SACRAMENTO—Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) has announced that the Assembly Democratic Caucus has selected Assemblymember Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) to become the 70th Speaker of the Assembly. The leadership change will occur after a floor vote in January and a transition period to be determined by the Speaker and the Speaker-elect. “With the crush…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has launched a new digital campaign asking Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Donald Trump to take a position regarding Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was held in contempt in federal court yesterday for her disobedience of a federal court order directing her to begin issuing marriage licenses to…
Marriage equality has finally arrived in Rowan County, Ky. After defiant county clerk, Kim Davis, was held in contempt of court for her refusal to follow the law yesterday, an official in the clerk’s office today finally complied with the law and began issuing marriage licenses. “Today, the needless wait for loving and committed couples…
An unidentified man attacked San Diego LGBT Community Center Trans Services Coordinator, Connor Maddocks late Tuesday afternoon – reportedly “because he didn’t get what he wanted” asking for a referral to a crisis house. Paramedics attended to Maddocks’ injuries, which were described as minor. Nevertheless, Maddocks was treated at a nearby emergency room. Contrary to…
Today, Rowan County, Ky. clerk Kim Davis was found in contempt of court by a federal judge for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses on religious grounds. Davis was led away by U.S. marshals and taken into custody reports Reuters. “The court doesn’t do this lightly,” District Court Judge David Bunning said in ordering she…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights proposed a regulation that provides explicit protections from discrimination on the basis of sex stereotyping and gender identity in healthcare and insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) praised the proposed regulation, as well as the…
SAN DIEGO – AIDS Walk & Run San Diego has announced that Coca-Cola will be a sponsor of the 26th annual event, scheduled for Sat., Sept. 26. The company will distribute free bottles of Coca-Cola beverages, including Dasani water, ZICO Premium Coconut Water and Hubert’s Lemonade at several locations along the walk and run route….
When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. for the World Meeting of Families later this month, he will find a Catholic public that is remarkably accepting of a variety of non-traditional families, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that provides an in-depth look at American Catholics’ views on family life, sexuality and Catholic…
Today, HRC President Chad Griffin appeared on MSNBC to discuss the ongoing situation in Rowan County, Ky., where County Clerk Kim Davis continues to flout the law by denying marriage licenses to couples. “With the results of the United States Supreme Court decision in the Obergefell case, marriage licenses must be issued equally. That’s her…
SACRAMENTO – The Assembly today passed two bills authored by Sen. Mark Leno that provide protections and equal benefits to transgender Californians. The first bill, SB 703, prohibits state agencies from doing business with companies that fail to offer transgender employees the same health care coverage and benefits they provide all other workers. The second…
