SB 219 – Seniors Long Term Care Bill of Rights
SB 219, authored by Sen. Wiener, strengthens protections for LGBT seniors living in long-term care facilities against discrimination, such as refusing to use a resident’s preferred name or pronoun,...
View ArticleSB 179 – Gender Recognition Act of 2017
SB 179, the Gender Recognition Act of 2017, authored by Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and Sen. Scott Wiener, will enable transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to obtain state-issued identity...
View ArticleSB 239 – Modernizing Discriminatory HIV Criminalization Laws
SB 239, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), modernizes California laws criminalizing and stigmatizing people living with HIV to reflect...
View ArticleLegislative Assistant (Sacramento)
Position: Legislative Assistant (Sacramento) Salary: Based on Experience Type: This is a full-time, temporary position from April through August 2018 Reports to: Legislative Manager Start: As soon as...
View ArticleDevelopment Director (Los Angles)
Position: Development Director (Los Angeles) Salary: Based on Experience Type: Full-Time Start: As soon as possible Closing date of this position: Open until filled Organizational Background: Equality...
View ArticleListen to Students, For a Change. No More ‘BS’ on Guns.
By: Valerie Ploumpis, National Policy Director President Trump’s response to the murder of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – blaming school administrators for...
View ArticleTrump’s DACA Deadline is Today, but Congress Has Failed to Protect Dreamers
By Valerie Ploumpis, National Policy Director Six months ago today, President Trump upended the lives of 800,000 Dreamers and their families when he announced his plan to terminate the Deferred Action...
View ArticleAdministrative Manager (Los Angeles)
Organizational Background: Equality California (EQCA) is the nation’s largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization with over 800,000 members....
View ArticleEquality California Urges Trump’s Office of Management & Budget to Require...
By Valerie Ploumpis, National Policy Director Last September, the Department of Health & Human Service (HHS)’s Administration for Community Living (ACL) proposed a new ‘longitudinal’ survey of...
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