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California Moms for Liberty chair’s shocking attack on drag queens goes viral

Beth Bourne made a huge scene that was caught on video when she accosted several drag artists at a resort in Hawaii. One of the drag queens spoke to The Advocate about what happened.

Aunts are a key source of support for LGBTQ+ youth, study says

Aunts often act as buffers between young people and parents, and they sometimes provide practical support in the form of housing, say researchers from Texas and California.

Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Incidents Condemned by the University of California Santa Cruz

"White supremacy has no place at UC Santa Cruz. Nor does any action intended to degrade, dehumanize, or intimidate another based on identity," a university official said.

Breast-Feeding in Public Is an LGBTQ Issue, So Let's Make It Easier

A California bill would assure that colleges and universities provide private breast-feeding stations.

Protesters Shut Down Yiannapolous, Shkreli Event

The gay transphobe and the alleged pharma fraud were chased out of the University of California, Davis.

Students Demand Christian Colleges Uphold Title IX

Activists are demanding that California's Biola University and Oklahoma Baptist University withdraw waivers the schools requested to ignore Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination. 

Trump Threatens HIV Research to Satisfy Pro-Life Extremists

Trump's health officials could cut off funding for a California university that has pioneered HIV treatment for decades. 

Deep Partisan Divide Over LGBTQ+ Content in Schools: Study

Members of both parties, however, said that queer topics shouldn't be taught in certain grades, says the University of California study.

A terrible loss

The tragic death of Denice Denton (pictured), the openly lesbian chancellor of University of California, Santa Cruz, has highlighted the fact that minorities, especially members of the LGBT community, are underrepresented at the highest levels of leadership at colleges and universities around the nation.

Here Media CEO Says Chick-fil-A Is a Nuisance Unworthy of UCLA

News that the fast food chain plans to expand to the University of California, Los Angeles has the CEO of Here Media worried for his alma mater's reputation.

Sally Gearhart, Veteran Activist and Academic, Dead at 90

Gearhart was the first out lesbian to have a tenure-track position at San Francisco State University and a campaigner against California's antigay Briggs Initiative.

Student Expelled from Baptist University for Being Trans

The California university claims that Domaine Javier, a 24-year-old transgender woman, committed fraud when she listed her gender as female on the school's application.

Christian University Hardens Its Anti-LGBT Stances

California's Biola University strengthens anti-LGBT language in a belief statement and seeks an exemption from federal antidiscrimination law, while still receiving federal funding.

Janet Napolitano: Law Must Serve the Marginalized

With LGBT people, immigrants, and many others under attack, lawyers who serve their interests are needed more than ever, the University of California president tells a legal confab. 

Diversity on Screen Equals Bigger Box Office

An annual study by the University of California, Los Angeles, found films whose casts more reflect the diverse racial makeup of U.S. and global populations perform better at the box office.

This Activist Organized a Powerful Vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance

As a part of her Point Foundation Community Service Project, University of Souther California student and 2017 Point Scholar Kerri Cecil organized a memorial honoring the 2,609 trans people murdered since 2008.

A Mark Bingham history tour

Mark Bingham was a rugby champion; PR firm owner; friend to hundreds; fervent University of California, Berkeley, booster; and gay man. His death--and, when his story hit the wires, his life--gave America an authentic gay hero.

Love Stories Ron Buckmire and Dean Elzinga

Back in 1991 the Internet was only for geeks and grad students. Ron Buckmire, who was studying applied mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, was both. When Buckmire visited Los Angeles that year, his welcoming committee included Dean Elzinga, who was studying mathematical logic at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Gender-Affirming Surgeries Have Risen, Likely Due to Better Insurance: Study

Top surgery is more common than genital surgery, the study notes.

Study: Same-Sex Couples Migrating to the Heartland

The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, released a report Monday documenting what it called "a gay demographic explosion" in some of the country's reddest of regions. Using recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the analyses show that the number of same-sex couples in the United States has quadrupled since 1990, growing at a rate 21 times that of the population. But increases have been the most dramatic in the Midwest, Mountain, and Southern states.