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Orange County bans “divisive” Pride flags as anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes rise
“We’ve flown the pride flag for two years, and the world didn’t end,” one local official said.
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LGBTQ newspaper publisher proclaims “no one gives a hoot” about “woke” gender identity
TJ Montemer, the owner of The Pride LA newspaper, made the comments condemning a schoolteacher that asked their students what their pronouns were.
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A man is facing hate crime prosecution for assaulting a trans woman with his skateboard
He yelled slurs at his victim before turning on the bystander who stopped to call for help.
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Orange County repeals benefits for unmarried gay couples
County commissioners on Tuesday repealed the domestic partner benefits program for Orange County employees who are in unmarried gay relationships.
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Cold case task force leads to arrest in 1989 murder of transgender woman
The arrest last week is the first for a newly formed Orange County cold case task force.
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Calif. man sues Little Caesars for denying health coverage to same-sex spouses
LOS ANGELES — A California man has filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination by Detroit-based Little Caesars Pizza for denying health insurance benefits to employees’ same-sex spouses. Frank Bernard, 47, filed the action in state Superior Court in Orange County, Calif., on Wednesday against the nation’s third-largest pizza chain…
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Gay Vietnamese Americans return to Lunar New Year parade
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — After being sidelined from last year’s Lunar New Year parade, gay Vietnamese Americans marched with pride on Saturday in this year’s event.
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Gay rights activists challenge exclusion from Vietnamese parade
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — Gay rights activists are stepping up pressure on the organizers of a Vietnamese new year parade in Orange County to allow them to march.
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Gay Vietnamese protest exclusion from annual New Year’s ‘Tet’ parade
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — A group of gay Vietnamese Americans and their supporters in Southern California’s Orange County are asking to be allowed to participate in this weekend’s Tet parade in celebration of the Vietnamese New Year.