1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (322+ words) The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday calling for a study of the feasibility of establishing a county Office of Gender Equity based on United Nations principles aimed at eliminating discrimination against women. The motion by…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (353+ words) Thousands of people lined the streets of Hollywood on Sunday for the 56th annual LA Pride Parade, one of the region’s largest celebrations of LGBTQ+ pride, visibility and community. The parade followed a route through Hollywood that organizers said closely mirrors…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (913+ words) As Pride Month prepares to sweep through West Hollywood this June, Outloud Music Festival is stepping back into the center of it all with one of its biggest lineups yet. But beyond headliners, packed festival grounds, and pop spectacle, founder…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1143+ words) Luke Prokop came out as gay to his mother, and while Nicole Prokop embraced her son’s decision she had a very specific concern. “She was worried about my hockey career and how it might impact it,” Prokop recalled. Pioneers such…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (525+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice says it has dropped its demand for unredacted sensitive and personal information of more than 3,000 young trans gender patients of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Under an agreement filed last week, the DOJ agreed to withdraw many…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (275+ words) U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., awarded the preliminary injunction late Sunday, siding with AAP in saying evidence showed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services likely had a “retaliatory motive” when it terminated grants to the pediatric group in…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1360+ words) Parents have a constitutional right to be informed if their child starts to present as a different gender at school, and schools can’t hide that information from parents, a San Diego federal judge ruled in a class-action lawsuit. In a…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (789+ words) By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters Like many young girls, Mara Berton and June Higginbotham both knew from an early age they wanted families and to become mothers. But as lesbians, they were excluded from accessing the same fertility treatment insurance benefits…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (377+ words) One of U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s daughters said she experienced an “absurdly invasive” pat-down Thursday at an airport security checkpoint and suggested her father would limit or eliminate the Transportation Security Administration if it was under his authority. Evita Duffy-Alfonso…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (407+ words) By ALI SWENSON, MATTHEW PERRONE and DEVI SHASTRI The sweeping proposals — the most significant moves this administration has taken so far to restrict the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions for transgender children — include cutting off federal…...