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Cedars-Sinai Shifts Into Transgender Care

In the U.S., many hospitals either are not equipped for proper care for transgender patients or they do not address and handle them with respect and proper pronouns, which can make the already difficult experience of seeking healthcare and dealing with health concerns even more trying. With this in mind, Cedars-Sinai recently announced that they will provide transgender primary care in both Beverly Hills and Culver City. Transgender care programs at Cedars-Sinai have expanded from being one of only two academic medical centers in the Western U.S. that offer gender-affirmation genital surgery to now include quality medical care for all […]

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Families Belong Together—Attend a June 30 Event!

Donald Trump and his administration are cruelly separating children from their families. But we won’t allow it to continue. On June 30, we’re rallying in Washington, D.C., and around the country to tell Donald Trump and his administration to stop separating kids from their parents! Trump and his administration have been systematically criminalizing immigration and immigrants, from revoking Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to ramping up intimidating ICE tactics.  Join us on June 30 to send a clear message to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress: Families Belong Together!  If there’s not an event near you, keep checking back or […]

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Kamala Harris Demands Resignation Of DHS Secretary

Via press release from Sen. Kamala Harris: “The government should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing them apart. And the government should have a commitment to transparency and accountability. Under Secretary Nielsen’s tenure, the Department of Homeland Security has a track record of neither. As a result, she must resign. “During her time as the manager of the government’s third largest agency, the Department has implemented a policy that has separated thousands of children from their families, issued a directive to make it easier to detain pregnant women, tried to use DACA recipients as leverage to […]

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Thousands Turned Away in L.A. Pride Fiasco

With chart-topping pop stars like Kehlani and Tove Lo headlining this year’s L.A. Pride Festival, no one could have been surprised by an unusually high turnout. However, during this year’s Pride, the City of West Hollywood, along with the Pride organizers of Christopher Street West, saw an unexpected number of ticket sales and flooded streets on Saturday, June 9, causing parade-goers to be turned away by the thousands. No one saw it coming. Especially not the ticket holders who showed up from all around the country to participate in the legendary Pride festival. Alisha Broome came out from Florida to […]

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More Funding for LA Anti-Violence Programs

The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s anti-domestic violence program targeting the LGBT community, known as the STOP Violence Program, has recently received three grants totaling over $1.5 million. The Center is the largest community-based provider of LGBT-related legal services and STOP has offered the “largest and most comprehensive LGBT-specific domestic violence programs” in the country, according to a press release. Since 1996, STOP, which stands for Support, Treatment, Outreach, Prevention, has not only focused on emotional and physical violence toward LGBTQ+ folks in the home, but also on hate crimes (including bullying, harassment, and discrimination), stalking robbery, identity theft, cyber-crime and […]

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Man Sentenced to Death in Torture, Murder of Boy he Thought Was Gay

A California man was sentenced to death on Thursday for the killing of a young boy who prosecutors said was tortured because he believed the child was gay, and the boy’s mother was sentenced to life in prison. Los Angeles County state court Judge George Lomeli sentenced 37-year-old Isauro Aguirre after he was convicted late last year of first-degree murder in the death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez. The child’s mother, Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, 34, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in February and was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Aguirre was Fernandez’ boyfriend. Gabriel […]

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Gay Veteran Shares Video of Neighbors Taunting and Spitting on Him

An Air Force veteran, Ryan Gierach, says his neighbors have a long history of discriminating against him because of his sexuality, reported KTLA 5 News. The San Pedro, California resident said the abuse started once he moved into the neighborhood two years ago. “When I came here my neighbors directly across from me began calling me names — all of them revolving around gay epithets,” he said. Gierach claims his neighbors have yelled homophobic slurs, and threw garbage at him. He said they even physically assaulted him. Gierach said the abuse got worse once the neighbor hung flyers around the […]

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Ricardo Lara Advances to November General Election in Historic Run for Insurance Commissioner

Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization, released the following statement from Executive Director Rick Zbur Tuesday night after Senator Ricardo Lara advanced to the November general election in his historic race for California Insurance Commissioner: “California voters made history today, as Senator Ricardo Lara is one step closer to becoming the state’s first openly LGBTQ statewide elected official. Ricardo has been a fierce, loyal and dedicated leader for California’s LGBTQ and immigrant communities, working to tear down barriers and ensure equality for all. As California’s next Insurance Commissioner, he’ll be a champion in the fight for […]

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Family of Gay Man ‘Found Left for Dead’ Say Police are Conducting a ‘Smear Campaign’

The family of a gay man found nearly dead next to train tracks in Truckee, California, have said that the police are conducting a “smear campaign” by claiming the alleged hate crime was an “attempted suicide.” Aaron Salazar, a 22-year-old student at Portland State University, was found left for dead near the tracks in the station at Truckee, California, on May 15. He had been travelling from Colorado to Oregon just before the incident. Authorities from Amtrak – a long-distance passenger rail service that runs across North America – who are investigating the case have suggested the incident was an attempted suicide, but Salazar’s family believe […]

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Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Says it’s OK Not to Sell Homes to Gays; Loses Support of Realtors

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their property to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group. “Every homeowner should be able to make a decision not to sell their home to someone (if) they don’t agree with their lifestyle,” Rohrabacher told an Orange County Association of Realtors delegation at a May 16 meeting in Washington, D.C., according to Wayne Woodyard, a former Orange County Realtor president who was at the event. On Thursday, Rohrabacher confirmed the accuracy […]

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