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1 June 2012
Los Angeles artist bids for rainbow crossings during pride month 7 An artist in LA has launched a last-minute bid to convince the council of West Hollywood to paint its street crossings rainbow colours for gay pride in June.
31 May 2012
California senate approves ban on ‘gay cure’ therapy for minors 10 The Californian state senate last night approved a bill to ban the use of so-called conversion therapies on minors which attempt to alter their sexual orientation.
30 May 2012
Californian ban on ‘gay cures’ for minors may see senate vote today 17 A bill at California's state legislature which would ban attempts to turn gay minors straight through therapy and require adults to be informed of the unproven effectiveness of such treatments is expected to be voted on at the senate later today.
26 May 2012
California: Anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional 47 A district court judge in California has become the third federal judge to declare the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples, as unconstitutional.
9 May 2012
California set to pass a bill to ban ‘conversion therapies’ 37 In a bill that is the first of its kind, California looks set to partially ban so-called 'conversion' or 'reparative' therapy that claims to 'wean people off' their homosexuality.
9 May 2012
Video: Half a million watch bereaved gay man’s tribute to partner and plea for equality 60 A film by a gay man whose partner died before they could legally marry and his plea for marriage equality on the anniversary of the accident which took his life has been viewed half a million times in three days.
27 April 2012
Gay marine accepts navy veteran’s marriage proposal at base homecoming 28 A gay US marine returning from a ten month tour of duty in Afghanistan was greeted with a marriage proposal in San Diego, California this week.
24 April 2012
California pushes for a partial ban on ‘gay conversion therapies’ 27 A bill passing through Californian Senate seeks to ban so-called 'reparative therapy' for gay men and women below the age of 18, and would force psychiatrists to inform older patients of the many mental and physical harms such 'therapies' might cause.
5 April 2012
Apology after student disqualified from pageant for equal marriage hope 14 A school district in the US has apologised to a student was was pulled off stage and disqualified from a competition for saying he would like to marry another man.
4 April 2012
JavaScript inventor gave $1,000 to support California’s gay marriage ban 66 The inventor of JavaScript and Chief Technology Officer of the Mozilla Corporation donated $1000 (£630) in the fight against marriage equality in California, it has emerged.
30 March 2012
Students in California may be asked to declare sexuality when enrolling 24 Prospective students at the University of California and California State University campuses may be asked to volunteer information when applying or enrolling next year on whether they are LGBT.
9 March 2012
Catholic Diocese drops homeless funding over director’s gay marriage views 56 A Catholic Diocese in California has dropped the funding it gives a homelessness charity citing the new director's views on abortion and equal marriage rights for gays.
1 March 2012
YouTube to broadcast Proposition 8 play live 11 YouTube has announced it will broadcast the star-studded LA reading of Duston Lance Black's Proposition 8 play this weekend.
29 February 2012
Poll: Gay marriage support rises to 59% in California 9 Results of a poll issued today indicate support for allowing gay marriages again in California has risen to 59%.
16 February 2012
Chris Colfer and Kevin Bacon join Proposition 8 play 10 Actors Kevin Bacon, Chris Colfer and John C Reilly join a swelling number of celebrities signing up to star in Dustin Lance Black's Proposition 8 play next month.
7 February 2012
Appeals court rules California’s gay marriage ban breaks US constitution 18 California's voter initiated ban on gay marriage has been ruled unconstitutional by a US federal court, upholding a decision by a judge to lift the ban in 2010.
6 February 2012
Court to rule tomorrow if California’s gay marriage ban is constitutionally valid 22 A federal appeals court will rule tomorrow on whether California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is constitutionally valid.
18 July 2011
‘Family’ group wants referendum on California gay education 51 A California 'family' group is seeking a voter referendum on a new state law requiring schools to teach pupils about gay history.
15 July 2011
California governor signs bill for gay history in schools 37 California governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill requiring all schools to teach about the contributions of LGBT people through history.
3 June 2011
Comedian Wanda Sykes says she ‘shocked herself’ by publicly coming out 8 Lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes has said she had "no intention" of publicly coming out at a gay rights rally back in 2008 and was shocked by her own frankness about her sexuality.

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