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Local LGBTQ Youth Share Their Experience Living in a Conservative County
By Andrew Alvarez
Kern county is a place where social change is infrequent while conservatism is common.
At Kern County schools, is LGBTQ history ignored?
BY: Andrew Alvarez
LGBTQ history is brushed off, often regarded as an off-limit topic that’s impolite to broach.
Chyna Patz on In the 661
By In the 661
Bakersfield youth and LGBTQ activist Chyn Patz tells her story to us on In the 661: Youth Voices for Kern.
Summit gave LGBTQ youth a space to be themselves
Dean Welliver, News
Zoey Luna began discovering herself in middle school.
The transgender Latina was assigned male at birth, but realized during her adolescence that wasn’t her identity.
Gloria Garcia and the LGBTQ Youth Summit
By: In The 661
Gloria Garcia of California Rural Legal Assistance talks about the work the law firm does and the upcoming LGBTQ Youth Summit.
Queer Trans Youth Summit Teaches How To Better Your Community
South Kern Sol, Community Voices, Chyna Patz
On Nov. 17-19, I attended the 3rd Annual Queer and Trans Youth Leadership Summit with three other LGBTQ youth from the Dolores Huerta Foundation youth group: Teens 4 Equality.
Life Experiences Help LGBTQ Organizer Find True Calling
By Marcus Castro
Editor’s Note: This story is part of an ongoing South Kern Sol series of profiles of local social justice activists and organizers.
“Raising Zoey” Shows How Family Support Means An Abundance
By Randy Villegas
Residents of Kern County packed a theater room at Maya Cinemas on May 17 to watch “Raising Zoey,” a film that illustrated just how important family support is to transgender kids who are going through transition.
Obama’s Speech Gives LGBTQ Community Hope
By ANDRES GARCIA/South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD – Local LGBTQ community is left a little uncertain after United States President Barack Obama announced of his support for same Sex Marriage.
For LGBTQ Youth, Obama Announcement Better Late Than Never
By BERENICE SANCHEZ/South Kern Sol
On Wednesday, people across the nation tuned their television sets to an exclusive White House press briefing, where they heard Barack Obama utter a sentence that no previous President had ever dared: “I think same sex couples should be able to get married.”