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LGBTQ+ rights activists in California say they will challenge an appeals court decision that struck down part of a state law meant to protect LGBTQ+ nursing home residents by prohibiting staff from these care facilities from using anything other than the resident’s self-determined name and pronouns. The court’s ruling came from a panel of three judges: Elena J. Durate (backrow, second from left), Ronald B. Robie (front row, first on left), and Harry E. Hull, Jr. (front row, fourth from the left). Photo: Third District Court of Appeal.

“Our community is at an inflection point — recovering from a global pandemic and economic crisis, facing a reckoning with centuries of structural racism, and fighting back against a coordinated assault on transgender children,” Tony Hoang said in a statement. “Equality California has both an opportunity and a responsibility to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people.” Photo: Equality California.

“Our community is at an inflection point — recovering from a global pandemic and economic crisis, facing a reckoning with centuries of structural racism, and fighting back against a coordinated assault on transgender children,” Tony Hoang said in a statement. “Equality California has both an opportunity and a responsibility to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people.” Photo: Equality California.

See also: Six in 10 Americans wrongly believe that HIV can be spread through casual contact“With HIV-positive individuals living longer, healthier lives than before, we need to end discrimination when it comes to accessing life and disability income insurance to protect themselves and their loved ones,” Lara said in a statement. “I thank Senator Lena Gonzalez for authoring SB 1255, which will finally give the same insurance rights to people living with HIV that others have.”The bill was also praised by LGBTQ rights group Equality California.“No one should be denied the security of life or disability income insurance because of their HIV status,” Rick Zbur, the group’s executive director, said in a statement.

A visitor at the 2017 Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival shows their pride and California love. Photo: Long Beach Pride.

As we all navigate this global pandemic, the economic fallout and the unprecedented social impact of being forced to stay at home in order to protect those we love, it’s hard to imagine the full scale of the impacts this will have on our society. Shuttered businesses, lost jobs, students at home and teachers navigating distance learning for the first time, first responders risking their lives to care for the sick.