Talk:Dianne Feinstein

message: Plenty of sources describe how Feinstein-as-mayor had a mixed record on LGBTQ issues. She supported gays at times, and at other times she did not. 
She initially courted the gay vote to gain a seat on the SF Board of Supervisors. But Feinstein-as-mayor was notably less liberal on gays than her predecessor George Moscone. After becoming mayor, she told Ladies Home Journal that "The right of an individual to live as he or she chooses can become offensive", for which she was reviled by gays. When Moscone murderer Dan White was convicted of lesser charges, the gays protested, and Feinstein was lambasted for cracking down on protests. In 1982, she killed a bill that would have given benefits to "domestic partners" of unmarried public employees; a pro-gay bill. Because of these actions, she picked up the nickname "Ayatollah Feinstein" among gays.
In Feb 1983 a prominent SF gay community group, the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, voted in favor of recalling Feinstein as SF mayor. In 1984, she sent plainclothes police into gay bathhouses as "spies", which prompted an angry response reported by the media. Warren Hinckle wrote about all of this with a retrospective view, and many other contemporary news items cover it. Binksternet (talk) 14:26, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Her veto of domestic partnership legislation in 1982 is talked about in the page, and in the page about the recall election. BlueOcean02 (talk) 16:45, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

text: Jerry Roberts wrote a balanced summary of her record on LGBTQ+ issues for Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/29/dianne-feinstein-legacy-00116902. Perhaps it and the aforementioned primary sources can be synthesized with Trudy Ring's and Jeff McMillian's assessments for The Advocate (https://www.advocate.com/politics/dianne-feinstein-lgbtq-record) and The Associated Press (https://apnews.com/article/dianne-feinstein-lgbtq-rights-a736eb15f16c9f29da807b77fea72d12), respectively. Mcvayn (talk) 01:52, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  How she was viewed on LGBTQ issues 

message: This good-faith edit regarding the linking to the California article may have reverted more content than it was intended to. Editors who have made adjustments to this article in the past few days may wish to double check that their edits are still incorporated into the body of this article. Thanks KConWiki (talk) 03:20, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: this was your edit. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 14:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits removed with minimal rationale given

message: Diane Feinstein entry states that “ the Supreme Court ruled against abortion rights “.  What the court actually ruled was that abortion was not a constitutionally protected right but rather an issue that should be returned to the states.   ( see Dobbs decision) 74.98.241.41 (talk) 04:56, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed the text, per the source, to  – Muboshgu (talk) 17:42, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 November 2023 

message: On the topic of including Feinstein's committee position's in the title, should we include all of her chairmanships and ranking memberships (including vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee) in the infobox? Are they specifically notable enough that inclusion in the lead is insufficient?
Asking with reference to this (largely unfrequented) consensus question on the WikiProject Politics page. This is so we can apply any consensus reached to articles of other senior members of Congress. SuperWIKI (talk) 11:53, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Committee chairmanships on Feinstein's profile