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Presents information on the passage of the bill by the California Senate on August 28th, 1997, on spousal benefits to unmarried domestic partners, both heterosexual and same-gender by health insurance providers. Details on the bill; Proposer of the bill; Requirements for the bill before it goes back to the Assembly.

Reports on the creation of the Assembly Bill 205 (AB 205) which expands the state rights and responsibilities of registered domestic partners in California, effective January 1, 2005. Changes in the states's domestic partnership program; Benefits of the law for registered partners with children; Claims of the Alliance Defense Fund on the creation of the AB 205.

California Governor Gray Davis has announced on Friday, August 15, that he will sign Assembly Bill 205, the Domestic Partners Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003. The measure, authored by openly lesbian Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg, would grant same-sex domestic partners who are registered with the state of California, nearly all of the state rights, benefits and responsibilities that are currently granted to married spouses. The bill would also allow one partner to refuse to testify against the other in court, and provides a Family Court proceeding, similar to divorce, for domestic partners who split up after at least five years of partnership, or who have children or substantial property together.

Reports on efforts in California to thwart the anti-gay Knight Initiative, which is opposed to same-sex marriages. Implications to the state of Vermont Supreme Court's ruling granting same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual ones; Domestic partnership laws signed by California Governor Gray Davis; Rightists' opposition to same-sex marriages.

Presents lesbian-related news items, compiled in August, 1999. Includes domestic partnership bill provisions watered down by California Governor Gray Davis; Missouri's hate crimes law which includes bias against sexual orientation; Possibility that English legendary character Robin Hood was gay.