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December 3, 2012
Will Gay Voters Support Gay Republican Kevin James in 2013 Los Angeles Mayoral Run?
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Kevin James, a gay Republican, recently got a boost to his campaign when Republican political consultant Fred Davis created a "super PAC" to help James win. Davis plans to raise $3.5 million through a pro-James independent committee called Better Way L.A. Davis and oth ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Harry Hay, Gay Rights Pioneer and Radical Faerie, Turns 100 Years Old
Co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries, longtime Los Angeles resident Harry Hay would have turned 100 years old on Saturday, April 7. He is widely regarded as the father of the American gay rights movement. By all accounts, Hay was a major league rebel, holding close to his pr ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Capitol Resource Institute Gets Okay To Gather Signatures for Anti-Gay History Ballot Measure
The Capitol Resource Institute (CRI) has been given the okay from the state of California to start a petition drive for a ballot measure that will seek to repeal a state law that ensures the contributions of gays and lesbians are mentioned in school textbooks, reports Frontiers news editor K ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Roland Palencia, New Equality California Executive Director, Repeats Old Excuses for Proposition 8 Loss
Debra EvansEQCA Executive Director Roland PalenciaOn Monday, Roland Palencia was named the new executive director of Equality California, the statewide gay rights group. He is replacing Geoff Kors, who built the organization into a political powerhouse while also playing a major role in the ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Richard McKee RIP: Pasadena Professor Beat Scores of Politicians in Court Who Illegally Kept Public Meetings and Info a Secret
RIP Richard McKee, Brown Act heroBig loss for anyone worried about the scheming, secretive government entities and politicians so common in California cities, counties and Sacramento: The surprise death of Richard McKee, a widely respected expert on the California Public Records Act and Brown ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Uncomfortably Finds Itself in the Middle of a Knock-Down Union Blow Out
The Bilerico ProjectL.A. Gay & Lesbian Center CEO Lorri JeanThe Los Angles Gay & Lesbian Center, which bills itself as the "world's largest LGBT organization," probably hoped its battle with hotel workers union Unite Here Local 11 would somehow fade away before its big gala dinner this Satur ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Prop. 8 Stay May Be Lifted Today, West Hollywood Ready to Marry Gay Couples
Ted SoquiGay marriage supporter in West Hollywood last week.U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker will issue a ruling today on whether or not he will continue a stay on his Proposition 8 decision, which found the anti-gay marriage ballot measure to be unconstitutional. If Walker lifts the ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
Prop. 8 Stay Messes With Big Wedding Day in West Hollywood
Patrick Range McDonaldWest Hollywood officials celebrate gay weddings in June, 2008.Unlike the summer of 2008, the city of West Hollywood doesn't plan to hold a major ceremony if U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker lifts his stay on the Proposition 8 ruling, which would allow gay and les ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Proposition 8: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown Oppose Stay on Gay Marriage
California Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown have filed briefs today that oppose a stay on U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's decision to overturn Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that took away the existing ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Prominent AIDS Monument Vandalized in East L.A.
LGBT POVThe vandalized section of The Wall Las Memorias in East L.A.The Wall Las Memorias, the first publicly funded AIDS monument in the nation, was recently vandalized, reports Frontiers news editor Karen Ocamb. Someone damaged a portion of the monument with yellow paint, which is located ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Conservative Ted Olson Stands Up for Gays at Proposition 8 Trial
Attorney Ted OlsonWhen closing arguments get underway for the Proposition 8 federal trial on Wednesday in San Francisco, a world-famous liberal won't be standing before U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker and making the case to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban. Instead, that attor ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Get Equal Interrupts, Annoys Obama at L.A. Fund Raiser
Five members of Get Equal, a newly-established grassroots gay rights group based in California, interrupted and annoyed President Barack Obama as he spoke at a Democratic fund raiser for Senator Barbara Boxer at the California Science Center in Los Angeles last night.Patrick Range McDonaldGet Equal ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Queer Town: Assemblyman Mike Davis Outed at Stonewall Dems Meeting
California Assemblyman Mike Davis was publicly outed by a supporter at a recent, Los Angeles-based Stonewall Democratic Club meeting, Frontiers news editor Karen Ocamb reports on her blog, LGBT POV. At the time, the gay political club was considering whether or not to endorse him.Malcolm Ali/finaim ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
