California’s LGBTQ+ Pardon Program Sees Little Use After Three Years

LGBTQ+ rights demonstration and California Gov. Gavin NewsomCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a program in 2020 to pardon people who’d been arrested and prosecuted under anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but so far only one living person has received a pardon, and one has been granted posthumously.

(SOURCE) https://www.advocate.com/news/california-lgbtq-pardon-newsom

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