http://lgbtissues.com/topic/roy-ashburn2010-11-21T06:00:15Z2010-11-21T06:00:15ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-11-21:/roy-ashburn-gay-rights-hero-4386177a/

<div id="subtitle">Republican <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >California State Senator Roy Ashburn</a> has gone from zero to gay rights hero in less than a year</div><div><p><p>Republican California State Senator Roy Ashburn has gone from zero to gay rights hero in less than a year.</p> <p>The 56-year-old lawmaker who was forced out of the closet in March received one of the highest scores among lawmakers &#8211; including many Democrats &#8211; from <a title="Equality Californ...

2010-09-29T06:00:18ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-09-29:/arnold-schwarzenegger-signs-bill-gay-cure-research-mandate-1577352a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Arnold Schwarzenegger" href="/topic/Arnold+Schwarzenegger" >California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> signed a bill into law that repeals a decades-old gay 'cure' mandate from state code</div><div><p><p>California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law that repeals a decades-old gay &#8220;cure&#8221; mandate from state code.</p> <p>Schwarzenegger signed the bill into law on Monday.</p> <p>The law, placed on the books in 1950, instructed the <a tit...

2010-08-30T11:15:35ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-08-30:/roy-ashburn-urges-arnold-schwarzenegger-veto-gay-marriage-bill-1033302a/

<div id="subtitle">Senator <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Ashburn</a> urges <a title="Arnold Schwarzenegger" href="/topic/Arnold+Schwarzenegger" >California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger</a> to veto bill that protects clergy opposed to gay marriage</div><div><p><p>&#65279;<a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a> State Senator Roy Ashburn, <a>the recently out and increasingly outspoken on gay rights Republican from <a title="Bakersfield" href="/topic/Bake...

2010-08-29T07:15:07ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-08-29:/gops-roy-ashburn-talks-ken-mehlman-gay-rights-1032313a/

<div id="subtitle">In a wide-ranging interview Friday, <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Senator Ashburn</a> talked to us about gay rights, <a title="Ken Mehlman" href="/topic/Ken+Mehlman" >Ken Mehlman</a> and what's next</div><div><p><p>&#65279;Senator Roy Ashburn is in the twilight of his service in the <a title="California State Senate" href="/topic/California+State+Senate" >California Senate</a>. He came to <a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" >Sacramento</a> in 199...

2010-07-20T13:46:37ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-07-20:/roy-ashburn-voted-interests-997187a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a> <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >State Senator Roy Ashburn</a> says he voted against his own best interests because he was 'terrified' of being outed</div><div><p><p>&#65279;California State Senator Roy Ashburn says he voted against his own best interests because he was &#8220;terrified&#8221; of being outed.</p> <p>In an <a>op-ed appearing Tuesday on the website GayPolitics.com</a>, which is run b...

2010-06-15T08:00:55ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-06-15:/roy-ashburn-openly-gay-option-963930a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a> state <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Senator Roy Ashburn</a> says being honest about his sexuality was never an option</div><div><p><p>&#65279;&#65279;State Senator Roy Ashburn, the <a title="California Republican Party" href="/topic/California+Republican+Party" >California GOP</a> lawmaker with a long anti-gay record who was recently forced to admit he's gay, says being honest about his sexualit...

2010-05-28T11:15:15ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-05-28:/roy-ashburn-voting-gay-rights-947559a/

<div id="subtitle">State <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Senator Roy Ashburn</a> says he's 'sorry' for voting against gay rights</div><div><p><p>&#65279;State Senator Roy Ashburn, the <a title="California Republican Party" href="/topic/California+Republican+Party" >California GOP</a> lawmaker with a long anti-gay record recently forced to admit he's gay, says he's &#8220;sorry&#8221; for voting against gay rights.</p> <p>Speaking with the '<a><i><a title="The Bakersfield Califo...

2010-05-27T11:45:14ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-05-27:/roy-ashburn-speaks-gay-issues-946518a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a> <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >State Senator Roy Ashburn</a> speaks up for the first time on gay issues</div><div><p><p>&#65279;State Senator Roy Ashburn, the <a title="California Republican Party" href="/topic/California+Republican+Party" >California GOP</a> lawmaker with a long anti-gay record recently forced to admit he's gay, spoke up for the first time on gay issues, the '<i><a title="The Sa...

2010-04-22T18:45:06ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-04-22:/forced-gay-outing-earns-roy-ashburn-pink-brick-912538a/

<div id="subtitle">State <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Senator Roy Ashburn</a> ? the recently out <a title="California Republican Party" href="/topic/California+Republican+Party" >California GOP</a> lawmaker with a long anti-gay record ? has been awarded a 'Pink Brick'</div><div><p> <p>State Senator Roy Ashburn – the recently out California GOP lawmaker with a long anti-gay record – has been awarded a “Pink Brick.”</p> <p>The annual award is given out by the <a title="San Fr...

2010-04-15T09:30:44ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-04-15:/roy-ashburn-serve-jail-incident-forced-gay-admission-903604a/

<div id="subtitle">State <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Senator Roy Ashburn</a> pleaded no contest Wednesday morning to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol</div><div><p> <p>State Senator Roy Ashburn – the recently out <a title="California Republican Party" href="/topic/California+Republican+Party" >California GOP</a> lawmaker with a long anti-gay record – pleaded no contest Wednesday morning to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol in a <a title="S...

2010-03-15T07:45:10ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-03-15:/gay-republicans-refuse-hold-roy-ashburn-accountable-871405a/

<div id="subtitle">Gay Republicans not willing to call out <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Senator Roy Ashburn</a> on his long anti-gay record</div><div><p> <p>Five days after Republican California Senator Roy Ashburn admitted he's gay, the nation's two largest gay <a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" >GOP</a> groups have kept mostly silent on the issue, neither willing to call out the senator on his long anti-gay record.</p> <p><a><a title="Log...

