California State Assembly

“As long as you fight, we don’t care what gender you identify as.”

California Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani announced Tuesday that she is gay and wanted to come out in order to help young people who may be struggling with their sexual identity. She becomes one of eight openly gay members of the state legislature.

Democratic Assemblyman John Perez of Los Angeles is about to become the California’s first openly gay speaker of the Assembly. The position will make Perez the highest-ranking gay politician in California history. The speaker is generally considered the second or third most powerful position in state politics, after the governor and the Senate president pro […]