SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thanks to a strong increase in demand, Covered California is giving consumers more time to sign up for health coverage that will start on Jan. 1. Over the past two days, Covered California has seen nearly double the number of new consumers enroll compared to the same two days last year. More…
Today, a group of San Diego small business owners will stand up to the hateful rhetoric surrounding the presidential election by posting signs declaring that “All Are Welcome Here” and “Hate Has No Business Here.” In three popular shopping and restaurant districts, small business leaders will walk door to door encouraging other shops to display…
Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has made a last-ditch appeal to the Alabama Court of the Judiciary to restore his salary and ability to participate in legal decisions. In September, the Alabama Court of the Judiciary suspended Moore from the bench for the remainder of his term, due to his unethical and extralegal actions…
Wednesday, Judge Todd Hernandez of the 19th Judicial District Court struck down Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ executive order protecting LGBTQ state workers and contractors from discrimination. Judge Hernandez delivered the ruling as the result of a dispute between Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, and the Democratic governor, reported The Washington Blade. “The court…
NEW YORK – U.S. middle and high schools remain hostile environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) students, according to GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey. However, the report, which documents school climate, its effects on student outcomes and the availability and benefits of school-based supports for LGBTQ students, also shows significant signs…
Following a week of testimony in the civil suit of Will Walters v. City of San Diego et al, the jury rejected the claim that five San Diego police officers discriminated against Walters for wearing a short kilt-like costume at the LGBT Pride festival in 2011. The eight-member jury in the U.S. District Court for…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the Equality Federation, today released its third annual national report assessing the status of state legislation affecting LGBTQ equality across America, including in California. HRC’s State Equality Index reveals that in many states opponents of equality are ramping up efforts to sanction discrimination against…
In the early ‘80s the country was introduced to a deadly disease that had no name and no one in the medical profession had seen anything like it before. The first case was discovered in five gay men in Los Angeles in June of ‘81. By July of ‘81 26 cases had been reported in…
SAN DIEGO—Closing arguments will be heard today in the civil suit of Will Walters v. City of San Diego et al, following a week of testimony that included more than a dozen witnesses and the presentation of evidence including photos of women wearing more revealing swimsuits than the kilt for which the plaintiff, Will Walters,…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With a key deadline coming up this week, Covered California released new data on the number of people who have signed up for coverage during the current open-enrollment period, and the number of existing consumers who have had their coverage renewed for 2017. On Monday, Dec. 12, more than 11,000 new consumers…
