Month: October 2011
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Governor Brown Signs Bill Streamlining Process for Transgender Californians to Obtain an Updated Birth Certificate
Governor Jerry Brown signed into law yesterday Assembly Bill 433, the Vital Statistics Modernization Act, which streamlines the process for Californians to obtain and update birth certificates. The bill was authored by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) and sponsored by the Transgender Law Center and Equality California.
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HRC Mourns the Loss of Paula Ettelbrick
Last Friday the Human Rights Campaign mourns the loss of Paula Ettelbrick, a longtime leader in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement, who died Friday after a long battle with cancer.
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Presbyterian church in US to ordain 1st gay man
More than two decades after Scott Anderson told his California congregation that he was gay and therefore must resign as its pastor, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) is preparing to welcome him back.
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HRC Launches Search Process for New President
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – yesterday announced the beginning of the search process that will culminate in the appointment of a new president for the organization early next year.