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Gov. Gavin Newsom Appoints California's Highest-Ranking Trans Official
TransgenderTransgender, CaliforniaJP Petrucione will be the governor's director of digital media, one of several LGBTQ appointees named by Newsom.Gavin NewsomCaliforniaTrudy RingCalifornia Gov. Gavin...
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California's Top Trans Official Is Out, Proud, and Loud
TransgenderTransgender, Politics, CaliforniaJP Petrucione, Gov. Gavin Newsom's director of digital media, talks about the importance of transgender visibility in a threatening...
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Banning the Death Penalty Is an LGBTQ Issue
CommentaryCommentary, Crime, Law, CaliforniaCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom placed a moratorium on the death penalty — a decision that will impact the disparate number of minorities sentenced to...
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Hospital Canceled Hysterectomy for Trans Man Minutes Before Surgery
TransgenderTransgender, Health Care, Law, California, Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, ReligionOliver Knight is now suing the Catholic hospital in northern California.Oliver KnightHealth...
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Shooting at Palm Springs Gay Bar Toucans Spurs Panic
CrimeCrime, Palm Springs, CaliforniaTwo people were shot following an argument at the popular Palm Springs, Calif., gay bar this weekend. Palm SpringsCaliforniaTracy E. GilchristA video reveals that...
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'Frat House' Tells the Story of a Town's Last Gay Bar
filmVideoCaliforniaTrudy RingGarden Grove, Calif., a quiet town in historically conservative Orange County, once had more than 15 gay bars. Now it’s down to one, and the bar’s story is told in the new...
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San Diego LGBT Center Urged to Hire Armed Guards After Hate Attacks
CrimeCrime, CaliforniaTwo recent hate-based attacks prompt leaders in the community to call for sweeping changes.CaliforniaNeal BrovermanFollowing two separate shootings — both seemingly targeting...
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California Senate Passes Bill to Keep Trump Off 2020 Primary Ballot
PoliticsPolitics, CaliforniaState law would now require candidates to release five years of tax returns to appear. President Trump has yet to do so. CaliforniaJacob OglesCalifornia may keep Donald...
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Hundreds of Parents Pull Kids From School to Protest LGBTQ Curriculum
NewsNews, Youth, CaliforniaThe California parents object to their kids learning about the accomplishments of LGBTQ Americans.YouthCaliforniaNeal BrovermanAn LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in the Rocklin...
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The Gay Pastor Fighting for LGBTQ Lessons at a Calif. School District
NewsNews, Religion, Education, Schools, CaliforniaPastor Casey Tinnin and numerous young people struck back against homophobia in a small California town.Pastor Casey...
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110 Long Beach Pride Photos Bringing the Joy Despite the Clouds
Photographer Tommy Wu brings us a big bunch of beautiful photos from one of our most popular Pride celebrations every year.Photographer Tommy Wu brings us a big bunch of beautiful photos from one of...
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83 Photos From the Heart of California — Pride Visalia
Last weekend record numbers of people and organizations participated in Pride Visalia, the only Pride event serving Tulare and Kings Counties in Central California.Last weekend record numbers of people...
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Judge: Trans Starbucks Worker Didn't Suffer Harassment
TransgenderTransgender, Business, Law, CaliforniaThe misgendering and other behavior directed at Maddie Wade "were not so intolerable," the judge said in a tentative ruling.BusinessLawCaliforniaTrudy...
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5 Images From Photographing Four Decades of LGBTQ Rights
Alongside images from 50 years of covering her own life, photographer Beth Kukacka documented key moments in the struggle for LGBTQ rights in California in the 1990s. See this work in an upcoming...
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72 San Diego Pride Photos Will Inspire You
One of the loveliest cities in California also has a great yearly parade and festival that represents often overlooked parts of the LGBTQ communities.One of the loveliest cities in California also has...
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Proposed Straight Pride Event in Calif. Seeks to Promote 'Masculinity'
NewsNews, CaliforniaThe National Straight Pride Coalition (which currently exists only in California) also wants to promote "heterosexuality, femininity, babies, and Christianity."CaliforniaTracy E....
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Straight Pride Organizer: 'We're a Totally Peaceful Racist Group'
NewsNews, California, PrideThe organizer of the planned event in Modesto, Calif., made the admission in a wild City Council meeting.Don Grundmann (pictured left)CaliforniaPrideNeal BrovermanA proposed...
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101 Night & Day Photos of the Heavenly Lazy Bear Week by Felix Xie
Both the crystalline daylight and the celestial nightime create a comfortable, cuddly mood for the hundreds of men that come to relax and play near Guerneville, Calif.The Lazy Bear fund puts on one of...
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Transgender Californian Says Attack on Her Was Hate Crime
CrimeCrime, Transgender, CaliforniaThe San Luis Obispo woman says a group of men used slurs toward her before beating and kicking her.TransgenderCaliforniaTrudy RingA transgender woman was attacked by...
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Teens Waving MAGA Flags Confront Students After GSA Meeting
YouthYouth, CaliforniaStudents chanted "this is right" while waving a 'Make America Great Again' bannerCaliforniaJacob OglesStudents carrying a “Make America Great Again” banner confronted LGBTQ youth...
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