SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Dozens of high school students are in the state Capitol today advocating for two bills to help ensure all youth — including LGBT youth — have the opportunity to stay in school and succeed.

The youth are gathered for the eighth annual Queer Youth Advocacy Day, which unites LGBT and straight ally youth activists from Gay-Straight Alliance clubs across state.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A broad-based coalition of California’s health care providers announced late Wednesday that they have come together to invest in a joint statewide campaign called “We Care for California” to support successful implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California and to oppose further rate cuts to California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal.

Could gays of the 1980s imagine what it would be like to be gay in 2013? From the Supreme Court pondering marriage equality to NFL players weighing how best to come out, the way we're gay today is nothing like it's ever been before.

And for that modern gay man, West Hollywood may not be the mecca it once was. Instead, young gays are flocking to Silver Lake and other low-key Eastside neighborhoods.

Frank Rodriguez argues as much: "The gay ghetto is dead," he declares to me one morning, gesturing at his phone. "This," he says, "is what's replaced it."

LOS ANGELES – Acclaimed actress Drew Barrymore will host the 24th annual GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday in Los Angeles.

The glittering ceremony complete with the red carpet treatment will take place at the JW Marriott in downtown Los Angeles.

Grammy Award-winning recording artist Kelly Rowland will perform.

Former President Bill Clinton will receive the Advocate for Change Award, and entertainment attorney Steve Warren will receive the Stephen F. Kolzak Award.