Lorri L. Jean

• A White Gay's Guide On Dealing with the Black Community for Dummies

Let me be clear, I'm not saying that Buju Banton has to publicly declare his love for the gay community, frankly I could care less if he likes me or not. But if he's gotten the message that he cannot get up on a stage and sing "Boom bye bye inna batty bwoy head," then that's all gays can ask for. The gay community cannot force people to like them any more than they can legislate approval of gay marriage. If the goal of the protests against certain reggae artists is to bring about a change in what they say and do publicly as it relates to gays in their music, how are we to ever know if that change has been realized and the campaign successful if we keep canceling their shows? I am curious to know if [Lorri L. Jean], the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, and the like are "surprised and ...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• October 15, 2009

• Aids/Lifecycle Rolls Victoriously Into L.A., Raising Aids Awareness, $6.8m for Hiv/Aids Services; Record Participation in Event

LOS ANGELES, June 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -b With nearly 600 miles of scenic terrain and a week of grueling physical challenges behind them, the more than 2,000 participants in AIDS/LifeCycle will roll to a victorious finish in West Los Angeles today, having raised over $6.8 million from more than 50,000 donors. Funding from the event will support HIV services provided by event co-producers, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Now in its fourth year, participation in AIDS/LifeCycle grew by almost 30 percent since last year. This is truly the experience of a lifetime," said Lorri L. Jean, chief executive officer of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and a participating cyclist. "In the past week, I've seen personal strength and commitment overcome physical challen...

• U.S. Newswire
• June 11, 2005

• Taking initiatives: reconciling race, religion, media and democracy in the quest for marriage equality.

... Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center (led by Lorri L. Jean) and the National Center for Lesbian Right...

• Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 3, September 2010

• La Gay & Lesbian Center to Spongebob: You're Not Alone

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to attacks directed at Spongebob Squarepants by Focus on the Family and other conservative organizations, because of Spongebob's supposed sexual orientation, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Chief Executive Officer, Lorri L. Jean, has issued the following statement: Gay/Straight Alliance of Cartoon Characters Welcomes Spongebob

• U.S. Newswire
• January 22, 2005

• L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Responds to Governor Schwarzenegger's Veto of Marriage Equality Bill

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement from Lorri L. Jean, chief executive officer of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, in response to Gov. Schwarzenegger's veto of AB 849, the religious Freedom & Civil Marriage Protection Act: Today the Governor sacrificed his role as a leader, and sacrificed an entire community, as part of a clear political calculus to appease right wing extremists and other political special interests. The California legislature, acting in the interest of all Californians, sent the governor legislation that would have removed the remaining vestiges of legal discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Californians. Instead of seizing the opportunity to sign this historic bill, the governor terminated it, sacrificing our...

• U.S. Newswire
• September 29, 2005

• 'Desconectan' a Estudiante de Oxnard

A McInerney, quien fue arrestado el mismo día del crimen y se le fijó una fianza de 770 mil dólares, se le instruyó de cargos el jueves pasado en un tribunal superior. El joven será juzgado como adulto por cargos de asesinato, uso de arma de fuego y crimen de intolerancia. La pena podría ser de 50 años en prisión o de por vida. La Coalición de Escuelas Seguras de California reportó que en 2004 una encuesta reveló que 94% de los distritos escolares tiene reglamentos específicos contra la discriminación basados en la orientación sexual, pero sólo el 40% de estos tiene programas que previenen el hostigamiento entre compañeros basado en la apariencia y la orientación sexual. Gail Rolf, directora de educación del programa Proyecto 10, indicó que generalmente los distritos escolares sólo reac...

... pistola y finalmente dispararon", expresó Lorri L. Jean, directora ejecutiva de LAGLC. Agregó que...

• La Opinión; Los Angeles, Calif.
• August 24, 2009

• L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Sends Message to Spongebob: You're Not Alone

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to attacks directed at Spongebob Squarepants by Focus on the Family and other conservative organizations, because of Spongebob's supposed sexual orientation, the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Chief Executive Officer, Lorri L. Jean, issued the following statement today: If Spongebob is gay, we want him to know he's not alone. The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's youth center and transitional living program can offer him support and a home if he's every kicked out of his pineapple under the sea or attacked because of his sexual orientation.

• U.S. Newswire
• January 21, 2005

• S/He Said

Even as he resigns in shame, Michael Duvall is wallowing in hypocrisy. While engaging in extra- marital affairs, he used family values ' as a justification to vote against every bill that would have provided any measure of equal treatment or fairness to LGBT people. He used the same justification to support taking away the lawful right of same-sex couples to marry.

...". - Lorri L. Jean, L. A. Chief Executive Officer Gay & Lesbi...

• Between the Lines; Livonia
• October 15, 2009

• Fair Education Act Under Attack Again

A. Gay & Lesbian Center Responds to Right-Wing Efforts to Omit LGBT People from History Lessons LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just weeks after failing to collect enough signatures to qualify a referendum that would have sought to repeal the FAIR Education Act, anti-LGBT forces are at it again. Now they're attempting to collect enough signatures to qualify a November 2012 initiative that would eliminate references to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in California's landmark education law.

Today, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center CEO Lorri L. Jean issued the following statement:. "Without ...

• U.S. Newswire
• November 17, 2011

• Proposition 8 Deemed Unconstitutional Reaction: Local Gay Community Hails Judge's Ruling While Angry Prop. 8 Backers Vow to Appeal.

Gay rights advocates were ecstatic Wednesday as they celebrated a federal court decision that ruled California's voter-approved ban on same sex-marriage is unconstitutional, even as opponents vowed to appeal. The decision is not only a home run - it's a grand slam," said Jon Davidson, legal director for Lamda Legal, a gay rights organization that had filed a friend of the court brief in the case.

..., our families and our friends," said Lorri L. Jean, chief executive officer of the L.A. Gay &...

• Los Angeles Daily News
• August 05, 2010