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- Equality California to Honor Gov. Jerry Brown and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom at Sacramento Equality Awards
- (Sacramento) Equality California, the state’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization, will honor Gov. Jerry Brown with the Leadership Award at the Sacramento Equality Awards on Monday, March 10. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will also be honored, with the Vanguard Award, which will be presented by Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins. Sen. Ricardo Lara will host the event.
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- Equality California PAC Endorses 37 Additional Candidates
- (Sacramento) Assemblywoman Susan A. Bonilla and Equality California announced today that they are partnering to introduce legislation to end the use of the "gay panic" or "trans panic" defense strategy – a tactic used by defendants charged with murder to attempt to mitigate their crimes by claiming their violent acts were triggered by the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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- Equality California Announces State Farm Good Neighbor Honoree for 2014 Sacramento Equality Awards
- (Sacramento) Equality California announced that it will honor Dr. Swati Rao with the State Farm Good Neighbor Award at its 2014 Sacramento Equality Awards on Monday, March 10.
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- Equality California Announces 2014 Legislative Package Ensuring Equality Throughout Life
- (Sacramento) Equality California is pleased to announce its sponsorship of seven bills for the 2014 legislative session that would improve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Californians from cradle to grave.
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- Assemblymember Bonilla and Equality California Introduce Bill to Ban "Panic Defense" Strategy as a Courtroom Tactic by Murder Defendants
- (Sacramento) Assemblywoman Susan A. Bonilla and Equality California announced today that they are partnering to introduce legislation to end the use of the "gay panic" or "trans panic" defense strategy – a tactic used by defendants charged with murder to attempt to mitigate their crimes by claiming their violent acts were triggered by the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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- Attempt to Repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act Fails
- (San Francisco) Today, the effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act — California’s new law ensuring that all children have opportunities to do well in school — failed to qualify for the ballot.
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- Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez and Equality California Introduce Bill to Modernize Birth Certificates
- (Sacramento) Today, Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez introduced AB 1951, sponsored by Equality California, to modernize birth certificates to accurately reflect the gender of a child’s parent or parents. The new birth certificates would allow each parent to identify as mother, father or parent.
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- Equality California Endorses Speaker John A. Pérez for State Controller
- (Los Angeles) Equality California, the largest statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization in California, today announced its endorsement of Speaker of the Assembly John A. Pérez for State Controller.
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Transgender Student Activist Ashton Lee Takes Aim At Fringe Anti-LGBT Group For Illegal Fundraising
By Josh Steichmann
"Remember Ashton Lee, the 16-year-old boy from Manteca who delivered 5,700 signatures to Governor Brown asking that he sign the School Success and Opportunity Act, which clarifies protections for transgender students?" Read More >
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