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Newsom Signs New Protections For LGBTQ Youth

NBC News reports: The new laws include legislation that focuses on support for LGBTQ youth. One law sets timelines for required cultural competency training for public school teachers and staff, while another creates an advisory task force to determine the needs of LGBTQ students and help advance supportive initiatives. A third requires families to show that they can and are willing to meet the needs of a child in foster care regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. “California is proud to have some of the most robust laws in the nation when it comes to protecting and supporting our […]

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Two California school districts ban LGBTQ+ Pride flags

Two school districts in California have banned the display of LGBTQ+ Pride flags in a move that has been criticised by parents and residents as “disconcerting” and “un-American”. On Tuesday (12 September), the Southern California city of Temecula school district outlawed all flags other than the US and state flags with a 3-2 vote, while Bay Area town Sunol banned Pride flags specifically, voting 2-1 in favour.  Temecula’s board decision comes after the approval of a plan to ‘out’ children to parents if they disclose being trans at school in August.  One Temecula resident and Navy veteran who spoke at […]

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California just became the first U.S. state to establish Transgender History Month

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California has become the first U.S. state to establish a Transgender History Month. On Wednesday, the state Assembly voted in favor of House Resolution 57, introduced late last month by state Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), to recognize August as Transgender History Month beginning in 2024. Previously, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to declare August Transgender History Month back in 2021. Santa Clara made a similar declaration in 2022. “The history of transgender people is there if you look for it,” Haney said. “As long as there has been a California, there have been transgender people here contributing to their community, […]

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California judge halts district policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns

A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school. San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Thomas S. Garza ruled after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley Unified School District for adopting a policy requiring schools to tell parents when their children change their pronouns or use a bathroom of a gender other than the one listed on their official paperwork. “Today’s decision by the San Bernardino Superior Court rightfully upholds the state rights of our LGBTQ+ students and protects kids from […]

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California Mom Blames Bullying for Gay Son’s Death

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The mother of a teenage boy who died by suicide in California is grieving publicly after his death. She says he was bullied relentlessly by kids who teased him because he was gay. In the aftermath of her son Salvador’s death, Eunice Rios posted a video on TikTok explaining her grief, San Diego NBC station KNSD reported. She said that she had hoped to shield her son from the bigotry of the world. Unfortunately, she thinks that the spitefulness of young bullies led to her son taking his life in August. “I support the gay community, always. Always. Love is love. But as […]

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LGBTQ-friendly restaurant defiant after Nazi graffiti and arson attacks: ‘We’re not going anywhere’

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The manager of a Los Angeles restaurant believes a recent wave of crimes against its premises has been motivated by homophobia due to the establishment’s support of the LGBTQ+ community.  Police are currently investigating a series of crimes against the Sawtelle eatery Sorry not Sorry and its staff, including incidents of burglary, and cars outside the restaurant being set on fire.  General manager Brandon Waller is worried that the business’ openly supportive stance on LGBTQ+ rights is causing it to be targeted. “We had a swastika drawn in marker on the front of our restaurant. We had the word ‘AIDS’ […]

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The San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Museum is Free Day Happens Wednesday, September 6

Wednesday, September 611:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. PTIn-person programFree for all The GLBT Historical Society Museum is free to all visitors on the first Wednesday of every month. Tickets are not available online on free days; all visitors will be welcomed to the museum as long as there is capacity on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have any questions regarding an upcoming free day, contact us at tickets@glbthistory.org. This free day is sponsored by the Bob Ross Foundation.

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California Library Gets Bomb Threat After Kicking Out Transphobic Group

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A caller used anti-LGBTQ hate speech to issue a bomb threat against a library in Davis, Calif., near Sacramento, on Monday. This forced the Mary L. Stephens Library and a nearby elementary school to evacuate.  The threat came the day after a right-wing group tried to have an event at the library that didn’t go as expected.  On Sunday, the Yolo County chapter of Moms for Liberty — an anti-civil rights, anti-LGBTQ+ organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated an anti-government extremist group — held an event attacking transgender athletes’ inclusion in sports. At the ‘Forum On Fair And Safe […]

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California GOP opposes national party’s anti-same-sex marriage platform

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The California Republican Party has sparked a battle with the national GOP by proposing to remove the national party’s opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion from its state political platform. Supporters say removing these two items will help align the California GOP platform with the values of California voters’ values while helping Republican candidates win statewide elections. However, opponents say removing the items would betray the party’s conservative values and contradict the anti-abortion and anti-gay stances of the GOP presidential candidates. The 2020 — that is, current — national Republican platform continued the party’s opposition to same-sex marriage (even though the U.S. […]

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California store owner, mother of 9, fatally shot over a Pride flag displayed in her shop

A business owner was fatally shot Friday after someone allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Lake Arrowhead, California. Deputies responded at 5 p.m. to the shooting at the Mag Pi clothing store, where owner Laura Ann Carleton was pronounced dead, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. The suspect, who was not identified, ran away.  “Through further investigation, detectives learned the suspect made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton,” the news release said. The suspect was armed when confronted […]

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