AltWeeklies Wire
Transphobianew
Violence and discrimination against transgender people are rampant — even in California's liberal East Bay.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
11-26-2013 |
LGBT
Oakland is Dyke Centralnew
A new television project celebrates Oakland's diverse lesbian community.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
10-05-2011 |
LGBT
Tags: Arnetta Smith, Dyke Central
A Guide to LGBT Senior Rightsnew
Share LGBT seniors are entitled to equal treatment, access to services, and basic legal protections under state and federal law. The Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, enacted in 1987, requires nursing facilities to protect the rights of each resident.
East Bay Express |
Nancy Lopez |
08-25-2011 |
LGBT
Meet the Father of Proposition 8new
As an auxiliary bishop in San Diego, Salvatore Cordileone played an indispensable role in conceiving, funding, organizing, and ultimately winning the campaign to pass Proposition 8. Shortly after the law passed, he was installed as the new Catholic bishop in Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
08-12-2009 |
LGBT
'The Perverts Want Your Kids!'new
Members of the American Warrior Ministry protest at an elementary school.
East Bay Express |
Wendy Patterson |
10-24-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
See Ya in Courtnew
Registered same-sex partners can't marry, but now face divorce court if they break up -- and the new law is retroactive.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-17-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay Couples Aren't Inclined to Apologize for Bush's Winnew
If anything underscores the unique pain that gay married couples must feel this week, it's that almost all the ones contacted for this story denied the obvious fact that old-fashioned homophobia strongly motivated so many Bush voters.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
11-12-2004 |
LGBT
Six Tales of Marital Bliss, Disappointmentnew
Last winter, close to 4,000 gay and lesbian couples exchanged wedding vows beneath the dome of San Francisco's City Hall. Six months later, the state Supreme Court declared the marriages "void and of no legal effect." Try telling that to the people who were there.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
10-20-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
