Equality California

September 2, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

California Assembly passes bill to ban use of "trans panic" and "gay panic" defenses

A new bill that would ban people from using the "trans panic" or "gay panic" defenses in court passed California's State Assembly, and is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown.

July 2, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

New policy makes birth certificate changes for transgender Californians easier and safer

AB 1121, authored by Speaker Toni G. Atkins in 2013, ensures that transgender people are no longer required to publish an announcement of their name change in a local newspaper, and also will not have to go through the court system to request the birth certificate change.

October 24, 2013

by Nicholas Coppola

LAPD makes second arrest in Hollywood Blvd attack of transgender woman

The Los Angeles Police Department has made a second arrest in the brutal attack of a transgender woman on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

October 18, 2013

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Statewide LGBT organizations go purple for #SpiritDay

From state to state, LGBT orgs went purple for Spirit Day. Below are a sampling of the state LGBT organizations who went purple for Spirit Day.

October 8, 2013

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

California Governor signs law giving trans people easier access to updated ID documents

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that will allow transgender people in the state easier access to changing the name and gender marker on their legal identification.

May 14, 2010

by Justin Ward, Senior Media Field Strategist at GLAAD