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California ends its travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws
State officials are currently forbidden from using taxpayer funds to visit over half of the United States. Now lawmakers want to take a different approach.
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Court rules that care facilities have a free speech right to misgender transgender elders
The judge said misgendering is a valid way “to express an ideological disagreement with another person’s expressed gender identity,” as if trans elders should have to debate who they are with the people who care for them.
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House Democrats seek to adopt resolution honoring & uplifting Black queer leaders
If adopted, the House will recognize “Black History Month as an important time to celebrate the remarkable and unique contributions of all LGBTQ+ Black Americans in United States history.”
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California will be the first state to train poll workers on transgender voters
California wants to ensure that transgender and non-binary people can vote.
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Soon you won’t need a prescription for PrEP in California
Next year, you’ll be able to go to a pharmacy and get PrEP without seeing a doctor first.
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Congress could shut the door on taxpayer-funded conversion therapy
The bill would crack down on “misleading billing tactics” that allow conversion therapy bills to be covered by Medicaid.
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California passes landmark legislation to help transgender foster youth
A bill to help transgender foster youth access health care is headed to the governor’s desk for a signature.
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After parents torture & kill boys they thought were gay, CA’s legislature demands answers
People reported the abuse of these kids multiple times, but the system didn’t remove them from their homes.
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California becomes the first state to officially declare June as ‘Pride Month’
And Donald Trump won’t even issue a statement.
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California just dramatically lowered the punishment for willfully exposing someone to HIV
The crime could have landed you eight years in prison; now it’s a maximum of six months. So why did it change?