Amid fears about the growing threat to gay and transgender rights posed in legislatures and courts across the country, city councillors turned their attention Monday to supporting LGBTQ+ residents, approving three measures unanimously.

Public meetings this week look at LGBTQ+ issues, Alewife zoning and development, the use of federal Covid recovery funds, the budget for the next fiscal year, a school district sexual misconduct policy, implementing a 988 crisis line and some food, drink and event issues – including a new bubble tea business for Harvard Square.

The harassment of trans and other LGBTQIA+ students in the district has increased dramatically this school year. An incident reporting system called Speakfully was to launch Monday to better capture the extent of the problem, along with complaints about other kinds of sexual harassment.

The revived ManRay nightclub in Central Square is being held up by red tape from city inspectors, an insider told the audience at “Central to It All: A Look at Central Square, the Nightclub ManRay and 20 Years of Change,” a Wednesday panel discussion held at the Cambridge Main Library.

A website accepting RSVPs for opening night at a new ManRay nightclub in Central Square went live last week, though owner Don Holland says that there is still no date he can offer for when the first beat drops.

Bell hooks, the prominent feminist scholars and author, died Wednesday at 69 in Kentucky. “Heartbreaking” doesn’t fully depict the enormity of her passing. 

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a swing dance Savoy Night at the Somerville Theatre’s new Crystal Ballroom, songs from Jade Sylvan’s “Beloved King: A Queer Bible Musical,” an MIT water summit, holiday market and plenty of music.

Online discourse around the year’s City Council race has become hostile, with candidates caught in the crossfire calling it more personal and less substantive than before. In one controversy, they are endorsees of a group under fire for a year-old incident that began with a different organization.

Big steps are being taken to reopen the nightclub ManRay after 16 years, with owner Don Holland reporting the awarding Tuesday of an alcohol pouring license and construction for a new location in Central Square.

“Luca” is Pixar at its most delicate, an immaculately structured story that might not be the grandest the studio has released, but is one of the most honest. There’s a humanism between the moments of humor and fantasy that anchors the film and makes it a must-watch, and not just for Pixar fans.