Tag: Proposition 8
Anti-Transgender Ballot Initiative Fails in California
A coalition of California civil rights and LGBT organisations announced today that supporters of a proposed anti-transgender ballot initiative announced that they have failed to submit the signatures necessary to qualify it for the November, 2016 ballot.
Ted Olson and David Boies Support Comprehensive Federal LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation
Acclaimed bipartisan legal duo announce support on eve of the introduction of the Equality Act in Congress.
City of West Hollywood Celebrates as 10,000th Domestic Partnership is Registered at West Hollywood City Hall
West Hollywood, in 1985, was the First City in the Nation to Pass a Domestic Partnership Ordinance. Domestic Partnership helped to pave the way for progress in marriage equality.
Mozilla CEO Resigns After OkCupid Gay Rights Protest
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigned from his post on Thursday following a protest from dating site OkCupid over Eich’s past contribution to an anti-gay marriage campaign.
OkCupid bans Web browser over CEO’s anti-gay-marriage views
The appointment of a new CEO by the company that makes the Firefox Web browser has prompted board members to quit, a Twitter frenzy and a push back from a leading dating website because he supported California’s former gay marriage ban.
HBO to Show Behind-the-Scenes Documentary on Prop 8 Legal Battle
HBO Documentary Films will air a documentary on the battle to overturn California’s Proposition 8, with exclusive access to Ted Olson and David Boies as they represented two California same-sex couples fighting the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.