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A California appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a state law that penalized elder-care workers for using pronouns inconsistent with elderly long-term care patients’ claimed gender identity. Gender identity is a disputed concept. A lack of linguistic clarity has clouded the issue in recent years as the concepts of sex and sexual identity, or gender, a politically and scientifically contentious concept whose definition isn’t universally agreed upon, have become difficult to separat...

California court upends part of law to protect gay seniors DON THOMPSON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, wears a face mask as he speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, July 15, 2021. Gay rights advocates said Monday, July 19, 2021 that they will seek to challenge an appeals court decision tossing out part of a California law designed to protect older LGBTQ residents in nursing homes.Rich Pedroncelli/AP SACRAMENTO, Cali...

The middle of meetings with top officials from the white house administration, he said look, every country has a right to build a wall. you want to build a wall, thats fine, asking us to pay for it, thats a different story. thats really what weve seen mexicans sort of taking offense. there doesnt seem to be opposition from government officials on the wall, its the idea that they would have the pay for it that seems to question their dignity and having them stand up for their own interests especi...