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Ninth Circuit panel to hear appeal of California law banning "ex-gay therapy"

SDGLN Staff
April 17th, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today will hear the challenge to California’s law that bans “ex-gay therapy” for minors.

Senate Bill 1172 was signed into law last fall by Gov. Jerry Brown, who praised the measure for protecting LGBT young people from dangerous practices called conversion therapy and reparative therapy. The therapy uses shame, verbal abuse and same-sex aversion techniques, and the success rate is considered nil.

Transgender identity bill passed by California Assembly panel

SDGLN Staff
April 16th, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Assembly Bill 1121, authored by Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and co-sponsored by Transgender Law Center and Equality California, passed the Assembly Committee on Judiciary today.

The bill will help ensure that transgender people have access to identity documents that accurately reflect the name and gender that correspond to their gender identity. The bill will next go to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

San Francisco police precincts establish LGBT safe zones

SDGLN Staff
April 16th, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO -- The police chief said Monday that the city's 10 precincts will have space designated as safe havens for LGBT people to report crimes.

Police Chief Greg Suhr said colorful signs labeled "LGBT Safe Zone" will be posted inside precincts so that LGBT people can be assured that they will be treated with respect, dignity and compassion.

"We're a police department for everybody," Suhr said.

The police chief said he was working to change a distrust of the men and women in blue, and to reshape the department into a progressive, accepting police force.

Gay man from West Hollywood dies of meningitis

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
April 15th, 2013

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – A 33-year-old lawyer who contracted bacterial meningitis died at 6:42 pm Saturday after being removed from life support, his family says.

“Tonight our family made the incredibly difficult decision to remove my brother Brett from life support. He died peacefully surrounded by our family and friends,” Brett’s brother, Brian Shaad, said in a statement issued on behalf of the family.

WeHo official warns of deadly meningitis strain

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
April 13th, 2013

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – A deadly strain of bacterial meningitis, similar to the one that has been killing men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City, has been found in California, health officials say.

Los Angeles area officials have issued a health warning and urged MSM to take safety precautions. If caught early enough, the disease can be successfully treated with antibiotics, and a vaccine is available.

Ex-Marine arrested in hate crime attack at Long Beach gay bar

LGBTQ Nation Staff
April 12th, 2013

LONG BEACH, Calif. — A former Marine accused in the beating of a man outside a Long Beach gay bar will be extradited from Illinois to face felony hate crime charges.

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Gay detainee accuses immigration authorities of endangering his life

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
April 5th, 2013

(Editor's note: This article contains language that may offend. Because of the seriousness of the allegations, the coarse language and anti-gay slurs are being used in context. Please be forewarned.)

SAN DIEGO – A 26-year-old gay man is accusing two immigration guards in El Centro, Calif. of making anti-gay slurs at him, violently roughing him up while in custody, and putting in danger his health and his life.

He is pleading for immigration officials to give him a crucial medicine needed to prevent seizures and a special diet necessary to control his colitis.

TMZ exclusive: Two women sue The Abbey, claiming they were raped by employees

TMZ
April 4th, 2013

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Two women have filed a lawsuit, claiming they were drugged and raped by employees of one of the hottest restaurant/bars in West Hollywood -- The Abbey.

The club has been a fixture in WeHo for 15 years. According to the lawsuit ... a gay woman who says she had never had sexual relations with a man was at The Abbey with her girlfriend in November 2011. She says she and her girlfriend had a fight, which upset the alleged victim. She ordered a drink at the bar and claims it was laced with a date rape drug.

State accuses WeHo nightclub Micky’s of lewd conduct violations

Dan Watson - Executive Editor of WehoVille
April 4th, 2013

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Micky’s nightclub, the popular Boystown gay bar known for its go-go dancing events, is under state investigation for 14 counts of lewd conduct and two counts of giving away alcoholic beverages, according to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC).

For now, ABC has only filed accusations against Micky’s, which, after being offered a suspension as penalty instead chose to have a hearing to make its case. A date has not yet been set for that hearing.

Dinah Shore Weekend begins today

Xochitl Peña - The Desert Sun
April 4th, 2013

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Girl Power is in full effect.

Thousands of lesbians are in town for Dinah Shore Weekend and to take part in “The Dinah” — promoted as the largest lesbian festival in the world.

The four-day party begins in earnest today with a full festivities lineup of pool parties, concerts, a comedy show, celebrity poker and dodge ball, and general revelry that barely leaves attendees time to eat, joked event founder Mariah Hanson.

“It’s just a constant moving flow. From 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. it’s non-stop,” she said.

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