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Federal appeals court upholds Calif. ban on gay-to-straight conversion therapy
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the nation’s first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight.
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San Diego to become the nation’s second largest city with openly gay mayor
SAN DIEGO — Openly gay City Council President Todd Gloria will become interim mayor of San Diego, following the resignation of embattled mayor Bob Filner, who announced Friday that he will step down next week as part of a settlement of a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by no fewer than 18 women.
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Police identify suspect in slaying of transgender Calif. woman
FONTANA, Calif. — Police have identified a suspect in the slaying of a transgender woman who was found dead in her Fontana apartment.
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Transgender woman who appeared in online reality series found murdered
FONTANA, Calif. — A transgender woman was found murdered in her Southern California apartment on Tuesday, with evidence of a violent struggle.
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Opponents promise legal challenges to new laws protecting LGBT youth
Two recently approved measures creating protections for LGBT youth — one expanding rights for transgender students in California public schools, and another prohibiting gay conversion therapy on minors in New Jersey — have opponents promising to launch legal challenges to overturn the laws.
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Calif. lawmaker removes son from school over transgender law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Republican state lawmaker says a new California law allowing transgender students to choose which restroom and locker room they use is part of the reason at least one of his sons will not return to his local public school this fall.
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BREAKING: Calif. Supreme Court refuses to revive Prop 8 challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to halt gay marriages in the state, leaving opponents of same-sex weddings few – if any – legal options to stop the unions.
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Calif. governor Jerry Brown signs landmark transgender student rights bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the School Success and Opportunity Act into law, a landmark bill to ensure transgender youth have equal opportunities to fully participate and succeed in schools programs across the state.
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San Diego county clerk withdraws bid to revive Proposition 8
SAN DIEGO — San Diego’s county clerk, the man charged with issuing marriage licenses there and the most prominent public figure to move against gay marriage in California since its recent resumption, has withdrawn a legal bid to stop the practice, saying he was ceding the fight to a group that already has a similar challenge pending.
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Teen delivers petitions urging Calif. governor to sign transgender school bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 16-year-old transgender teen from Manteca, Calif., on Wednesday delivered petitions containing more that 6,000 signatures urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign legislation that would change the way California public schools treat transgender students.