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SAME-SEX COUPLES, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CLERGY TO GATHER ON DAY NINTH CIRCUIT PROP 8 RULING IS RELEASED
Anti-marriage equality proponents have had their day in court, again. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has heard both sides of the issu…
Gay history lessons required by new California law will be slow to arrive
A controversial state law approved last July amid heated debate isn't likely to affect California classrooms any time soon.
Th…
First Openly Gay Woman Competes for Miss California
Fewer things are more all-American than the Super Bowl, Fourth of July parades, and Miss America. Most of us grew up watching as these go…
Takano on path to make history in Calif. race
Mark Takano is poised to make history.
The openly gay congressional candidate is the only Democrat running in a newly created …
EQCA Condemns Fifth Ballot Measure Attack on FAIR Education Act
The anti-equality advocates, who previously sponsored an unsuccessful effort to place a referendum on the FAIR Education Act on the 2012 …
Equality California Announces Early Endorsements in 2012 Legislative Races
Equality California last week announced its first round of 2012 candidate endorsements in state legislative races. All those endorsed are…
In plea deal, youth gets 21 years for killing gay teen
A teenager who fatally shot a gay classmate in the back of the head during an Oxnard middle school computer lab will spend 21 years in pr…
Anti-Equality Advocates File Initiative to Eliminate LGBT People from FAIR Education Act
Yesterday, anti-equality advocates filed papers with the state to circulate petitions for an initiative on the November 2012 ballot askin…
Calif. high court: Prop 8 proponents have standing
The California Supreme Court issued an unanimous opinion on Thursday saying proponents of the stateâs same-sex marriage ban have sta…
Judge Orders Release of Prop 8 Trial Video
US District Court Chief Judge James Ware of San Francisco has ruled that the video transcripts of the Proposition 8 trial, in which two p…
Equality California Celebrates Passage of Most Comprehensive Legislative Agenda in the Organization's History
With the close of the 2011 Legislative session on Friday, September 9, Equality California (EQCA) reached a new milestone÷passage of…
Governor Brown Signs Bill Strengthening Equal Benefits Law for LGBT Workers
On September 6, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will bar the State of California from entering into contracts in excess of $…
Governor Signs Bill Strengthening Parental Rights for Non-Biological Parents
On Monday, Governor Brown signed the Protection of Parent-Child Relationships Act (AB 1349). Authored by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-San…
NLGJA Announces Recipients of its 2011 Excellent in Journalism Awards
NLGJA Announces Recipients of its 2011 Excellence in Journalism Awards
Today the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association…
Governor Signs Landmark LGBT Education Bill
Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will fairly and accurately portray the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil ri…
Calif. county clerk defends gay marriage ban
Chuck Storey ran for county clerk-recorder in a remote, desert corner of southeast California on a pledge to run a lean operation in chur…
Gay Couples Get Equal Tax Treatment
The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that same-sex couples must be treated the same as heterosexual couples under a feature of Californ…
Better Vallejo Fights to Keep Schools Safe for LGBT Youth
Inclusiveness. Civility. Honesty. Courage. These are the core values of Better Vallejo an organization of citizens fighting to make their…
Governor Signs Bill That Expands Unemployment Benefits for Same-Sex Couples
Yesterday Governor Schwarzenegger signed the Unemployment Benefits Act (AB 2055), which ensures that same-sex couples in California have …
Governor Signs Bills Eliminating Discriminatory Code, Legal Barriers for Same-Sex Couples
Yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law two Equality California sponsored bills. The first bill, AB 2199, repeals a discrimina…
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