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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Zbur" title="Rick Zbur">Rick Zbur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Executive_director" title="Executive director">executive director</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.eqca.org/">www<wbr />.eqca<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Formerly called</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">California Alliance for Pride and Equality (CAPE) and <a href="/wiki/Marriage_Equality_California" title="Marriage Equality California">Marriage Equality California</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Equality California</b> (<b>EQCA</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Non-profit" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit">non-profit</a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> organization that advocates for the rights of <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> people in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. It is the largest statewide LGBT organization in the United States and the largest member of the <a href="/wiki/Equality_Federation" title="Equality Federation">Equality Federation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization is based in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Equality California is an <a href="/wiki/Umbrella_organization" title="Umbrella organization">umbrella organization</a> for the Equality California Institute, a <a href="/wiki/501(c)_organization" title="501(c) organization">501(c)(3)</a> organization that conducts public education programs for members of the <a href="/wiki/LGBT_community" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community">LGBT community</a> and the general public, as well as for <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_workers" class="mw-redirect" title="Healthcare workers">healthcare workers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Educators" class="mw-redirect" title="Educators">educators</a> and public policymakers; and Equality California, a <a href="/wiki/501c4" class="mw-redirect" title="501c4">501(c)(4)</a> that maintains three <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committees</a> (PACs), and, as of September 2016 has sponsored passage of more than 118 laws in the California Legislature expanding LGBT civil rights in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Equality California's leadership includes Executive Director Rick Zbur,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is supported by the separate boards of Equality California and Equality California Institute, as well as the Equality Council.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Zbur assumed the position of the organization's executive director in 2014, a rapid string of LGBT civil rights victories<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> made it clear that a victory in the two-decade struggle to win <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> appeared imminent and that the priorities of LGBT organizations would have to evolve if they were to survive.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 2014, months before the historic 2015 <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> decision in <a href="/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges" title="Obergefell v. Hodges">Obergefell v. Hodges</a>, Zbur met with boardmembers to assess the organization, its priorities and its place in the LGBT civil rights landscape.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was a broadly refocused mission designed to address the many, well-documented disparities in health and well-being that LGBT people suffer in comparison to the general population,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> especially the community's most marginalized members: people of color,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the transgender community<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and LGBT undocumented immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The organization divided its new mission and its programs into three areas: ending LGBT disparities in health and well-being, advancing the civil rights and acceptance of LGBT people and achieving a fair and just society for LGBT people and all the communities of which they are a part.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization has condemned votes by members of California's congressional delegation to tighten restrictions on Syrian refugees attempting to enter the United States;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and advocated for healthcare coverage for California's undocumented immigrants, as well as educating healthcare professionals in the state's <a href="/wiki/Central_Valley_(California)" title="Central Valley (California)">Central Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inland_Empire" title="Inland Empire">Inland Empire</a> regions about the special healthcare needs of LGBT and undocumented populations.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The California Alliance for Pride and Equality (CAPE) was founded in 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the CAPE Foundation was launched in 2000 to expand education and outreach efforts. In 2003, the organizations became Equality California, the Equality California Institute and Equality California Political Action Committee. In 2004, Equality California merged with <a href="/wiki/Marriage_Equality_California" title="Marriage Equality California">Marriage Equality California</a>. From Marriage Equality USA, EQCA subsumed both the local chapters of MECA throughout California, as well as hiring their volunteer leadership to become the field staff.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new consolidated programs became a joint project of EQCA and MECA. Eventually the program became the Equality California field team.