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Over its 50 years in print, the Bay Area Reporter has showcased a wide array of opinionated voices on its opinion pages. Guest contributors have run the gamut from community leaders and everyday citizens to politicians and academics.
Some of the bold faced names have included Coretta Scott King and gay army veteran Joe Zuniga, both writing in 1993 against the military s anti-gay service ban, then-U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Edward M. Kennedy, who both promoted a 1994 federal ban against LGBTQ workplace discrimination, and gay former Congressman Barney Frank criticizing the Human Rights Campaign in 1996 for donating to a committee aimed at reelecting Republicans.
The National LGBTQ Task Force is starting its third annual sex-ed leadership project this week to help teach advocates at the local level how to push for policy changes.
The project will consist of 10 virtual sessions and is designed for people aged 15-28. Sessions begin March 3 at 3 p.m. Pacific Time.
Signing up was free, but the ability to apply to be part of the cohort has closed, according to Taissa Morimoto, a queer person who is leading the sex-ed project and who is a senior policy counsel with the task force. We have about 30-40 people participating this year throughout the nation and one person outside the U.S., which is exciting, Morimoto told the Bay Area Reporter February 24. They are tuning in from Ireland.
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Painting pictures of the past
Tom Ellis spent much of his life in New York and Los Angeles as an activist supporting LGBTQ rights, and an artist. He returned to his hometown of Iola six years ago and is about half finished writing his autobiography. He has plenty of colorful stories to tell. Artist and activist Tom Ellis takes a break to smoke a hard-earned cigar.
Photo by Trevor Hoag / Iola Register
Tom Ellis has seen it all.
An artist and activist all his life, the 76-year-old grew up in Iola, but went on to spend much of his career in New York and California.