Prop. 8 Trial: Yale Professor Details Over 100 Years of Homophobia
We're not big fans of victimhood politics, but the testimony of Yale professor George Chauncey at yesterday's Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco showed exactly why a courthouse video feed is so important -- ordinary Americans would have watched Chauncey detail over 100 years of homophobia in Ameri ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
Queer Town: Over 50,000 People Urge Judge to Televise Prop. 8 Trial
If anyone needs further proof that people respond to smart, grassroots organizing through the Internet, he only needs to look at yesterday's Courage Campaign petition drive.Patrick Range McDonaldPro-gay marriage marchers in Westwood in November, 2008.According to a Courage Campaign press release ... More >>
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December 15, 2009
One Last Pre-Trial Hearing Before Prop. 8 Showdown
On Wednesday, in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will hold one more pre-trial hearing before lawyers meet on January 11 to start a non-jury trial on the constitutional merits of Proposition 8. Patrick Range McDonaldPro-gay marriage marchers in Westwood in November, 2008.The long- ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
Todd Holland's Advice to Play it Straight
Gay Director Apologizes and Debates Ensue
Blogs
July 17, 2009
Queer Town: Smashing the Gay Closet in Hollywood
Soon after openly gay director Todd Holland issued a quasi-apology for telling an Outfest panel audience that young, gay actors should "stay in the closet," Queer Town received an email from Frontiers News Editor Karen Ocamb, the dean of gay journalism in Los Angeles and a highly-respected voice in ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
Queer Town: LAPD Chief Bratton Imperfect "Homo Hero"
Last week, Queerty.com, one of our favorite gay Web sites, chose Los Angeles Police Department Chief William Bratton as its "2008 Homo Hero of the Year," and today the Los Angeles Times picked up the story -- this city's paper of record loves to hand out kudos to the power establishment whenever it ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
Queer Town: Gays Outraged Over Obama Invite to Rick Warren
President-elect Barack Obama has outraged the gay community by inviting Rick Warren, a highly influential evangelical minister, to deliver the invocation at his January 20, 2009, inauguration. Warren, whose Saddleback Church is located in Lake Forrest, Orange County, is the author of Purpose Driven ... More >>
News
October 23, 2008
Riding the Cultural Divide with Proposition 8
What's at stake in California's gay-marriage ban
Blogs
October 22, 2008
Queer Town: A-List Hollywood Raises Money for No on 8
Last night, billionaire Ron Burkle, best friend of former President Bill Clinton, opened up the wrought iron gates at his landmark Beverly Hills estate, Green Acres, to raise money for the No on 8 campaign, which wants to defeat the ballot measure, Proposition 8, that would ban same sex marriage in ... More >>
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September 25, 2008
The Trickle Down Economics of the Nation's Financial Crisis
This week, the Los Angeles Business Journal explains how the trickle down economics of the country's financial crisis may hurt LA...as well as some of its wealthiest citizens. Billionaire Eli Broad, who's a major shareholder of American International Group, the insurance company that the federal gov ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Queer Town: Gay Marriage Supporters Behind in Fund Raising
Yesterday, the "No on 8" campaign sent out an urgent email to their supporters asking for $200,000 in the next 48 hours, and with good reason. According to the most recent campaign contribution reports from the California Secretary of State, supporters of the anti-gay marriage November ballot meas ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
Queer Town: Brad Pitt Challenges Hollywood on Prop. 8 Fight
This morning, Queer Town reported that wealthy folks in Los Angeles County weren't donating as much as they could to fight Proposition 8. Karen Ocamb, news editor of In and Frontiers magazines, also wrote a top notch story about A-list gays missing from action. But now actor Brad Pitt may have chan ... More >>
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June 23, 2008
Queer Town: Villaraigosa Jumps (Belatedly) on the Gay Marriage Bandwagon
A week, almost to the hour, after the first gay couple legally wed in Los Angeles County, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will finally preside over a same sex marriage. American Beauty producer Bruce Cohen, who won an Oscar for the film, and New York art consultant Gabriel Catone will take their vows dow ... More >>
News
May 22, 2008
California GOP: The Queer Enablers of Gay Marriage
How Republicans accomplished what the Dems could not
LA Life
May 15, 2008
Karen Ocamb
Hard news as a civil right
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June 17, 2004
Exposing L.A. Secrets
The right lawyer could make sure that L.A. County is run openly
News
December 4, 2003
Our Own Secret Government
County supervisors must learn when to open the door
News
April 18, 2002
Sunshine Homecoming Day
The county�s public officials decide to go public

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