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2006, Equality California Institute launched "Let California Ring,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>" an educational campaign aimed at swaying public opinion on same-sex marriage. Let California Ring produced the well-received "Garden Wedding" ad, which aired only in the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara</a> media market as part of a study of the effect of various messages on public opinion. It was credited with an 11-point jump in support for same-sex marriage in the study area, and, in fact, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara</a> was the only county in Southern California to vote against <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 8 (2008)">Proposition 8</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Equality California was an organizational plaintiff in <i><a href="/wiki/In_re_Marriage_Cases" title="In re Marriage Cases">In re Marriage Cases</a></i>, a consolidation of lawsuits filed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Lesbian_Rights" title="National Center for Lesbian Rights">National Center for Lesbian Rights</a> (NCLR), <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a> (ACLU), <a href="/wiki/Lambda_Legal" title="Lambda Legal">Lambda Legal</a>, several law firms and a number of individuals challenging California's marriage laws that excluded same-sex couples. The California Supreme Court on May 15, 2008, ruled that California same-sex couples had a right to marry under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_California" title="Constitution of California">California Constitution</a>. Same-sex couples were able to marry as of June 17, 2008. Voters amended the state constitution to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying in November of that year with the passage of <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 8 (2008)">Proposition 8</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significant_activities_and_programs:_Equality_California">Significant activities and programs: Equality California</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Significant activities and programs: Equality California"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Equality_California_LA_Pride_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Equality_California_LA_Pride_2011.jpg/220px-Equality_California_LA_Pride_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Equality_California_LA_Pride_2011.jpg/330px-Equality_California_LA_Pride_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Equality_California_LA_Pride_2011.jpg/440px-Equality_California_LA_Pride_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>EQCA at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Pride" title="Los Angeles Pride">Los Angeles LGBT pride parade</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislation">Legislation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005">2005</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>AB 849, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act</b> - AB 849, authored by then-California Assemblymember <a href="/wiki/Mark_Leno" title="Mark Leno">Mark Leno</a> (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Equality California, was the first time in U.S. history that a legislative body had approved a bill giving same-sex couples the right to marry.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AB 849 was vetoed by Gov. <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011">2011</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>SB 48, <a href="/wiki/FAIR_Education_Act" title="FAIR Education Act">the FAIR Education Act</a></b> - SB 48, authored by Sen. Leno and sponsored by Equality California and <a href="/wiki/GSA_Network" title="GSA Network">GSA Network</a>, expands groups included in California public school history and social sciences curricula to include the history of and contributions by LGBT people and people with disabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guided by the law, the California Department of Education approved a new History-Social Science Framework in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012">2012</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>SB 1172, Protecting LGBT Youth From Psychological Abuse</b> - SB 1172, authored by State Sen. <a href="/wiki/Ted_Lieu" title="Ted Lieu">Ted Lieu</a> (D-Torrance) and sponsored by Equality California, NCLR, Lambda Legal and other groups, was the first law in the nation to ban the practice of so-called <a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">conversion therapy</a> on minors.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Backers of the practice quickly launched <i><a href="/wiki/Pickup_v._Brown_and_Welch_v._Brown" title="Pickup v. Brown and Welch v. Brown">Pickup v. Brown and Welch v. Brown</a></i>, lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new law, which was upheld by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit">U.S 9th Circuit Court of Appeals</a> in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013">2013</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>AB 1266, the <a href="/wiki/School_Success_and_Opportunity_Act" title="School Success and Opportunity Act">School Success and Opportunity Act</a></b> - AB 1266, authored by California Asm. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ammiano" title="Tom Ammiano">Tom Ammiano</a> (D-San Francisco), protects the right of California K-12 public school students to use facilities and participate in programs consistent with their <a href="/wiki/Gender_identity" title="Gender identity">gender identity</a>. Opponents mounted an effort to place an initiative on the ballot overturning the law but failed to collect the required signatures.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014">2014</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>AB 1577, Respect After Death Act</b> - AB 1577, authored by Asm. <a href="/wiki/Toni_Atkins" title="Toni Atkins">Toni Atkins</a> (D-San Diego) and sponsored by Equality California and the <a href="/wiki/Transgender_Law_Center" title="Transgender Law Center">Transgender Law Center</a>, ensures that death certificates for transgender Californians accurately reflect their gender identity.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>AB 2501, End Panic Defense</b> - AB 2501, authored by Asm. <a href="/wiki/Susan_Bonilla" title="Susan Bonilla">Susan Bonilla</a> (D-Concord) and sponsored by Equality California, eliminates the use so-called "<a href="/wiki/Gay_panic_defense" title="Gay panic defense">gay panic</a>" and "trans panic" defenses in criminal cases, in which defendants claim a type of temporary insanity due to a purported same-sex or transgender sexual advance.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>AB 1951, Modernize Birth Certificates</b> - AB 1951, authored by Asm. <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Jimmy Gomez</a> (D-Los Angeles) and sponsored by Equality California, accommodates same-sex parents by allowing them to designate themselves as "father", "mother" or "parent" on birth certificates. Previous birth certificate applications included lines reading only "father/parent" and "mother/parent".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015">2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>SB 703, Insurance Benefits for Transgender Employees</b> - SB 703, authored by Sen. Mark Leno and sponsored by Equality California, NCLR and the Transgender Law Center, prohibits state agencies from doing business with companies not offering the same healthcare benefits to transgender employees that they offer all other workers.