Thursday, April 30




Federal appeals court rules California’s same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional

A California state ban on same-sex marriage was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court Tuesday, a move cheered by members of the UCLA lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community, though same-sex marriages will not resume immediately. Read more...

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Raja Bhattar, director of the LGBT center, celebrates the overturning of Proposition 8 with Doreen Gonzales, who works at the counseling center.



Sister Act: Arda and Doris Melkonian work to reach out to campus through Graduate Students Association

It takes an effort for Doris Melkonian to not finish her sister Arda's sentences, and vice versa. Read more...

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Arda and Doris Melkonian are officers in the Graduate Students Association. They are the first sisters to serve as officers at the same time in the association’s history. They are working to make GSA more visible on campus and to make the association more accessible to graduate students.