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A gay dad draws protest from the school that cancelled a play about two gay penguins
As writers and activists enter the public discussions, they tend to adopt a style and way of communicating that works for them. For me, I am a gay dad who writes people letters in a very public way…
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California attorney general granted more time to stop ‘shoot the gays’ ballot initiative
California Attorney General Kamala Harris was granted an extension to the deadline her office faced next week for processing a proposed ballot initiative that advocates killing anyone who engages in gay sex.
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California transgender inmate’s lawyers seek swift sex reassignment surgery
The state has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay as it appeals the San Francisco-based judge’s order.
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California seeks to block inmate’s sex reassignment surgery
Officials want a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order that the state immediately provide a transgender prisoner with sex reassignment surgery.
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San Diego man sentenced in HIV infection case
A San Diego man authorities said intentionally spread HIV to his former boyfriend, and possibly several others, has been sentenced to six months in jail.
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Gay dad on the elementary school mob that cancelled a play about a gay penguin family
There was another significant hearing this week on Tuesday about same sex relationships and whether to ban them.
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Judge won’t delay order on California transgender inmate’s sex reassignment surgery
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar made his ruling in response to a request by state corrections officials, who also have appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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San Francisco archbishop will skip this year’s national rally opposing same-sex marriage
San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archbishop, who is at the center of growing debate over his opposition to gay marriage, will miss an annual march in Washington, D.C., next week opposing same-sex marriage, his archdiocese said.
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California couple become part of Tennessee same-sex marriage challenge
Johno Espejo and Matthew Mansell moved from the San Francisco Bay area to Franklin, Tenn., in 2012 for Mansell’s job at an international law firm. Their neighbors were friendly, Mansell says, but the family couldn’t go out in public without being stared at.
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California corrections department to appeal judge’s order backing inmate’s sex change
California’s corrections department said Friday that it will appeal a federal judge’s order that it immediately provide a transgender inmate with sex-reassignment surgery.