2010-03-12T07:45:12ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-03-12:/gay-activists-cried-youre-roy-ashburn-2005-868593a/

<div id="subtitle">Roy <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Ashburn</a> was heckled by gay activists who shouted 'We know you're one of us, Roy!' at an anti-gay marriage rally in 2005</div><div><p> <p>Roy Ashburn – the recently out <a title="California Republican Party" href="/topic/California+Republican+Party" >California GOP</a> lawmaker with a long anti-gay record – was heckled by gay activists who shouted “We know you're one of us, Roy!” at an anti-gay marriage rally in 2005, t...

2010-03-09T15:30:09ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-03-09:/im-gay-admission-roy-ashburn-asked-resign-867714a/

<div id="subtitle">Conservatives are calling on <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Roy Ashburn</a> to resign his seat in the <a title="California State Senate" href="/topic/California+State+Senate" >California Senate</a> after admitting he's gay</div><div><p> <p>Conservatives are calling on Roy Ashburn to resign his seat in the California Senate after admitting he's gay.</p> <p>“Roy Ashburn should resign,” <a title="Randy Thomasson" href="/topic/Randy+Thomasson" >Randy Thomasson<...

2010-03-09T06:00:34ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-03-09:/gop-lawmaker-roy-ashburn-gay-866303a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a> <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >State Senator Roy Ashburn</a> came out as gay in a radio interview Monday morning</div><div><p> <p>California State Senator Roy Ashburn came out as gay in a radio interview Monday morning, the '<a title="San Francisco Chronicle" href="/topic/San+Francisco+Chronicle" >San Francisco Chronicle</a>' reported.</p> <p>Ashburn's sexuality came under close scrutiny last we...

2010-06-26T03:02:38ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-06-26:/gop-lawmaker-regular-gay-bars-mayor-864394a/

<div id="subtitle">Openly gay W. <a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" >Sacramento</a> Mayor <a title="Christopher L. Cabaldon" href="/topic/Christopher+L.+Cabaldon" >Christopher Cabaldon</a> says anti-gay <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Calif. State Senator Roy Ashburn</a> is a gay bar regular</div><div><p> <p>Openly gay West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon says the anti-gay <a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" >GOP</a> lawmaker ...

2010-06-26T02:54:42ZOn Top Magazinetag:lgbtissues.com,2010-06-26:/antigay-gop-lawmaker-arrested-leaving-gay-bar-863149a/

<div id="subtitle">Anti-gay <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Calif. State Senator Roy Ashburn</a> was arrested Wednesday morning for drunk driving shortly after leaving a gay bar in <a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" >Sacramento</a></div><div><p> <p>Anti-gay California State Senator Roy Ashburn was arrested Wednesday morning for drunk driving shortly after leaving a gay bar in Sacramento, local <a title="CBS Corporation" href="/topic/CBS+Corporation" >CBS</a> affili...

2010-03-26T22:30:00ZAP Newstag:lgbtissues.com,2010-03-26:/photo/state-senator-dui-2179867p/

State <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Sen. Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield</a>, left, who had announced earlier in the day that he was gay, talks with Sen. Tony Strickland, R-<a title="Thousand Oaks" href="/topic/Thousand+Oaks" >Thousand Oaks</a>, right, at the capitol in <a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" >Sacramento</a>, <a title="California" href="/topic/California" >Calif.</a> on Monday, March 8, 2010. Ashburn, 55, who has served in the state Legislature for 14 years...

2010-06-26T07:24:43ZZUMA Press Inctag:lgbtissues.com,2010-06-26:/photo/sacramento-california-news-february-19-2009-569188p/

<a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Senator Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield</a>, left, celebrates with <a title="Darrell Steingberg" href="/topic/Darrell+Steingberg" >Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steingberg, D-Sacramento</a>, left, as the Senate passes the <a title="California State" href="/topic/California+State" >California State</a> budget plan. Photo taken Thursday Feb. 19, 2009 <div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2009&#160 <a href="http://www.zumapress.com">ZUMA Pr...

2010-04-14T05:48:25ZAP Newstag:lgbtissues.com,2010-04-14:/photo/california-budget-563945p/

State <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Sen. Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield</a>, left, talks with Sen. Tom Harmon,R-<a title="Huntington Beach" href="/topic/Huntington+Beach" >Huntington Beach</a> during a break in the Senate session at the Capitol in <a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" >Sacramento</a>, <a title="California" href="/topic/California" >Calif.</a>, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. Lawmakers are trying to work out a compromise on a state budget plan that would help ...

2010-04-14T07:56:54ZZUMA Press Inctag:lgbtissues.com,2010-04-14:/photo/sacramento-california-news-february-18-2009-554410p/

<a title="Abel Maldonado" href="/topic/Abel+Maldonado" >Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa</a> Maria, left, and <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Sen. Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield</a>, share a light moment between sessions Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 at the state Capitol <div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2009  <a href="http://www.zumapress.com">ZUMA Press Inc</a></div></div>...

2010-06-26T07:40:29ZAP Newstag:lgbtissues.com,2010-06-26:/photo/state-budget-514509p/

<a title="Lou Correa" href="/topic/Lou+Correa" >State Senators Lou Correa, D-Anaheim</a>, left, and <a title="Roy Ashburn" href="/topic/Roy+Ashburn" >Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield</a>, confer during the Senate session at the Capitol in <a title="Sacramento" href="/topic/Sacramento" >Sacramento</a>, <a title="California" href="/topic/California" >Calif.</a>, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Both lawmakers have been pressured to vote for the state budget plan hammered out between <a title="Arnold Schwarzenegg...