OH. MY. GAWD. I expected to hear at some point during the CA vs. Hate employee man/woman/they/them on the street interviews. “Hey Sacramento! What are your pronouns?” asks the gender affirming person on the CA vs. HATE Instagram page. “California’s...
California vs. Hate is celebrating one year of being in business. Under the umbrella of the California Civil Rights Department, CA vs. Hate, a hotline to report incidences of “hate,” held a press conference Monday morning “to reveal new data...
Last week we were in the midst of national Transgender Awareness Week— or is it month? A cursory Google search of the origins of this inane calendrical event raises more questions than it answers. Some claim that November is Transgender...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta recently filed a lawsuit against Chino Valley Unified School District for a policy that required school personnel to notify parents if their child exhibited any mental health issues, including questioning their gender identity. Other school...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta just released the Hate Crime in California report Tuesday, prepared by the state Department of Justice. In early May the Globe reported on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s official launch of CA vs Hate, “a new...
What constitutes hate speech? According to the United Nations, “hate speech refers to offensive discourse targeting a group or an individual based on inherent characteristics (such as race, religion or gender) and that may threaten social peace.” The UN also...
California has a number of formal acts in statute. Education Code Title 1, Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 2, Article 5.5 provides the Safe Place to Learn Act, which is contained in Section 234 to 234.5. Article 5.5 was added in...