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Society and Culture

This category is for listing sites that concern the make up of the local community: its people, its history, and resources and institutions that serve the people. Subjects include religion, clubs and lodges, reunions, women, men, seniors, kids, teens, activism, alternative sexuality, genealogy, and personal home pages.

Submissions to this category should focus on the communities of California.

If your site is not statewide in focus, please submit to the appropriate region, county, or locality category.

If your site focuses on a specific community, please submit to the appropriate category for that community.

Activism

For sites advocating or organizing direct, vigorous action in California, either supporting or opposing one side of a controversial issue.

Animal Welfare

Information on the well-being of animals.

Information submitted must be specific to animal welfare in California.

Chats and Forums

Links to chat room sites whose subject is the state of California, or whose purpose is to create an online community of Californians.

Chat sites specific to a region or locality within the state should be placed in a Society_and_Culture/Chat/ category under the appropriate region or locality.

Clubs and Lodges

Lists sites for non-profit, non-governmental organizations offering membership based on a common interest, purpose, history or location. Examples include Masonic Lodges and the Rotary Club. Please note, clubs associated with any particular activity or interest are listed by the topic.

Computer User Groups

A computer user group (also known as a computer club) is a group of people who meet regularly to discuss using computer hardware and/or software, share knowledge and experience, and may hold related activities.

Disability Resources

California statewide services and facilities for seniors, people with disabilities, and others who need assistance in taking care of themselves or handling daily chores.

This category is for statewide assisted living resources.

If you want to list an individual facility, practice or service, please click on http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/California/Localities/,

follow the links down to your city, and submit your listing there. If you have offices in multiple cities, please choose the County or Region that most closely matches the area in which all your offices are located.

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Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual

Subject matter relating specifically to the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community of California.

Only submissions offering information on more than one metro area or the entire state will be considered for this category. This may include regional guides, organizations, some events and conferences, and online communities.

If your site is specific to a city, please submit to the most appropriate subcategory within the local category.

Genealogy

For sites pertaining to the study of family histories and specific family surnames of significance to California.

History

This category is for sites related to any part of the history of what is now the State of California in the United States of America.

Issues

This category links to sites dealing with social controversies pertinent to the state.

Military

This category contains links to sites related to military interest groups, organizations, personal pages and the like based in California. Sites may include but are not limited to:

Veterans groups, organizations and associations
Personal pages centered around military life, but are mainly related to activities or interests in California.
POW-MIA organizations
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Marine Corps League, and similar groups

Personal Pages

A personal page is a non-commercial site owned and managed by an individual or a family. Sites and pages in this category relate to private interests, hobbies, ambitions, family, character, motives, or conduct of a personal nature.

Sites submitted to this category should be of statewide scope. Most sites are more appropriately placed in either the author''s locality or in the geographic area that is addressed by the site.

Pages pertaining mainly to one general-interest topic may be submitted to a topical category instead of Personal Pages.

Politics

Links for political campaigns and such related subjects as electoral systems, campaign finance and election laws, and popular elections.

Religion

Includes links to religious and spiritual sites related to California. Topics might include local churches or other places of worship, religious and spiritual organizations, issues, or guides to worship in the area.

Reunions

For sites related to gatherings of current and/or former members of a family or other group who have been separated. Reunions for California schools are found in Education: Reunions and Alumni.

Please see Localities, and suggest the site to the town or city where the group is located.

Transgendered

Transgendered individuals are those who have a gender (a mental measure of masculinity, femininity, or something else entirely) which does not match their sex (being physically male or female). This category includes resources for transgendered individuals, and information about transgenderism in California.

If your site is specific to a city, please submit to the most appropriate subcategory within the local category.

Youth

Social and cultural activities specifically for young people.