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“This shows that you cannot trust the Democrat legislators, the homosexual agenda people at all, and you cannot trust the teachers unions — the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers boldly and brashly supported this bill in committee. They want children in the classrooms statewide to be taught that they can be homosexual or bisexual or transsexual …

With filmmaker Matt Baume, San Franciscans respond to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project. Get a tissue. UPDATE: Dan Savage writes us: “I’m issuing a challenge here—to see similar videos from New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Provincetown, Minneapolis, Madison, Atlanta, Houston, and on and on. There are lots of large, vibrant, powerful gay communities out there, in lots of …

“This bill simply affirms that California is a diverse state, and that we can all co-exist and make space for each others’ beliefs without compromising the tenets of any religious group or individual. With the recent federal court ruling, we know that marriage for same-sex couples in California is on the horizon. Under the Civil Marriage Religious Freedom Act, churches …

By a vote of 45-27, the California Assembly has approved a bill creating a statewide holiday to honor gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk. The bill passed in the state Senate earlier this year. The question now is whether the Governator will veto the bill as he did last year. “Although he vetoed a similar bill last year with the message …

Working a loophole, openly gay California Assemblyman Mark Leno has introduced legislation to allow the recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages performed before the enactment of Prop 8. Couples married in other jurisdictions after Prop 8 would “receive all the rights and obligations opposite-sex California couples enjoy, with the exception of the designation of “marriage.”” The bill faces its first test …

San Francisco’s gay vs. gay battle ended Tuesday when Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-SF) defeated incumbent state Senator Carole Migden in the primary. Leno is expected to coast to an easy victory in November in the heavily Democratic district. Leno will become the first openly gay man to become a state Senator in California history. According to unofficial returns Wednesday, June …

In the largest such judgment against a state politician, California State Senator (and open lesbian) Carole Migden (D-SF) has been fined $350,000 for 89 instances of campaign finance and disclosure violations and for personal use of campaign funds. Migden’s attorney claims that the violations were a result of her 10-year bout with leukemia, saying, “She was battling cancer at the …

California Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-SF) is planning to introduce a bill that would declare May 22 “Harvey Milk Day.” The bill would make the day a non-fiscal state holiday in which government workers and school children would not have the day off. Leno’s effort is thought to be the first in history that would establish a statewide holiday to honor …