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Same-sex marriage has been legal in California since June 28, 2013. The State of California first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples from June 16, 2008 to November 5, 2008, a period of approximately 4 months, 2 weeks and 6 days, as a result of the Supreme Court of California finding in the case of In re Marriage Cases that barring same-sex couples from marriage violated the ...
Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children's Books with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content (Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2012) Parks, A (2012). "Opening the Gate". Young Adult Library Services. 10 (4): 22–27. Stringer-Stanback, Kynita (2011).
California is seen as one of the most liberal states in the U.S. in regard to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights, [1] which have received nationwide recognition since the 1970s. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in the state since 1976.
The California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus (formerly the California Legislative LGBT Caucus) is an American political organization formed in June 2002 and composed of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the California State Legislature. [1] The caucus currently has 14 members, a record high.
In 2003 Theresa Sparks was the first openly transgender woman ever named "Woman of the Year" by the California State Assembly, [40] and in 2007 she was elected president of the San Francisco Police Commission by a single vote, making her the first openly transgender person ever to be elected president of any San Francisco commission, as well as ...
Equality California is an umbrella organization for the Equality California Institute, a 501(c)(3) organization that conducts public education programs for members of the LGBT community and the general public, as well as for healthcare workers, educators and public policymakers; and Equality California, a 501(c)(4) that maintains three political action committees (PACs), and, as of September ...
First openly transgender state legislator in the U.S. [125] Elected in 2023 to Virginia Senate, set to become second transgender state senator in the U.S. Lamont Robinson (born 1982) Democratic Illinois: Illinois House of Representatives (2019–Present) First out LGBT Black person elected to Illinois legislature [126] James Roesener: Democratic
LGBT Advocate & Gochis Galleries, "Let Me Come Home", Los Angeles, CA 2019 ... University Art Museum Santa Barbara, “NeoYork", Santa Barbara, CA 1984; Gallery ...