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>SB 731: Supporting Transgender Foster Youth</b> - SB 731, authored by Senator <a href="/wiki/Mark_Leno" title="Mark Leno">Mark Leno</a> and sponsored by Equality California, NCLR and the Transgender Law Center, requires that a young person's gender identity be a consideration before that youth is placed in a foster care setting.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>AB 329, California Healthy Youth Act</b> - AB 329 was authored by Asm. <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Weber" title="Shirley Weber">Shirley Weber</a> (D-San Diego) and sponsored by Equality California, the ACLU of California, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, Forward Together and <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> Affiliates of California. It requires the inclusion of LGBT people and families in California public school sex education curricula.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>AB 959, LGBT Data Collection</b> - AB 959, authored by Asm. <a href="/wiki/David_Chiu_(politician)" title="David Chiu (politician)">David Chiu</a> (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Equality California, requires government agencies to include LGBT people when they collect additional data on other groups, providing more accurate information for the allocation of state social services.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>SB 1146, Uncovering Discrimination in Higher Education</b> - SB 1146, authored by Sen. <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Lara" title="Ricardo Lara">Ricardo Lara</a> (D-Bell Gardens) and sponsored by Equality California, requires private colleges and universities affiliated with religious organizations to publicly disclose if they have obtained an exemption to state or <a href="/wiki/Title_IX" title="Title IX">federal</a> nondiscrimination laws prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>SB 1408, HIV-Positive Organ and Tissue Donation</b> - SB 1408, authored by Sen. <a href="/wiki/Ben_Allen_(California_politician)" title="Ben Allen (California politician)">Ben Allen</a> (D-Santa Monica) and sponsored by Equality California, <a href="/wiki/AIDS_Project_Los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS Project Los Angeles">AIDS Project Los Angeles</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_LGBT_Center" title="Los Angeles LGBT Center">Los Angeles LGBT Center</a> and Positive Women's Network-USA, permits the donation of organs and tissue between HIV-positive donors and HIV-positive recipients.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>AB 1887, State Government: Discrimination, Travel</b> - AB 1887, authored by Asm. <a href="/wiki/Evan_Low" title="Evan Low">Evan Low</a> (D-Silicon Valley) and sponsored by Equality California, prohibits state-funded travel by state employees to jurisdictions with new, anti-LGBT laws in place. AB 1887 passed in response to laws such as North Carolina's <a href="/wiki/Public_Facilities_Privacy_%26_Security_Act" title="Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act">HB2</a> or Mississippi's <a href="/wiki/Religious_Liberty_Accommodations_Act" title="Religious Liberty Accommodations Act">HB 1523</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>AB 2246, Pupil Suicide Prevention Policies</b> - AB 2246, Authored by Asm. <a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Donnell_(California_politician)" title="Patrick O'Donnell (California politician)">Patrick O'Donnell</a> (D-Long Beach) and sponsored by Equality California and the <a href="/wiki/The_Trevor_Project" title="The Trevor Project">Trevor Project</a>, requires California public school districts serving grades 7–12 to adopt a suicide-prevention policy, with a special focus on groups at especially high risk for suicide, such as LGBT teens. The law also requires the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Education" title="California Department of Education">California Department of Education</a> to develop and maintain a model suicide prevention policy.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Equality_California_PACs">Equality California PACs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Equality California PACs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Candidates_PAC">Candidates PAC</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Candidates PAC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the state level, the organization endorses LGBT and allied candidates with a 100-percent record of supporting LGBT issues, and, in the case of incumbent legislative candidates, a history of scoring 100 percent on Equality California's "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161026075846/http://lgbtweekly.com/2016/10/09/equality-california-endorses-three-lgbt-allies-for-california-legislature/">Equality Scorecard</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2016, that requirement of 100-percent support led Equality California to take the unusual step of revoking its endorsement of six state legislators, following their abstentions or opposition in a key vote on SB 1146.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization also endorses openly LGBT candidates at the local level.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Federal_PAC">Federal PAC</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Federal PAC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Equality California's Federal PAC works to elect LGBT and pro-LGBT candidates to congressional office and the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> through endorsements and direct advocacy.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015 EQCA announced its endorsement of <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> for president, making it the first LGBT-rights group to endorse Clinton's then-anticipated candidacy.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Issues_PAC">Issues PAC</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Issues PAC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Equality California takes positions on selected ballot initiatives. The organization issues "support" or "oppose" recommendations on initiatives to its members in advance of elections,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been a lead member of coalitions to defeat several ballot measures, including Proposition 8 and against a failed drive to place a measure on the ballot to overturn <a href="/wiki/School_Success_and_Opportunity_Act" title="School Success and Opportunity Act">AB 1266</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_advocacy">Other advocacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Gun Safety -</b> Following the June 12, 2016 <a href="/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando nightclub shooting">shooting rampage</a> at an LGBT <a href="/wiki/Gay_bar" title="Gay bar">nightclub</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, Equality California became one of the first LGBT civil rights organizations to make combating gun violence a key part of its mission. The organization cited a long history of hate crimes against LGBT people—especially transgender women—and a spike in LGBT homicides.