The Coachella Valley is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County. The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area due to the historic prominence of the city of Palm Springs. The valley extends approximately 45 mi (72 km) southeast from the San Gorgonio Pass to the northern shore of the Salton Sea and the neighboring Imperial Valley,and is approximately 15 mi (24 km) wide along most of its length. It is bounded on the northeast by the San Bernardino and Little San Bernardino Mountains,and on the southwest by the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains.
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund,commonly shortened to Victory Fund,is an American political action committee dedicated to increasing the number of out LGBTQ+ public officials in the United States. Victory Fund is the largest LGBTQ+ political action committee in the United States and one of the nation's largest non-connected PACs.
Palm Springs is a desert resort city in Riverside County,California,United States,within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately 94 square miles (240 km2),making it the largest city in Riverside County by land area. With multiple plots in checkerboard pattern,more than 10% of the city is part of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians reservation land and is the administrative capital of the most populated reservation in California.
Frank Mitchell Bogert was an American cowboy,professional rodeo announcer,author,and politician best known as the longtime mayor of Palm Springs,California.
Stephen P. "Steve" Pougnet is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,Pougnet served as the mayor of Palm Springs,California from 2007 to 2015.
The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus is the South's oldest civil rights organization dedicated solely to the advancement of gay,lesbian,bisexual and transgender rights. It was founded in 1975,and is the largest LGBTQ political organization in the city of Houston and Harris County. It is known locally simply as "The Caucus". The Caucus is nonpartisan and endorses candidates on the basis of their support for LGBTQ rights,regardless of political party or candidate's sexual orientation.
The first English-language use of the word "bisexual" to refer to sexual orientation occurred in 1892.
The David Bohnett Foundation is a private foundation that gives grants to organizations that focus on its core giving areas –primarily Los Angeles area programs and LGBT rights in the United States,as well as leadership initiatives and voter education,gun violence prevention,and animal language research. It was founded by David Bohnett in 1999. As of 2022,the foundation has donated $125 million to nonprofit organizations and initiatives.
Throughout Dallas–Fort Worth,there is a large lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender community. Since 2005,DFW has constituted one of the largest LGBT communities in Texas.
LGBTQ+ conservatism in the United States is a social and political ideology within the LGBTQ+ community that largely aligns with the American conservative movement. LGBTQ+ conservatism is generally more moderate on social issues than social conservatism,instead emphasizing values associated with fiscal conservatism,libertarian conservatism,and neoconservatism.
The African-American LGBT community,otherwise referred to as the Black American LGBT community,is part of the overall LGBTQ culture and overall African-American culture. The initialism LGBT stands for lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender.
The following is a timeline of lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender and queer (LGBTQ) history in the 21st century.
Lisa Middleton is an American politician,who served as the Mayor of Palm Springs from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Middleton has served on the Palm Springs City Council since 2017,and is the first openly transgender person elected in California for a non-judicial position.
The National LGBTQ Wall of Honor is a memorial wall in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City,dedicated to LGBTQ "pioneers,trailblazers,and heroes". Located inside the Stonewall Inn,the wall is part of the Stonewall National Monument,the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to the country's LGBTQ rights and history. The first fifty inductees were unveiled June 27,2019,as a part of events marking the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. Five honorees are added annually.
