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Fresno college: Instructor violated policy with anti-gay teachings
Fresno City College officials said they plan to take action against an instructor accused of presenting religious-based and anti-gay views as fact in a health class.
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Internet gay bashing not protected by free speech, court rules
Students at a private school in Los Angeles who posted internet death threats and anti-gay messages on a classmate’s webpage, can’t claim the constitutional protection of free speech, a California appeals court has ruled. The parents of the boy targeted by the threatening and derogatory posts on his website, withdrew him from Harvard-Westlake School in […]
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Gay marriage foes target GOP Senate hopeful
A group that promotes traditional marriage is funding a new statewide ad campaign in California against U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell — a Republican who supports gay marriage. The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage began running the 30-second television ad Monday. Campbell openly opposed Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned gay marriage […]
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New charges planned in BB-gun hate crime case
Three men accused of targeting a San Francisco man they thought was gay with a BB gun were taken into custody in a courtroom Friday after a video tape emerged showing 11 more victims. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said there were plans to file an amended complaint against the men — Shafiq Hashemi, […]
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California GOP state senator reveals he is gay, but still won’t support gay rights
A Republican state senator from California with perfect record for voting against gay rights, acknowledged Monday that he was gay. “I am gay,” said state Sen. Roy Ashburn of Bakersfield, breaking his silence on a conservative AM talk-radio show. “Those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long.” The admission […]
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Three men arrested in anti-gay BB-gun attack
Three Bay Area men are scheduled to be arraigned on assault and hate crime charges in San Francisco next week for allegedly shooting a man they thought was gay with a BB gun. The Feb. 26 incident took place at about 10 p.m. when the 27-year-old San Francisco man had just come out of a […]
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Anti-gay lawmaker arrested on DUI charges — after leaving gay bar
A California lawmaker who has repeatedly voted against gay rights measures since taking office eight years ago, was charged with driving under the influence on Wednesday, reportedly after leaving the gay nightclub, Faces, in midtown Sacramento. The California Highway Patrol pulled over (State) Senator Roy Ashburn at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after an officer noticed a […]
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John Perez, California Assembly’s first openly gay Speaker, sworn in
In a historic day for the LGBT community, California’s first openly gay Assembly speaker was sworn in to office in Sacramento early Monday afternoon. Democrat John A. Pérez, a first-term legislator representing parts of downtown L.A. and East Los Angeles, will face as one of his first tasks the challenge of preserving social programs for […]
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UC Davis LGBT resource center vandalized with anti-gay graffiti
University of California Davis officials are planning a town hall meeting tonight after anti-gay graffiti was found on campus this weekend, the second possible “hate crime” on campus in the past week. From KOVR-TV: Graphic anti-gay words and phrases were found spray-painted on the campus Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center on Saturday morning, […]
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Judge to schedule closing arguments as Prop 8 trial attorneys file final briefs
Yesterday marked the deadline for final briefs to be submitted in the federal trial over California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The two sides in the case — two same-sex couples as plaintiffs, and the sponsors of California’s Proposition 8 as defendants — filed their final briefs late Friday shortly before a midnight deadline. Chief U.S. […]