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a news conference with state and local Los Angeles officials less than a week after the shootings, Equality California announced its "#SafeAndEqual" initiative for stricter gun safety measures, and its support for a number of firearms-related bills then making their way through the California Legislature . Zbur said the group would "aggressively lobby" for those and other state and federal measures.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2016 Equality California announced its endorsement of <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_63_(2016)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 63 (2016)">California Proposition 63</a>, a measure on the November ballot seeking to ban possession of <a href="/wiki/High-capacity_magazine" title="High-capacity magazine">high-capacity ammunition magazines</a> and require background checks for the purchase of ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Budget Advocacy -</b> Equality California works with state legislators and other officials to advocate for funding for state programs for LGBT homeless youth as part of state budget negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Federal Advocacy -</b> Equality California works with members of California's congressional delegation and other federal officials to pressure the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> to end its rules barring <a href="/wiki/Blood_donation" title="Blood donation">blood donation</a> by gay and bisexual men, to advocate for passage of the federal <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_of_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Equality Act of 2015">Equality Act</a>, and more.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 2017, the organization announced that it had hired its first Washington, D.C.-based national policy director as a response to the "unprecedented" threat to LGBT rights presented by the incoming administration of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_in_popular_culture" title="Donald Trump in popular culture">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Significant_activities_and_programs:_Equality_California_Institute">Significant activities and programs: Equality California Institute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Significant activities and programs: Equality California Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of the mission adopted in 2014, Equality California Institute initiated a number of new programs to educate LGBT people and the public at large about issues impacting the LGBT community and the communities of which LGBT people are also a part.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those program areas include: </p> <ul><li>Immigration: Equality California Institute leads "Equality4All", focused on building LGBT community support for immigration issues.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of its "Health Happens with Equality" initiative, the organization also conducts <a href="/wiki/Cultural_competence_in_healthcare" title="Cultural competence in healthcare">cultural competency</a> trainings for healthcare workers about the special healthcare needs of LGBT and undocumented people.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Transgender rights: In April 2016, together with the Transgender Law Center, Equality California Institute co-founded Transform California. Transform California is a project of a statewide coalition of organizations focused on building public acceptance and understanding by educating Californians about transgender people and the challenges they face.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>HIV: Equality California Institute is part of a coalition of <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV</a> advocacy and civil rights organizations seeking to educate lawmakers and modernize California's laws that criminalize HIV transmission.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organization's "#TakeIt - I'm PrEP'd" campaign aims to educate the LGBT community about the availability and efficacy of <a href="/wiki/Pre-exposure_prophylaxis" title="Pre-exposure prophylaxis">pre-exposure prophylaxis</a> therapy (PrEP), with a special focus on gay and bisexual men and transgender women of color.</li> <li>Youth and Schools: In addition to Equality California's advocacy for legislation in the state capitol protecting LGBT students, Equality California Institute is developing a "Safe and Supportive Schools Index" that will provide a way to measure how effectively California schools are providing supportive environments for LGBT students and protecting them from bullying and harassment. The organization is also developing a series of cultural competency trainings for educators to better prepare them to identify and help at-risk LGBT students.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Leadership Development: Equality California Institute holds an annual Leadership Academy for rising LGBT leaders, as well as an annual summer fellowship in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a> for students together with support from the <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a> Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Outreach to Faith Leaders: In 2015, Equality California Institute merged with California Faith for Equality, a network of some 300 clergy members from various <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> and other congregations across California. Members of the network aim to provide an accepting and tolerant voice of religion in response to the often anti-LGBT rhetoric often repeated by some faith leaders, as well as to encourage their own congregations to support LGBT equality.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Equality_California&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_California" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in California">LGBT rights in California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_history_in_California" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT history in California">LGBT history in California</a></li> 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