Apply for Equality California’s leadership academy!

Applications for Equality California (EQCA) Institute’s Leadership Academy (EQCAI) in 2018 are now open. One of EQCAI’s priorities is to develop LGBTQ leaders at all levels of government and business throughout the state. EQCA is proud to have launched the Leadership Academy, generously sponsored by Edison International. The EQCAI Leadership Academy is an innovative program…

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When will it end? Documenting the US epidemic of anti-trans hate violence in 2017

It has been another deadly year for trans people, with at least 23 reported homicides in the first ten months of 2017. This is sadly unsurprising in a year that began with the election of a man to the White House who has appointed anti-LGBTQ  individuals to his administration and has been littered with more discussions of transphobic legislation in state…

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California joins transgender military ban case

CALIFORNIA —In a significant development in the legal challenge to President Trump’s transgender military ban, last night the U.S. District Court for Central California granted Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s motion to intervene on behalf of the State of California in Stockman v. Trump, a case brought by Equality California and seven individual plaintiffs challenging the ban….

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