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Calif anti-gay history referendum faces uphill battle

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:00:05 +0000

(San Francisco) At churches, shopping centers, schools, and local tea party meetings in California, fired-up volunteers have started gathering signatures for a ballot referendum that would repeal the nation’s first law requiring public schools to include prominent gay people and gay rights’ milestones in school lessons. Organizers of the Stop SB48 campaign- Senate Bill 48 [...]

Push begins to overturn teaching gay history in CA

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:00:19 +0000

(Sacramento, Calif.) A “family” advocacy group is already challenging a new California law that adds lessons about gays to social studies classes.

Paulo Sibaja of the Sacramento-based Capitol(...)

Landmark gay history bill goes to Calif. governor

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:27:54 +0000

(Sacramento, Calif.) California lawmakers on Tuesday sent the governor a bill that would make the state the first requiring public schools to include the contributions of gays and lesbians in(...)

Gay rights hero papers shown at US library for first time

logointern3 — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:13:41 +0000

(Washington) Documents from gay rights history are on display for the first time at the Library of Congress as part of an exhibit on the nation’s constitutional history and civil rights(...)

Nation’s first gay museum opens in San Francisco

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:22:44 +0000

(San Francisco) The nation’s first gay museum opening in San Francisco’s Castro district showcases a variety of items ranging from Harvey Milk’s pink-framed sunglasses to manuscripts and sex(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Judge Walker will retire in 2011

James Withers — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:28:45 +0000

Sometimes you wonder. Tyler Clementi jumps off the George Washington Bridge because knuckleheads (allegedly) thought it would be a grand idea to videotape him making out with another guy.

Withers: 365Gay Book club

James Withers — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:40:39 +0000

Morning. Today is all about chapters 7, 8 and 9 of Secret Historian.

Withers: 365Gay book club

James Withers — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:30:34 +0000

Morning bibliophiles. Today we go through chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Secret Historian. Seeing how my question last week was a buzz kill, I’m saying nothing. Leaving the conversation to you all.

Police inspector who led raid on Stonewall Inn dies at 91

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:30:07 +0000

Seymour Pine, who led the 1969 raid on the gay bar – the Stonewall Inn – which sparked the modern gay rights movement died at 91. Pine was a deputy police inspector at the time and later apologized for the raid, according to his obituary in the New York Times. The Times said: “Although the ostensible [...]

Withers: 365Gay.com book club

James Withers — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:41:14 +0000

It’s finally here. From now until October 20, we’ll be talking about Justin Spring’s Secret Historian. Today we will focus on chapters 1, 2, and 3. A repeat of the guidelines: 1) no thread(...)