‘San Diego Remembers’ to commemorate 1969 Stonewall Riots with celebration: June 28

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Remembers will commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots – the event that started the modern gay civil rights movement – with a celebration Friday, June 28, 7 p.m., at Babycakes in San Diego. The entire community is invited to the celebration to toast the civil rights gains that have occurred in the…

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Virginia GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood to KKK

(CNN) — An outspoken and provocative conservative who emerged from Saturday’s Republican Party of Virginia Convention as the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor once compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and blasted African-Americans for their “slavish devotion” to the Democratic Party. E.W. Jackson, an African-American pastor and attorney from Chesapeake, made the comments…

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Changing my documented gender with the Department of Defense

During the past few years I’ve been changing my documented gender at various government agencies. I’ve obtained a court ordered change of documented gender with the state of California and used that court order to obtain a new birth certificate indicating I was born female. I also have provided required documents and followed specified procedures…

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Gov. Barbara Roberts and Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black to be honored at ‘Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast’

The Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast of San Diego County’s co-chairs, City Commissioners Nicole Murray Ramirez and Robert Gleason have announced that this year’s honorees will be Gov. Barbara Roberts, the first elected woman governor of Oregon and a long-time civil rights and women’s advocate, and Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black, who wrote the screenplay…

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Arizona state Rep. Kavanagh proposing ‘papers please’ potty law

State Rep. John Kavanagh (R-8th District) recently submitted an amendment for state Senate bill SB 1432. He’s stated that the amendment is a response to Phoenix passing an ordinance granting housing, employment and public accommodation antidiscrimination protections based on gender identity for transgender citizens. His proposal is to limit public restrooms and locker rooms usage…

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