Tag: California
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Trans volunteer killed in mass stabbing at homeless shelter
Kimberly Susan Fial and another person were killed in the attack that left three others seriously wounded.
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California: Resolution Affirms Intersex Rights
California’s legislature passed a resolution on August 28, 2018 that supports the autonomy of intersex people and their right to decide about cosmetic surgical alteration, Human Rights Watch said today.
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New Exhibition Recalls Defeat of 1978 Ballot Measure Banning Lesbian and Gay Teachers
A new exhibition opening September 14 at the GLBT History Museum marks the 40th anniversary of the defeat of a California ballot measure that would have banned lesbian and gay people and supporters of lesbian and gay rights from teaching in public schools.
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Museum Offers Free Admission for Harvey Milk Day
The State of California annually marks Harvey Milk’s birthday, May 22, as a statewide day of significance.
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds SB 1172 Protecting California’s Youth
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld California SB 1172 which prohibits dangerous and disproved efforts designed to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression that have proven to inflict great emotional harm.
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Jose Julio Sarria, founder of the International Court System, Passes Away
One of America’s gay rights pioneering leaders, José Julio Sarria, passed away Monday morning quietly in his home in New Mexico. He was 91. Funeral and Memorial Service arrangements will be announced by the Imperial Court of San Francisco.