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Will Walters, gay man who lost San Diego Pride nudity case dies of apparent suicide

December 29, 2016

December 29, 2016 155

BY KAREN OCAMB  |  The shocking loss of his federal discrimination case against the San Diego Police Department may have been...

Putting the California Conversion Therapy Industry on Notice

March 15, 2016

March 15, 2016 83

BY SAMANTHA AMES, ESQ.  |  In February 2012, Congressman Ted Lieu, then a California State Senator, introduced the first bill...

‘Unjust’ justice system nationally for LGBT community, report declares

February 24, 2016

February 24, 2016 154

BY MATTHEW S. BAJKO  |  Several national groups this week released a report saying that LGBT people, especially those of...

Gay and lesbian candidates for your Supreme Court pick, Mr. President

February 18, 2016

February 18, 2016

BY TROY MASTERS & ANGELO CASIANO  | President Obama says he plans to pick a Supreme Court nominee to replace...

LGBT-hostile republicans vow to block Obama SCOTUS pick

February 15, 2016

February 15, 2016 11

BY LISA KEEN  |  The U.S. Supreme Court justice most hostile to equal rights for LGBT people has died, and...

RentBoy.com CEO indicted on prostitution and now money laundering

January 28, 2016

January 28, 2016 151

BY TROY MASTERS  |  Jeffrey Hurant, 51, former chief executive of Rentboy.com was indicted by a federal grand jury in...

Pepperdine Title IX loss may expand LGBT protections

January 5, 2016

January 5, 2016 13

BY STAFF  |  In what is likely to be a first step toward an expansion of Title IX, the law...