History was made yesterday in California as John Pérez, was unanimously chosen by the State Assembly’s Democratic Caucus to succeed Karen Bass as the lower house’s leader. Pérez, is expected to officially be voted in as the Assembly’s 68th speaker in January. What’s so historic? Pérez is an openly gay Latino Democrat from LA, and [...]

It looks at though same-sex marriage will go up for a vote in the garden state on Thursday, December 10th! From the NY Times: A petition in New Jersey signed by more than 2,300 Democratic officials, advocates and residents has helped sway members of the State Senate Judiciary Committee to call for a vote on [...]