The call Bentrish Satarzadeh had been waiting five years to receive came last Tuesday when she heard from Governor Gavin Newsom's office that he was appointing her to a vacancy on the Alameda County Superior Court.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued a legal alert to school districts warning them against forced outing policies for trans and gender-nonconforming students.
A transgender woman fired by a San Francisco-based nonprofit has filed a lawsuit alleging retaliation after she said that she was harassed by a supervisor and terminated after she complained.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office is still investigating the shooting death of Banko Brown, but announced there is inclusive evidence to prosecute a Vallejo officer in the death of Sean Monterrosa back in 2020.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from two attorneys aspiring to become federal appellate judges — including lesbian Nicole Berner who played a major role in an Israeli Supreme Court case that ruled a child can legally have two mothers.
LGBTQ legal activists expressed relief Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a therapist who challenged Washington state's law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors.
Two incumbent San Francisco Superior Court judges debated challengers ahead of the March 5 primary at a forum held by community groups, representing contrasting views of salient criminal justice matters.
In a surprise move, a 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Florida's request for a stay against a lower court decision that would have enabled the state to enforce its new law banning drag shows under certain circumstances.
A San Bernardino Superior Court judge granted a preliminary injunction October 19 against enforcing two parts of a California school district's policy to out transgender and nonbinary students without their consent.
The Supreme Court of India declined to legalize same-sex marriage in a ruling October 16, punting the issue back to India's Parliament and dealing a blow to India's estimated 2.5 million LGBTQ people.
The lesbian assistant fire chief who sued the City and County of San Francisco alleging retaliation, harassment, and discrimination lost her case September 29, with a jury deciding in favor of the city.
The civil jury in the case of a lesbian assistant fire chief suing San Francisco for retaliation and discrimination started deliberating September 28 after her lawyer and the city's attorney gave closing arguments.
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The lesbian assistant fire chief suing the city for discrimination and retaliation testified one last time before both San Francisco's and her lawyer's rested their cases September 26, setting the stage for closing arguments and jury deliberations.
