SACRAMENTO, Calif – California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) Thursday won state Senate approval of her legislation to combat the reality that women earn less than men for the exact same work. Studies have proven beyond dispute that women in the U.S. are paid, on average, less than men for doing the same jobs….
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California State Assembly adopted Assembly Joint Resolution 22 Thursday condemning President Trump’s announcement that he will ban transgender individuals from serving in the military, directing the California military to not discriminate against transgender service members, and urging Defense Secretary James Mattis to allow trans service members to serve their country. The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department filed a brief Thursday with the Supreme Court arguing that businesses that are open to the public have a constitutional right to discriminate against LGBT people. The brief was filed in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the case in which a Colorado bakery refused to serve a…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Assembly Bill 677 by Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco), which would help ensure California public policy meets the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities, today passed the State Senate. “We need real data to better understand the obstacles facing LGBT communities and to inform policies to eliminate educational…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Legislation authored by California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) that would protect students’ rights to wear items of cultural significance on Graduation Day – a practice previously prohibited by some school districts in California – received its final legislative approval today and was sent to Governor Brown. “Part of our values…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education will roll back Obama Administration-era Title IX guidelines which protected sexual assault survivors on college and university campuses across the nation. This policy decision could harm LGBTQ students who experience higher rates of sexual assault. The Education Secretary announced the start…
Dan Savage has dished out love and sex advice in his syndicated Savage Love column for over 25 years. He’s blunt, hilarious and empathetic– and not just in his writing! Wednesday Savage joined Katie Couric for her podcast, Katie Couric. They discussed Savage coming out in high school, the HIV epidemic and gay rights, among…
Today, TIME releases FIRSTS, a multimedia project highlighting 46 women who broke barriers across fields. FIRSTS includes an interactive site, short films, candid interviews, portraits, a social media campaign and, later this month, a hardcover book, featuring these pioneering athletes, scientists, lawmakers, entertainers and entrepreneurs. The issue features 12 covers, each highlighting a member of FIRSTS: Hillary…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Around the world, communities are celebrating World Sexual Health Day in September. Sept. 22, come to the San Diego LGBT Center for a fun, educational, thought-provoking, interactive, and community-building event! This event is about what sexual health — including sexual rights and sexual pleasure — means in San Diego specifically! The…
WASHINGTON — An amendment that would keep the Department of Justice from interfering with state medical marijuana programs was voted “out of order” by the House Rules Committee on Wednesday, preventing the House from including it in its version of the FY 2018 federal budget. This amendment, introduced by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Rep….
