Equality California

The opponents of California’s Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act — also known as SB48 — on Wednesday conceded that they had failed to gather the signatures required to overturn the landmark bill that requires the historical contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans be included in history lessons and classroom textbooks.

Equality California on Tuesday, announced that opponents of the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act — also known as SB48 — have failed to collect the required number of signatures to place a referendum on the November 2012 ballot to overturn the law.

California’s largest gay rights advocacy group on Wednesday announced it would not lead a ballot campaign to undo Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

A broad coalition of advocacy groups have launched a coordinated effort to protect and educate the public on California’s Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, the landmark legislation that requires that the historical contributions of LGBT Americans to be included in history lessons and classroom textbooks.

California’s Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed into law landmark legislation that would require the historical contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans to be included in history lessons and classroom textbooks.

Police have arrested a local transient on suspicion of a hate crime for hanging a noose in the doorway of the offices of LGBT advocacy group Equality California last year.

Equality California is launching a community engagement initiative to start a discussion on whether to return to the ballot in 2012 to repeal the marriage ban or whether to wait for a final decision by the courts.

Gay marriage advocates plan to file an emergency appeal of a federal judge’s order requiring them to release documents from the political campaign against Proposition 8 as part of the ongoing legal challenge to California’s ban on gay unions. From the Mercury-News: In court papers filed Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union asked Chief U.S. […]

A federal judge on Monday ordered same-sex marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign materials from the election fight over Proposition 8, a move that could prolong the legal challenge to California’s ban on gay unions […]

SFGate.com: Californians, in particular, are watching Maine’s same sex marriage vote closely. And some, like Demi Espinoza, Daniel Shad and Gabe Gonzalez, care so passionately about the issue that they’re giving up their vacation time to volunteer in Maine to preserve gay marriage there. Each is an organizer with Equality California and they’re helping get […]