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Analysis: US Supreme Court to hear trans case

Analysis: US Supreme Court to hear trans case

November 26, 2024 | by Lisa Keen

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon take up an important legal question concerning whether states can ban medical treatment for gender dysphoria in youth.

Theodore Olson, conservative lawyer who won CA marriage case, dies

Theodore Olson, conservative lawyer who won CA marriage case, dies

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Nov 14, 2024

Theodore Olson, a conservative lawyer who helped George W. Bush secure the White House and later worked to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage, died November 13.

3 to receive ABA's prestigious Stonewall Award

3 to receive ABA's prestigious Stonewall Award

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Oct 30, 2024

Three LGBTQ legal professionals, including the country's first transgender trial court judge, will receive the American Bar Association's prestigious Stonewall Award, the organization announced.

US Supreme Court to hear 2 LGBTQ-related cases

US Supreme Court to hear 2 LGBTQ-related cases

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Oct 8, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2024-25 session October 7 with at least 10 LGBTQ-related petitions before it.

Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8

Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8

  • by Dana Piccoli, News Is Out
  • Oct 7, 2024

News Is Out, a collaboration of six LGBTQ+ media representing more than 250 collective years of experience covering the community, is launching the first Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 during LGBTQ History Month.

Judge permanently blocks school district's forced outing policy

Judge permanently blocks school district's forced outing policy

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Sep 11, 2024

A Southern California judge has permanently blocked a school district from enforcing its forced outing policy for transgender students.

US Supreme Court to hear trans health care case

US Supreme Court to hear trans health care case

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 24, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care violates the Constitution.

Bonta defends decision in Banko Brown case

Bonta defends decision in Banko Brown case

  • by Cynthia Laird
  • Jun 20, 2024

State Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday defended his office's decision that found San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins did not abuse her discretion in deciding not to prosecute a former Walgreens security guard in the shooting of an unarmed trans man.

Panel confirms gay CA appellate presiding justice Martinez

Panel confirms gay CA appellate presiding justice Martinez

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 14, 2024

Almost two decades after he received his law license in the Golden State, gay California Presiding Justice Gonzalo Martinez is now the fourth out jurist to preside over one of the state's appellate benches.

Political Notes: LGBTQ groups seek judicial appointment for bi attorney Cleesattle after she lost her March San Diego judge race

Political Notes: LGBTQ groups seek judicial appointment for bi attorney Cleesattle after she lost her March San Diego judge race

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 29, 2024

A quartet of LGBTQ groups is pressing Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint a bisexual attorney to the San Diego Superior Court after she lost her race on the March 5 primary ballot for a seat on the Southern California bench.

CA judge agrees with Bonta that ballot measure attacks rights of transgender youth

CA judge agrees with Bonta that ballot measure attacks rights of transgender youth

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 23, 2024

A judge has sided with the state of California in the matter of a conservative group that sued over the title and summary Attorney General Rob Bonta assigned to its ballot measure that would strip rights from transgender minors.

Civil rights groups speak out on California same-sex wedding cake case

Civil rights groups speak out on California same-sex wedding cake case

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 17, 2024

A Bay Area legal group was one of several organizations that filed amicus briefs in support of the state's appeal of a lower court decision that a Bakersfield bakery has a right not to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.

US appeals court rules for trans athlete

US appeals court rules for trans athlete

  • by Lisa Keen
  • Apr 17, 2024

A three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled April 16 that West Virginia's law barring transgender female students from participating on female student sports teams violates federal law.

Trans woman settles bias complaint with St. James

Trans woman settles bias complaint with St. James

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 10, 2024

The now-shuttered nonprofit that was part of San Francisco's Our Trans Home program settled a race and sexual discrimination complaint earlier this year with a trans woman who alleges she was mistreated.

Federal judge tosses suit against Wiener's trans refuge law

Federal judge tosses suit against Wiener's trans refuge law

  • by John Ferrannini
  • Apr 9, 2024

A federal court threw out a lawsuit April 8 that claimed California's Transgender State of Refuge law is unconstitutional.

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Analysis: US Supreme Court to hear trans case

Analysis: US Supreme Court to hear trans case

Nov 26, 2024

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