Plan closes a $32 billion shortfall protecting key investments in education, health care, public safety, housing, homelessness, & climate
Outside of LGBTQ circles, the issues impeding SOGI data collection had largely flown under the radar until the COVID pandemic hit in 2020
“Heklina created events and community spaces that spun glitter and giant wigs and raucous jokes into a feeling of home"
SB 407 ensures LGBTQ foster youth are raised in supportive environments by creating standard documentation for their needs
"Legislation ‘outing’ transgender students against their will does not protect them it puts them in potentially life-threatening danger"
Will ensure mental health therapy to all incarcerated people, regardless of security level, sentence length, or mental health classification
ACA 5 would bring a 2024 ballot initiative to voters to remove anti-same sex marriage language from the California constitution
Despite significant progress, HIV remains a major public health challenge in California, with nearly 4,000 new HIV diagnoses each year
Former farm boy turned lawyer turned former Executive Director of Equality California turned politician, Rick Zbur speaks with the Blade
"California will never be a 'don't say gay state. There are laws in place that would stop that from happening, and they are holding strong"
