California
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Issues
- Marriage
2000 – Anti-same-sex marriage statute banned marriage for same-sex couples - Domestic Violence
Has domestic violence laws that are gender neutral and include household members and dating partners - Second-Parent Adoption
Second-parent adoption is authorized by statute
Appellate courts have ruled that the state adoption law permits second-parent adoption - Hate Crimes
Has hate crime laws that include crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity - State Nondiscrimination Laws
2003 - Laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - Litigation
Same-sex marriage case is pending
National LGBT Advocacy Organizations
Equality Federation
http://www.equalityfederation.org [1]
National Center For Lesbian Rights
http://www.nclrights.org [2]
Statewide LGBT Organizations
Equality California
http://www.eqca.org [3]
Anti-Violence Programs
Community United Against Violence (CUAV)
http://www.cuav.org [4]
The LA Gay & Lesbian Center/Anti-Violence Project
http://www.laglc.org [5]
Bisexual
Bay Area Bisexual Network
http://www.babn.org [6]
Bi Men Network
http://www.bimen.org [7]
BiFriendly SF and East Bay
http://www.bifriendly.org [8]
South Bay Bisexual Organizers and Activists
http://www.southbaybi.org [9]
Community Centers & Local LGBT Organizations
LGBT Resource Center
http://lgbtrc.ucr.edu [10]
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center
http://www.lagaycenter.org [11]
Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County
http://www.rainbowcc.org [12]
The San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
http://www.thecentersd.org [13]
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
http://www.sfcenter.org [14]
Spectrum Center for LGBT Concerns
http://www.spectrummarin.org [15]
Stonewall Alliance Center
http://www.stonewallchico.org [16]
The Center Orange County
http://www.thecenteroc.org [17]
The Center in Long Beach
http://www.centerlb.org [18]
Campus Resources
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona - Pride Center
http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/pride [19]
California State Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo - Pride Alliance: The LGBT Center
http://pride.calpoly.edu/index2.html [20]
California State University - Sacramento - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Resources
http://www.csus.edu/wrc/pride [21]
Queer Berkeley
http://queer.berkeley.edu [22]
San Jose State University - MOSAIC Multi Cultural Center
http://sa.sjsu.edu/mosaic/index.jsp [23]
Stanford University - LGBT Community Resources Center
http://lgbt.stanford.edu [24]
UC Davis LGBT Resource Center
http://lgbtcenter.ucdavis.edu/ [25]
UC Irvine LGBT Resource Center
http://www.lgbtrc.uci.edu/ [26]
UC San Diego LGBT Resource Office
http://lgbtro.ucsd.edu/ [27]
UCLA LGBT Campus Resource Center
http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/ [28]
University of California, Berkeley - LGBT Programs and Services
http://students.berkeley.edu/SAS/geneq/lgbt.htm [29]
University of California, Davis - LGBT Resource Center
http://lgbtcenter.ucdavis.edu [30]
University of California, Irvine - LGBT Resource Center
http://www.lgbtrc.uci.edu [31]
University of California, Riverside - LGBT Resource Center
http://www.out.ucr.edu [32]
University of California, San Diego - LGBT Resource Office
http://lgbtro.ucsd.edu [33]
University of California, San Francisco - LGBT Resources
http://www.ucsf.edu/cge/lgbtr [34]
University of California, Santa Barbara - Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/sgd/ [35]
University of California, Santa Cruz - GLBTI Resource Center
http://www2.ucsc.edu/glbtcenter/ [36]
University of Southern California - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender Center
http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/glbss [37]
Leather/SM
Folsom Street Fair/Dore Alley
http://www.folsomstreetfair.com [38]
Interclub Fund of San Francisco
http://www.4icf.org [39]
LA Leather Weekend
http://www.laleatherweekend.com [40]
The 15 Association – San Francisco
http://www.the15association.org [41]
LGBT Youth
California Teachers Association
http://www.cta.org [42]
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
http://www.glsen.org [43]
GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network – California
http://www.gsanetwork.org [44]
Hillcrest Youth Center
http://www.youthcentersd.com [45]
Jewish Family and Children Services
http://www.jfcs.org [46]
Lambda Youth Group
http://www.gayprom.org [47]
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center Youth Programs
http://www.lagaycenter.org [48]
Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance
http://www.rpya.org [49]
San Diego Youth and Community Services, Inc.
http://www.sdycs.org [50]
Solano Pride Center
http://www.solanopride.org [51]
TeenLineOnline.org
http://www.teenlineonline.org [52]
The Pacific Center for Human Growth
http://www.pacificcenter.org [53]
The Trevor Project
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/default.aspx [54]
People of Color
African-American AIDS Support Services Center
http://www.amassi.com [55]
API Equality – Los Angeles
apiequalityla@lagaycenter.org [56]
Asian Equality
http://www.asianequality.org [57]
Asian Health Services
http://ahschc.org [58]
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
http://www.apaitonline.org [59]
Asian Pacific Crossroads Orange County
http://www.apc-oc.org [60]
Asian Pacific Health Care Venture
http://www.realyc.com [61]
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgendered Coalition (APIQWTC)
http://www.apiqwtc.org [62]
Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center
http://www.apiwellness.org [63]
Bienestar
http://www.bienestar.org [64]
Chinese Rainbow Association (CRA)
http://www.chinarainbow.org [65]
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA)
http://www.gapa.org [66]
Gay Asian Support Network (GAPSN)
http://www.gapsn.org [67]
National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
http://www.nnaapc.org [68]
SATRANG
http://www.satrang.org [69]
South Bay Queer & Asian
http://www.sbqa.com [70]
Trikone
http://www.trikone.org [71]
University of California, Los Angeles Mahu
http://www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/mahu/home.html [72]
Women of Color Resource Center
http://www.coloredgirls.org [73]
Zuna Institute
http://www.zunainstitute.org [74]
Religious Organizations
Affirmation International (G&L Mormons)
http://www.affirmation.org [75]
California Faith for Equality
Christian Lesbians Out (CLOUT)
http://www.cloutsisters.org [76]
Jews for Marriage Equality
Metropolitan Community Churches
http://www.mccchurch.org [77]
Q Spirit
http://www.qspirit.org [78]
Unitarian Universalist Church
Unity Fellowship Church
http://www.unityfellowshipchurch.org [79]
Woman Vision Outreach & Education
http://www.woman-vision.org/index.htm [80]
Transgender
FTM Alliance
http://www.ftmalliance.org [81]
League of Trans-Unified Sisters (LOTUS)
Transgender Law Center
http://www.transgenderlawcenter.org [82]