SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Assemblymember Tom Ammiano has introduced the School Success and Opportunity Act, Assembly Bill 1266, co-authored by Sens. Mark Leno and Ricardo Lara. The bill will ensure that California public schools understand their responsibility for the success and well-being of all students, including transgender students, and will allow transgender students to fully participate in all school activities, programs, and facilities.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A transgender woman has filed a lawsuit after she was expelled from a Christian university after she revealed in an episode of MTV’s “True Life” that she is biologically male.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) today joined with 22 legal scholars from across the nation to file an amicus brief in the case of Hollingsworth V. Perry, in opposition to Proposition 8, which took away equal marriage rights in the state of California.

The brief states that Proposition 8 also eliminated the ability of those seeking equal marriage rights to pursue those rights through their elected representatives.

SAN FRANCISCO - A growing coalition of more than 20 local, state and national organizations, more than a dozen local elected leaders, and hundreds of San Francisco residents have joined forces to urge the Board of Supervisors to support Supervisor David Campos's Harvey Milk SFO Charter Amendment.

“As San Francisco’s own shining example of heroism, adding Harvey’s name to our global gateway reaffirms the values of San Franciscans and civil rights supporters globally. He’s a symbol of inclusion and courage that we can all be proud of,” said Stuart Milk, Harvey Milk’s nephew.