amidst this surge in reported hate crime events, Attorney General Bonta urges local partners and law enforcement to review the resources highlighted today and to recommit themselves to taking action. The Attorney General continues to convene law enforcement, elected leaders, and community organizations at the local level across the state to help increase awareness around available resources and strengthen responses to hate crime in California. In addition, today, Attorney General Bonta is formally announcing the creation of a statewide hate crime coordinator position within the California Department of Justice’s Criminal Law Division in order to further assist state and local law enforcement efforts to combat hate crime.
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