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    Anita Chabria: Christian nationalists are behind LGBTQ+ laws. California isn't immune

    by Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times Mar 25, 2022 5 minutes
    LGBTQ employees protesting CEO Bob Chapek's handling of the staff controversy over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, aka the "Parental Rights in Education" bill walk out from Walt Disney Animation on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Burbank, California.

    LOS ANGELES -- When more than 100 Walt Disney Co. workers walked out of their Burbank offices to protest the companies lackluster opposition to Florida's unforgivable "don't say gay," law this week, it seemed like a heartening example of California rising to its reputation as a beacon of inclusivity and action.

    And it was.

    But "California is not all rainbows and sunshine, especially for marginalized people," Judah Joslyn told me over coffee this week, as a homeless man outside the café door yelled about God's wrath for those who don't follow a particular interpretation of the Bible. That's got to be a metaphor for something, though nothing good. Joslyn's point is that hate isn't a place, and doesn't respect geographic boundaries.

    Joslyn, who is transgender, is executive director of the Trans and Queer Youth Collective in

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