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LGBT advocates hail Kamala Harris’ victory as California Attorney General
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris will be California’s next Attorney General, after her Republican opponent conceded on Wednesday — a full three weeks after the Nov. 2 election.
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Parents fight school’s anti-bullying curriculum because it teaches LGBT tolerance
VALLEJO, Calif. — Angry parents in the Vallejo Unified School District, located in San Francisco’s East Bay, packed a school district board meeting last week to protest the district’s proposed curriculum plan that includes lessons on gay rights.
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California’s Alameda County elects nation’s first transgender trial judge
California’s Alameda County has been elected its first transgender Superior Court Judge. Victoria Kolakowski, 49, defeated her opponent, Deputy District Attorney John Creighton, in a narrow win in what had been a hotly contested race.
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DMV clerk sends transgender woman letter calling her an ‘abomination’
A transgender woman in San Francisco has received a hate-filled from a Department of Motor Vehicles clerk telling her that she was an abomination and that “all gay people should be put to death.”
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Equality California finds a noose tied to their front door
When volunteers of Equality California arrived at their office Thursday evening, they found a noose tied to their front door. They immediately called the police, but instead of help, were told “sometimes you just have to live with being a victim.” WTF?
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Appeals court sides with firefighters over ‘sexual harassment’ at gay pride event
Four San Diego firefighters who lodged a complaint against the city for being forced to participate in a gay pride parade in 2007, won a court victory this week when an appeals court upheld that their participation in the event subjected them to “sexual harassment.”
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Four more teen suicides reported, two from within LGBT community
More sad news to report today as word comes of four more teen suicides, at least two of them from within the LGBTQ teen community. Justin “Chloe” Lacey and Aiyisha Hassan, both 19, committed suicide in recent weeks.
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Hundreds ‘celebrate’ life of Seth Walsh; details emerge of last bullying incident
It was standing room only at the First Baptist Church in Tehachapi, CA, Friday as more than 500 mourners came to bid farewell to Seth Walsh, an openly gay teen who died earlier this week following a suicide attempt 10 days earlier. Seth endured years of bullying for being gay.
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Vaughn Walker, federal judge who presided over Prop 8 trial, announces retirement
The federal judge who attracted national attention for his decision last month striking down California’s Proposition 8 and lambasting supporters of traditional marriage, has announced that he will retire from the bench in February. As Chief Judge for the Northern District of California, Vaughn R. Walker presided over the first federal court trial involving a […]
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Gay teen dies after 9 days on life support, following suicide attempt over anti-gay bullying
Seth Walsh, a California teen who spent the last 9 days on life support after attempting suicide over relentless bullying because he was gay, died today. He was 13 years old. Seth’s family took him off life support this afternoon, reports KGET-TV. A memorial service honoring Seth will be held on Friday, October 1, at […]