Baltimore
Baltimore’s director of LGBTQ affairs denied surgery, claims discrimination by Johns Hopkins doctor
By John-John Williams IV | Londyn Smith de Richelieu, the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs in Baltimore, has filed a complaint alleging that she was discriminated against this past May by the Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Smith de Richelieu, who is the first person to occupy that role in the Mayor’s office, said in a complaint to the city’s Office of Equity and Civil Rights and in an interview with The Banner that the center, led by Dr. Fan Liang, denied her facial feminization surgery, claiming that Smith de Richelieu was being aggressive and used profanity with Liang’s staff. Smith de Richelieu, who is a Black transgender woman, saidshe was triggered by what she called false, stereotypic characterizations.
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BY TIM PRUDENTE | A Bethesda real estate investor nabbed Kevin Spacey’s waterfront Baltimore mansion at auction last month for a bargain, only now he has a problem.
Spacey, he said, has not given up the house.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
Baltimore
Fired Baltimore health commissioner under criminal investigation
Ihuoma Emenuga probe concerns Chase Brexton clinical work
BY LEE O. SANDERLIN, ADAM WILLIS, ALISSA ZHU, and MEREDITH COHN | Mayor Brandon Scott fired Health Commissioner Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga on Monday evening after learning she is under criminal investigation. Her abrupt departure, just months into the job, leaves the Health Department once again without a leader as Baltimore struggles with rampant overdose deaths at a rate not seen before in a major American city.
The Baltimore Office of the Inspector General opened a probe into Emenuga’s work at a private health clinic while she was also serving as health commissioner, according to multiple people familiar with the matter but who were not authorized to speak publicly. The inspector general’s office made a criminal referral to the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor, which is now investigating.
Emenuga’s clinical work was done at Chase Brexton, a nonprofit health care center founded in 1978 as a volunteer-run gay health clinic in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. Today the clinic has locations throughout Maryland and sees about 40,000 patients a year with a focus on providing services to poor and underserved populations. A spokesperson for Chase Brexton did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday evening.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
Baltimore
Why the LGBTQ community needs straight allies
Heterosexuals are an important part of the movement
BY JOHN-JOHN WILLIAMS IV | P.S. Gear goes on morning runs and swims with his gay workout partner. He regularly attends Sweet Spot, a recurring queer dance party. He’s marched in the Baltimore Pride Parade for the past six years. And he won’t bat an eye when correcting someone who intentionally misgenders someone. He’s also a happily married heterosexual.
The Hampden resident is an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community. Heterosexual is not a part of the LGBTQ acronym, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, intersex, asexual, but the group is just as important, advocates say.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
Biden-Harris administration sets record for number of confirmed LGBTQ judges
Another gay man murdered in South Africa
What is an ‘independent’ voter?
Man who had sex with cucumber in driveway wanted by D.C. police
Federal commission acknowledges violence against transgender women of color
The Washington Blade interviews President Joe Biden
Lana Del Rey, Katy Perry plan fall releases
Queers clean up at 76th annual Emmy Awards
Bye-bye Brat summer, hello fall nightlife
