Timothy Rawles

California has made LGBTQ history this week, being the first state to honor LGBT veterans with a memorial. Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB2439 on Monday which officially recognizes the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City as the official state LGBTQ veterans memorial. The obelisk-shaped stone memorial also features an eagle and a pink triangle. The landmark was dedicated in May 2001, spearheaded by founding chair of AMVETS Post 66 Tom Swann Hernandez. Hernandez approached Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia and together they organized a plan to get the memorial an official designation. “Our perseverance has paid off,” Hernandez said in […]