Several California representatives have cosponsored a resolution condemning the fatal shooting of six Sikh Americans at a Wisconsin gurdwara that occurred two years ago today.
President Obama signed two Executive Orders today that will protect employees of the federal government and its contractors and subcontractors from being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law ending the notion that Americans could be "separate but equal," paving the way for voting rights and racial equality. Here, we look back at a few moments that had a significant impact on the Gol...
Transgender Californians seeking changes to their name and gender identities on birth certificates will no longer need to go through a lengthy and exploitative legal process.
A report released today outlines recommendations that would help establish alternatives to jail that would better serve inmates with mental illness who have been charged with non-violent offenses
The Greens, who own the Hobby Lobby stores, believe life begins at conception and object on religious grounds to providing health insurance that covers methods of birth control that "may result in the destruction of an embryo."
AB 1733 would allow a homeless person to submit an affidavit of homelessness and financial need with an application for vital records, such as a birth certificate, or a state-issued photo identification card.