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SB Assault Believed to be Hate Motivated: Police Seeking Public’s Help
CONTACT: David Selberg, Executive Director, 963-3636 ext. 125 Pacific Pride Foundation has recently received information about a potential violent hate crime that took place on New Years Eve in Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Police Department is looking for information from the community to assist in their investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice, and [...]
Read PostBallot Initiative to Restore Marriage Equality in CA Cleared for Signature Gathering
On Friday, December 16th, the California LGBT rights organization Love Honor Cherish was granted permission by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to proceed with a ballot initiative to re-legalize marriage equality in the state. This proposed ballot initiative seeks to overturn the measure known as Proposition 8, which ended marriage equality in California during [...]
Read PostSanta Barbara Equality Project Joins National LGBT Organizations Urging Support for LGBT-Inclusive Charities
By: Meredith Munn The 2011 holiday season marks the annual campaign from LGBT organizations concerned about the Salvation Army’s anti-LGBT policies and activist work. In some sense this is not surprising – the Salvation Army is a conservative, evangelical Christian church as well as a charitable organization – but feedback following LGBT organizations’ efforts to [...]
Read PostOxnard Teen Who Shot Gay Classmate to Serve 21 Years
By: Meredith Munn Brandon McInerney was only 14 when he shot and killed openly gay classmate Lawrence “Larry” King in the head at their Oxnard school in 2008. Now, McInerney, who apparently shot King in response to what he characterizes as unwanted “flirting,” has agreed to a plea bargain that has him spending the next [...]
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