Congress Puts Spotlight on National Day of Silence to Fight Discrimination Against Gay Youth

We Salute Cesar Chavez Day

Today we honor the life and work of Cesar Chavez, an American from Mexico who organized the United Farm Workers to ensure their fair treatment. His work led to many improvements for the farm workers. His birthday has become Cesar Chavez Day, a state holiday, in eight states including California.

Week-Long San Francisco to Sacramento March Aims to Repeal Proposition 8

On Wednesday, March 25, lesbian/gay/bi/trans activists and allies will leave Berkeley, California for a 100-mile walk to the state Capitol in Sacramento. The march kicks off the day before with a short march from San Francisco City Hall to the State Supreme Court building, to bring attention to the lawsuit to appeal Proposition 8. 

Billy DeFrank LGBT Center Board Hires Interim Executive Director

The DeFrank LGBT Community Center has hired Paul Wysocki, a long-term nonprofi  consultant and gay community organizer, as its interim Executive Director. Since October, the DeFrank board has been in turmoil with its past Executive Director Aejaie Sellers, which eventually led to Seller’s dismissal in February.

Equality California Launches Statewide TV Ad Campaign on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Movement

Equality California (EQCA) launched a television ad campaign that will air statewide on the history of the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender movement. The ad educates Californians about the discrimination faced by GLBT people throughout history to provide hope for the future.

Sean Penn Advocates for Harvey Milk Day

Sean Penn said today at a news conference that he was confident Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would sign a bill officially recognizing Milk's birthday in California even though he vetoed it last year.

California Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Prop 8 Legal Challenge on March 5

The California Supreme Court announced on Feb. 3 that it will hear oral arguments on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in the Proposition 8 legal challenge.

Obama Build's Strategy to Overturn Ban on Gays in Military

Boston Globe - DON'T ASK too soon, our new pragmatic president says, if you want to do away with "don't ask, don't tell." The Globe reported this week that President Obama wants to cooly build irrefutable facts to support ending the ban on openly gay and lesbian soldiers, and break down old attitudes in the Pentagon and among politicians. Many gay activists

Jerry Brown Said The Court Should Strike Down Prop. 8

State Attorney General Jerry Brown has asked the high court to overturn Proposition 8 in a swift turnaround after suggesting earlier that he would support the constitutional amendment that would ban same-gender marriage.
     The attorney general is required to defend state laws unless he doesn’t find grounds to do so. In this case, Brown has decided not to defend the new law.

National Survey Shows Major Shift in Public Opinion on Marriage Equality

A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive in the wake of the passage of and protests against California's Proposition 8 reveals that majorities of Americans favor a broad range of policies and legal protections for gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The Pulse of Equality survey,