LGBTQ+ – Page 27 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

LGBTQ+-related laws include but are not limited to: government recognition of same-sex relationships, LGBT adoption, sexual orientation and military service, immigration equality, anti-discrimination laws, hate crime laws regarding violence against LGBT people, sodomy laws, anti-lesbianism laws, and higher ages of consent for same-sex activity.

Effects of Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Start Rippling Out Through Government

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:48+00:00 July 10th, 2013|LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The federal government is moving quickly to extend benefits like health care and life insurance to gay and lesbian married couples in response to the Supreme Court decision that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.

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Gay Marriage Stirs Rebellion at Synagogue

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:48+00:00 July 8th, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

LOS ANGELES — Sinai Temple is a Conservative Jewish congregation perched on a hill in Westwood, famous for its wealth, its sizable population of Persians, many of whom fled Iran after the fall of the shah, and a well-known and outspoken rabbi who has at times pushed his congregation on ideologically adventurous paths.

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Senate OKs measure on transgender students on sports teams

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:48+00:00 July 5th, 2013|Education, LGBTQ+|

California lawmakers on Wednesday sent the governor a measure that would allow transgender students to play for sports teams and use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, not their sex.

A pastor who speaks out for gay rights amid outspoken critics

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:49+00:00 July 1st, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

With her rainbow bracelet and nose ring, Sarah Halverson doesn’t look the part of cleric. But her activist heart takes her to the streets to speak up for living wages and affordable healthcare.

On civil rights, a mix of backlash and progress

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:49+00:00 July 1st, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

The Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling is cause for celebration, but the joy is tainted by the rollback of

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Gay marriage and God: Activism varies at local houses of worship

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:49+00:00 July 1st, 2013|Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+|

The way Rev. Susan Russell of Pasadena’s All Saints Church sees

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Justice Denies Request to Halt Gay Marriages

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:50+00:00 July 1st, 2013|LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court denied on Sunday a request from Proposition 8 supporters in California to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in the nation’s most populous state.

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In Conservative Wyoming, Signs of a Thaw on Same-Sex Marriage

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:50+00:00 July 1st, 2013|LGBTQ+|

LARAMIE, Wyo. — For State Representative Cathy Connolly, Wyoming’s only openly gay legislator, this winter brought a rare moment of promise: her bill to create domestic partnerships advanced further than anything like it in the history of this deep red state — sailing through committee and onto the floor of the full House. Victory seemed

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Gay Married Man in Florida Is Approved for Green Card

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:50+00:00 July 1st, 2013|LGBTQ+|

An American man in Florida and his husband, who is from Bulgaria, have become the first same-sex married couple to be approved for a permanent resident visa, an immigration milestone that comes after the Supreme Court struck down a federal law against same-sex marriage.

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For Gay Immigrants, Marriage Ruling Brings Relief and a Path to a Green Card

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:19:50+00:00 June 28th, 2013|Immigration, LGBTQ+|

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday to strike down the federal law against same-sex marriage brought a stunning improvement in the lives of Steven Infante, an immigrant from Colombia, and his American husband — less than an hour after the ruling was announced.

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