The City of Santa Ana is raising the Pride Flag in honor of Harvey Milk Day on May 22
The City of Santa Ana is inviting the public to come to City Hall for their annual Pride Flag Raising Ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 9:15 a.m. in…
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom goes full MAGA on transgender athletes
California Governor Gavin Newsom said in his new podcast that it is “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports today. However Newsom refused to take any concrete…
260 SAUSD students have changed their pronouns without their parents’ knowledge
260 students at the SAUSD have opted to change their gender catetories without informing their parents, according to the Interfaith Statewide Coalition, based on a Public Records Request. A bus…
Newport Beach man gets life in prison for fatally stabbing a gay former O.C. School of the Arts classmate
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Newport Beach man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the hate-motivated murder of his gay former high school…
2024 LGBTQ Youth Convening set for May 18 at Segerstrom High School
The LGBTQ Center OC is excited to announce its upcoming 2024 LGBTQ Youth Convening, a no-cost youth conference that is organized and led by youth leaders from VIVID, a coalition…
The City of Santa Ana will raise the LGBTQ+ Pride Flag on May 22
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The public is invited to celebrate Harvey Milk Day and LGBTQ+ Pride Month with a Pride Flag raising ceremony at Santa Ana City Hall on Wednesday,…
Anti-LGBTQ+ Orange School Board members Rick Ledesma and Madison Miner were recalled in the March Primary Election
Anti-LGBTQ+ school board members Rick Ledesma and Madison Miner of the Orange Unified School District were successfully recalled in the March 2024 Primary Election. According to the Recall campaign, Ledesma…
Gov. Newsom selected an LGBTQ Maryland resident to complete Senator Feinstein’s term
SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the selection of Laphonza Butler — the President of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to electing women, EMILY’s List — to complete the…
The City of Santa Ana is providing $50K for a non-profit to fund youth LGBTQ+ services
The City of Santa Ana’s Community Development Agency is pleased to announce the Youth LGBTQ+ Services Grant for Santa Ana Start-Up Non-Profit Organization with $50,000 available (available 7/18/23). This grant is seeking…
The 2023 OC Pride Day Festival and Parade is coming to Downtown Santa Ana on June 24
The Orange County LGBT Pride Festival returns to Downtown Santa Ana with the FREE Brilliant Resilience Pride Festival on Saturday, June 24th and it’s going to be HUGE! The parade…
U.S. Rep. Correa slams the O.C. Supervisors for opposing the Pride flag
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in response to the Orange County Board of Supervisors vote to mandate that only county, state and U.S. flags be flown outside county offices, excluding the…
DTSA streets will be shut down for the OC Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday
https://youtu.be/TG7uzN0w6ww There will be full street closures to through traffic on Saturday, June 25, 2022 for the OC Pride Parade and Festival. Vehicles will not be able to drive in…
O.C. man attacked a transgender woman with a skateboard
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 23-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime for attacking a transgender woman with a skateboard in Costa Mesa after using a derogatory epithet…
The O.C. Democratic Party wants to change the name of John Wayne Airport
https://youtu.be/-ftJ9Q6vsLU Ada Briceño, the Chair if the Democratic Party of Orange County has teamed up with Fred Smoller, Associate Professor of Political Science, Chapman University and Dr. Michael A. Moodian,…
OCDA Spitzer reacts to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ workers from job discrimination
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement on Monday’s Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ workers from job discrimination: “A workplace must be a…