California lawmakers included roughly $52.3 million toward various LGBTQ initiatives in their budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Among the items are a historic $15 million investment in transgender health services, $13 million to support LGBTQ youth, and a $6 million boost to fight the spread of HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases.
Legislative leaders also allocated $750,000 to support LGBTQ archives across the state and $1.7 million for a new air circulation and filtration system at the National LGBTQ Center for the Arts in San Francisco as it prepares to reopen to the public as the COVID epidemic ebbs.