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Bay Area Reporter – Political Notebook: EQCA to grade CA public schools on...
A statewide LGBT advocacy group will grade all of California’s 343 unified school districts on their LGBT policies. The statewide schools scorecard by Equality California would be the first of its kind...
View ArticleBay Area Reporter – Bill would reform CA sex offender registry
by Seth Hemmelgarn s.hemmelgarn@ebar.com Gay state Senator Scott Wiener has introduced a bill that would create a tiered registry for California sex offenders, meaning some could leave the state’s...
View ArticleEquality California: SCOTUS Rejection of Conversion Therapy Case is Good News
Los Angeles – In response to today’s announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court that it will not hear Welch v. Brown, a case challenging California’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy” on the grounds...
View ArticleEquality Act of 2017 Introduced in Congress
Equality Act of 2017 Introduced in Congress
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Bay Area Reporter – Political Notes: Palm Springs could elect CA’s first...
Published 05/04/2017 by Matthew S. Bajko m.bajko@ebar.com Palm Springs council candidate Lisa Middleton. Photo: David A. Lee. Palm Springs planning commissioner Lisa Middleton, a former Bay Area...
View ArticleEquality California: “today’s executive order offers the LGBT community no...
Los Angeles – In response to Donald Trump’s executive order today greatly expanding the ability of tax-exempt religious organizations to engage in political activity, Equality California Executive...
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Bay Area Reporter – EQCA zeroes in on the resistance
EDITORIAL Equality California is poised to become a leader in the ongoing resistance to President Donald Trump and his administration. At its sold-out San Francisco Equality Awards gala last weekend,...
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Bay Area Reporter – Jennings steals show at EQCA gala
By Cynthia Laird California Attorney General Xavier Becerra told the largely LGBT crowd that he’ll continue fighting for their rights as he accepted Equality California’s Vanguard Leadership Award last...
View ArticleEquality California Hires Rick Rivas as San Francisco Program Manager
San Francisco–Equality California announced today that it has hired Rick Rivas as its San Francisco-based program manager. Rivas will be responsible for maintaining an on-the-ground presence in San...
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Guest commentary – Long Beach Press Telegram – Pollution discriminates; it’s...
By Rick Zbur Since his inauguration, President Trump has wasted no time putting our nation in jeopardy. His staff had barely begun unpacking boxes in the Oval Office when he started signing reckless...
View ArticleEquality California statement on Trump budget
The Trump Administration’s grotesquely-named ‘‘A New Foundation for American Greatness” budget is an all-out assault on the social bedrock of the health and wellbeing of middle and lower-income...
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Sacramento Bee – Billboards call for California to resist, but who is behind...
BY ED FLETCHER efletcher@sacbee.com A new slate of billboards and other outdoor advertising aims to reinforce activists’ stance on the President Trump agenda: resist. In one series of billboards –...
View ArticleCalifornia moves closer to recognizing third gender
Daniel Wetter , KXTV 8:12 AM. PDT June 01, 2017 California moved one step closer to officially recognizing a third gender on Wednesday. The state Senate passed a bill that wouOKld allow Californians...
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