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Source: San Diego Union Tribune , Los Angeles Times   SAN DIEGO – A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of four San Diego firefighters who claimed they were sexually harassed during the 2007 gay pride parade. The jury of six men and six women deliberated for four days before telling...

  ::    Way Out , an Australian support group for LGBTQ youth, has filed a discrimination complaint against a Victoria campground that refused to lease the resort to them. The campground, owned by a tax-exempt Christian church, said Way Out's proposed camp for LGBTQ youth would be...

Source: Los Angeles Daily News , Fresno Bee A routine trip to a federal office building became anything but routine for a Los Angeles woman who was threatened with arrest and forced the leave by a security guard who didn't approve of her attire. Lapriss Gilbert said she was picking up a Social Security...

Source: San Diego Union Tribune , San Francisco Chronicle Doctors in California must treat gays and lesbians the same as any other patient the state Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that pitted case pitted religious freedom rights guaranteed in the constitution against California's strong anti...

Source: Daily Breeze The LAPD's first openly gay police officer will get a new trial on his claims that he was the victim of retaliation and sexual orientation discrimination during his second tour of duty with the department, one of his lawyers said today. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James...

Source: KNBC and San Diego Union Tribune LOS ANGELES -- A gay woman who alleges the Los Angeles Police Department wrongfully fired her because of her sexual orientation can take her lawsuit to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Edward A. Ferns made the decision after rejecting...

Source: Press-Enterprise A discrimination lawsuit over a Wildomar Christian school's expulsion of two students suspected of being lesbians has been thrown out by a Riverside Superior Court judge. In a ruling Jan. 11, Judge Gloria Trask found there was no legal basis for the claim that the school...

Source: KNBC News LOS ANGELES -- The LAPD's first openly gay police officer was not the victim of retaliation and sexual-orientation discrimination during his second tour of duty with the department, a jury found Friday. The Los Angeles Superior Court panel of seven women and five men -- two of whom...

Source: San Jose Mercury News Thirteen female police officers, including top department brass, sued the Hayward Police Department on Wednesday alleging discrimination and harassment. Their joint 85-page lawsuit details a long and sometimes lewd history of unrest at the department, involving sexist, anti...