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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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California Lawmakers Consider Bill That Treats Conversion Therapy Like Consumer Fraud

April 09, 2018

Excerpted from Huffington Post

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would make selling or advertising gay conversion therapy a violation of the state’s consumer fraud laws.

The state Assembly passed Bill 2943 on Thursday. The legislation, which targets the practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation, now heads to the state Senate. If enacted, the bill would make “advertising, offering to engage in, or engaging in sexual orientation change efforts” to the list of fraudulent business practices already banned in California.

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