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College Republicans suspended for a year by UCI after hosting a gay conservative speaker

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Editor Posted in Gay Republicans, Irvine, LGBT, Republican Party Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: June 21, 2016

Contact: UCI College Republicans President, Ariana Rowlands aerowlan@uci.edu

UC Irvine Suspends College Republicans at UCI for a Year for Hosting Gay Conservative Speaker, Milo Yiannopoulos

UCI administrators requested to meet with Ariana Rowlands, College Republicans at UCI’s President, under the guise of debriefing the planning process of the College Republicans at UCI (CRUCI) hosted event, “Social Justice is Cancer by Milo Yiannopoulos” which took place on June 2nd. Only hours after the conclusion of that meeting CRUCI execs were emailed by a UCI administrator from the UCI Student Center, informing the club almost a full month after the event but 4 hours after meeting with administration, that not only is CRUCI suspended for the concluded Spring 2016 quarter, but the next three quarters as well (a full academic year at UCI). The cited reason is that CRUCI failed to provide a certificate of insurance for the private security hired for the event to protect Yiannopoulos. Continue reading→

OC GOP officials demand security protection for gay conservative set to speak at UCI

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Editor Posted in Gay Republicans, Gay Rights, Irvine, LGBT, Republican Party Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: May 27 2016

Contact: UCI College Republican President, Ariana Rowlands, aerowlan@uci.edu

OC GOP Elected Officials Demand Security Protection for Conservative Homosexual Speaker and Students at University of California, Irvine

Conservative Speaker/Author Milo Yiannopoulos’ “Dangerous Faggot” Tour Targeted for Disruption by Liberal Activists at UCI

Speech Set for June 2 at 7 p.m. at Social Sciences Plaza A 1100 at UC Irvine

Orange County CA – Republican Elected officials called on the administration of the University of Irvine to provide security protestation for Conservative Speaker, Milo Yiannopoulos.

Members of the County’s Republican elected officials praised the courage of the College Republicans for hosting the controversial speaker and strongly condemned Political Correctness, ‘Trigger Warnings’, and ‘Safe Spaces’ for destroying academic freedom. Continue reading→

Bao Nguyen speaks out against the House Republicans’ vote against LGBTs

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Congress, Democratic Party, LGBT, Republican Party Leave a comment

Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen’s Statement On Discriminatory Vote Against LGBTs By House Republicans

Immediate Release: May 19, 2016

Contact: Simon Hudes, info@bao2016.com, (408) 833-4455

Anaheim, CA – Bao Nguyen released the following statement after House Republican leadership used a parliamentary tactic that made their Members change their votes, shutting down an amendment that would protect the LGBTQ community.

As a gay man myself, I know firsthand how hard it can be to grow up LGBTQ. We face discrimination in so many ways, just because of who we happen to love. Continue reading→

O.C. Board of Education Trustee Hammond flips out over a sex orientation survey

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Editor Posted in Education, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Robert Hammond Statement on Students Being Questioned By Orange County Schools on Their Sexual Orientation

Contact: news@robertforocbe.com

Santa Ana, California – Orange County Board of Education Trustee David Boyd continues to defend the Orange County Board of Education’s policy of questioning children as young as 12 years old about their sexual orientation.

Talking recently to reporters, Boyd went on the attack – two years later – calling for an investigation of a fellow board member who privately and publicly raised concerns about the survey. Continue reading→

OC Board of Education Trustee caught referring to gays as sodomites in an email

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Education, LGBT, Orange County, Republican Party, Robert Hammond 10 Comments

DAVID L. BOYD, TRUSTEE, DISTRICT 2, ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2016

Contact: David L. Boyd, (714) 708-0723, Ext 313 boyd@taftu.edu

OCBE Trustee Requests Investigation into Anti-Gay Slurs

COSTA MESA, CA. – David L. Boyd, a Trustee serving on the Orange County Board of Education, will request at the May meeting of the Board a briefing by legal counsel on what constitutes a hostile work environment as well as an investigation into the conduct of another trustee.

This request is a result of an e-mail written by Trustee Robert Hammond in April 2014 to an employee of the Orange County Department of Education where Hammond wrote “I hope you don’t mind, but I plan on asking you about your sexual orientation publicly during our next board meeting.” The email was recently made public as a result of a public records request. Continue reading→

Bao Nguyen lands LGBT endorsements for his Congressional campaign

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Congress, LGBT Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: April 13th, 2016

Contact: Simon Hudes, info@bao2016.com, (408) 833-4455

Garden Grove, CA – HONOR PAC, the region’s leading organization for the advancement of LGBT and immigrant issues, has endorsed Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen in the race to represent California’s 46th district in Congress. They join Representatives Mark Takano, Judy Chu, and Barney Frank, as well as prominent Latino Attorney Sergio Garcia, in declaring their support for Nguyen, who is rapidly picking up endorsements from prominent members in the LGBT and immigrant communities.

HONOR PAC’s President Mario Ceballos offered the following support for Bao: Continue reading→