Patrick Range McDonald

Florida Health Officials Warn Gay and Bisexual Men to Watch Out for Bacterial Meningitis in Los Angeles

Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 5, 2013

So the Florida Department of Health recently warned men who have sex with men to use "extra caution" when traveling to Los Angeles, where, according to Florida health officials, there have been "higher incidences" of bacterial meningitis. It's an odd advisory when you consider that the L.A. County Department of......

Will Gov. Jerry Brown Sign Anti-Discrimination Bill To Protect Transgender Students?

Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 4, 2013

Will Governor Jerry Brown protect transgender students from discrimination? That's the big question now that the California state senate passed AB 1266 on July 3, with the bill heading to Brown's desk. Called the "School Success and Opportunity Act," AB 1266 will "allow transgender students to fully participate in all......

West Hollywood Ready To Marry Gay Couples

Patrick Range McDonaldJuly 1, 2013

See also: "In West Hollywood, Thousands of Queer Americans Celebrate a Stone-Cold Truth." Never a city to be outdone when it comes to all things gay, West Hollywood officials will legally marry gay couples today, starting at 1 p.m. And nearly everything will be free! Like many municipalities, West Hollywood......

In West Hollywood, Thousands of Queer Americans Celebrate A Stone-Cold Truth

Patrick Range McDonaldJune 27, 2013

Another blue sky day in West Hollywood, but it was unlike any other. On June 26, one day before the forty-fourth anniversary of the historic Stonewall riots in New York City, queer Americans in the Los Angeles area and across the country celebrated two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that told......

Obama Continues Gay-Friendly Policies and Nominates Rufus Gifford To Be Denmark Ambassador

Patrick Range McDonaldJune 25, 2013

Rufus Gifford, a former Los Angeles resident and openly gay man who was profiled in the 2008 L.A. Weekly feature story "Obama's Gay Gold Mine," has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next ambassador of Denmark. The nomination builds upon the president's strong gay-friendly record. In 2008,......

A Bi-Coastal, Schoolyard Brawl Officially Begins Over California's Parent Trigger Law

Patrick Range McDonaldJune 24, 2013

The folks at Parent Revolution, the guiding force behind California's Parent Trigger law, are not going to take it anymore. For a while now, education expert and NYU professor Diane Ravitch, who's based in New York City and maintains an influential blog, has loudly banged the drum that the Parent......

Queer Folks More Likely To Be Poor, Except in California

Patrick Range McDonaldJune 21, 2013

Think queer folks have fat bank accounts and all kinds of disposable cash? Think again. Throughout the country, according to UCLA's gay think tank, the Williams Institute, gays, lesbians, and bisexuals are more likely to be poor than straight people. California's gay residents, though, are less likely to be living......

Will L.A. Councilman Joe Buscaino Raise Hell Over LAPD's Questionable Hit-and-Run Report?

Patrick Range McDonaldJune 20, 2013

Read the L.A. Weekly news story "Chief Beck's Hit-and-Run Crisis." In January, Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino asked LAPD Chief Charlie Beck to deliver a report that shows how the police department is addressing L.A.'s major hit-and-run problem. That request came after L.A. Weekly revealed that a hit-and-run epidemic......

Chief Beck's Hit-and-Run Crisis

Patrick Range McDonaldJune 20, 2013

When Alex Thompson, bicycling advocate and founder of BikesideLA.org, read LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's response last week to a citywide hit-and-run epidemic that LAPD had never acknowledged, Thompson was stunned to find what he saw as pages of spin. "The whole report is framed defensively," Thompson says, "and that undermines......

L.A. Police Commission Approves Questionable LAPD Hit-and-Run Report

Patrick Range McDonaldJune 12, 2013

Despite questionable data, the Los Angeles Police Commission approved a controversial LAPD report about the city's hit-and-run crisis on Tuesday. The study now heads to the L.A. City Council's public safety committee, where Councilman Joe Buscaino will decide if LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is doing everything he can to curtail......

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Patrick Range McDonald

Florida Health Officials Warn Gay and Bisexual Men to Watch Out for Bacterial Meningitis in Los Angeles

Will Gov. Jerry Brown Sign Anti-Discrimination Bill To Protect Transgender Students?

West Hollywood Ready To Marry Gay Couples

In West Hollywood, Thousands of Queer Americans Celebrate A Stone-Cold Truth

Obama Continues Gay-Friendly Policies and Nominates Rufus Gifford To Be Denmark Ambassador

A Bi-Coastal, Schoolyard Brawl Officially Begins Over California's Parent Trigger Law

Queer Folks More Likely To Be Poor, Except in California

Will L.A. Councilman Joe Buscaino Raise Hell Over LAPD's Questionable Hit-and-Run Report?

Chief Beck's Hit-and-Run Crisis

L.A. Police Commission Approves Questionable LAPD Hit-and-Run Report

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