EDGE Dallas

Conservatives are calling for parents to keep their kids home from school on May 22, when California plans to commemorate the first openly-gay lawmaker.

GLBT advocacy group Equality California is losing its Executive Director for the second time in less than a year.

Even though the legal saga over Proposition 8 continues to unfold, California’s LGBT activists remain largely confident that same-sex couples will soon be able to once again legally marry in the Golden State.

The ongoing saga that remains Proposition 8 may have fallen off the front pages, but California’s marriage equality activists continue to prepare for oral arguments before the state Supreme Court on Sept. 6 that could determine Prop 8’s fate.

Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, maintains a measure that would mandate California public schools adopt an LGBT-inclusive curriculum would expose children to homosexuality.

Turmoil in Maryland & Rhode Island has cast a spotlight on statewide pro-gay marriage groups. EDGE takes a look at the state of the states, including the expanded role of national gay-rights organizations on the local level.

Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, reflects upon his tenure with the Golden State’s statewide LGBT organization.