A bill requiring pornographic film actors to wear condoms during sex scenes easily passed the California State Assembly on Tuesday despite resistance from most of the adult film industry.
The California Republican Party is throwing the full weight of its political muscle behind an effort to repeal the state's ban on discrimination against transgender kids. According to BuzzFeed's Tony Merevik, far-right conservatives and tea party operatives have made overturning the recent protections enacted for transgender teens in public schools the center of the party platform.