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CA Superior Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Chino Valley Unified’s Forced Outing Policy

SAN BERNARDINO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a statement following the San Bernardino Superior Court’s oral ruling from the bench issuing a preliminary injunction against Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education’s (Board) mandatory gender identity disclosure policy, further halting the enforcement of the policy that is detrimental to the safety and well-being of transgender and

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REPORT: A Holistic Understanding of Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination in Fresno/The Central Valley Region

The LGBTQ Community Network recently conducted a survey to better understand the struggles of the LGBTQ community in the Fresno area. While significant research has been done in the fields of healthcare and homelessness, there still remain several unanswered questions in areas such as criminal justice, education, employment, and more. This study hopes to provide

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Jessica Ambriz Misty Parker and Rosio Léon Velasco-Stoll

Assembly Bill 994 has local origin

About a year ago I was approached by a few community members informing me that a transgender woman was being unfairly posted on social media that further causes division and villainization of the transgender community by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Dept. I looked onto the social media page of the Fresno Sheriff’s social media page

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California Leads the Way with New LGBT Rights Legislation

At the end of September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom passed several policies to provide protections to the LGBT community, especially to transgender and gender-nonconforming people. On passing these protection policies, Newsom states, “These measures will help protect vulnerable youth, promote acceptance, and create more supportive environments in our schools and communities.” In the wake of

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