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HIV prevention drugs will be available without a prescription in California

October 07, 2019

Excerpted from Los Angeles Times

California will expand access to HIV prevention drugs by allowing pharmacies to offer the medications without a prescription under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.

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Senator Wiener and Assemblymember Gloria’s Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Allow the Banning of Transgender Service Members

January 22, 2019
Victor Ruiz-Cornejo, victor.ruiz-cornejo@sen.ca.gov, 415.604.6817
Sacramento– Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego), chair and vice-chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus respectively, made the following statement on behalf of the LGBT caucus in regards to the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the military to ban transgender service members:
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Statement by the California Legislative LGBT Caucus on Death of Second Black Man in Ed Buck’s Home

January 10, 2019
Victor Ruiz-Cornejo

Today, the California Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Caucus issued the following statement regarding the death of a second man in the home of Ed Buck:

“We are deeply disturbed about the death of yet another black man in the home of Ed Buck, apparently of a drug overdose. What happened in Mr. Buck’s home isn’t normal, nor should we ever accept it as normal. Rather, what happened is beyond troubling. It isn’t credible to assert that these deaths are random or a coincidence.

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