Tag: Scott Wiener
USA : 10% of California Legislature now identifies as LGBTQ
While LGBTQ candidates and their supporters celebrated several milestone victories around the nation in this year’s midterm elections, California quietly reached its own: At least 10% of its state lawmakers identify publicly as LGBTQ, believed to be a first for any U.S. legislature.
California: Resolution Affirms Intersex Rights
California’s legislature passed a resolution on August 28, 2018 that supports the autonomy of intersex people and their right to decide about cosmetic surgical alteration, Human Rights Watch said today.
Transgender Health Care Victory!
Transgender Law Center celebrated a unanimous vote today by the San Francisco Health Commission, the governing and policy-making body of the Department of Public Health, to implement the recommendations set forth in a resolution authored by Supervisor Scott Wiener and passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors last month which would remove transgender exclusions from the Healthy San Francisco (Healthy SF) health access program.