Dianne Feinstein

• Political Party: Democrat
  
• Birth date: 6/22/33
  
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The longtime senator faced health problems earlier this year.

The elder senator has missed a dozen Senate votes and two committee hearings since her diagnosis.

The bill could help ensure same-sex marriages are recognized nationwide, but — as always — it’s unclear if enough Republican senators will help support it.

“Today, we are celebrating something much bigger than tolerance,” Milk’s nephew, Stuart, said at the christening ceremony for the USNS Harvey Milk.

The resolution acknowledges that at least 100,000 people and their families fell victim to anti-LGBTQ discrimination and prejudice practiced by the federal government.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has picked Secretary of State Alex Padilla to serve the three years left on Harris’s Senate term.

She founded the first lesbian organization in the US & her “courage changed the course of history,” said California’s governor.

“Gay is a superpower,” he said. “I really found my way to being able to put myself out of my comfort zone, not just for me, but for other people.”

Christian conservatives say it’s discrimination to not let them make legal decisions based on their religion – but LGBTQ people’s beliefs are forced to the sidelines.

The night the man who murdered Harvey Milk got away with murder, there were 12 incinerated police cars, 150 injuries, and dozens of arrests.

The intramural war among California Democrats is a warning sign of problems that could hurt the party in the 2020 election.

She should know. Her dad told her she is “influenced by demons” when she came out as transgender and he still won’t use her correct gender or name.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders implied that the criticisms of Amy Barrett are little more than an attack on religion.

The lifelong Republican said she wants to make the GOP “the party of equality.”

Sessions says “I understand” our “demands for justice,” but it’s hard to believe him.

Democratic lawmakers kicked off the 114th Congress on Tuesday by reintroducing the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday reintroduced the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Congress, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted to advance the Respect for Marriage Act, an historic bill that would fully repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) this week indicated that he would not bring up the “Respect For Marriage Act” up for a vote in the House of Representatives.

On the eve of the first ever congressional hearing on proposals to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the White House on Tuesday announced President Barack Obama’s endorsement of the Respect For Marriage Act — the bill that would repeal DOMA.