All posts by Chris Geidner
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LCR’s Christian Berle Leaving To Help Richard Tisei, Out Gay GOP Candidate in Massachusetts
Christian Berle, the deputy executive director at Log Cabin Republicans, is leaving his job at the organization formed to represent gay Republicans to join the...
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DOJ Denies Any “Policy” on DOMA-Impacted Cases at Immigration Appeals Board
In response to Metro Weekly‘s exclusive June 19 report on a series of decisions from the Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals that sent...
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With Anderson out, colleagues praise the move as “honest,” saying he’s “helped many”
Today’s coming-out letter from...
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LGBT Military Groups SLDN and OutServe Announce Plan to Combine Organizations
This past weekend the boards of directors of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and OutServe voted to become one organization by October, SLDN announced this morning....
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Armando Montano, 22-year-old out gay journalist, found dead in Mexico City
Armando “Mando” Montano, a 22-year-old news intern for the Associated Press in Mexico City this summer, was found dead early Saturday, June 30, according to...
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Richard Isay, psychiatrist who fought gay “mental illness” label, dead at 77
The New York Times reports tonight that Richard Isay, 77, has died. From the article: Dr. Richard A. Isay, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and gay-rights advocate...
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BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Ask Supreme Court to Review DOMA Case
The Republican-led House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today mailed its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the May 31 ruling of the...
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History Made in a Changed Pentagon, As Nation’s Military Command Holds LGBT Pride Month Event
[Photo: Defense Department general counsel Jeh Johnson, fifth from right, poses for a photograph with servicemembers and veterans, including Ronnie Bryant, fourth from right, following...
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Stonewall Dems Endorse 25 for Congress, Including Six Out LGBT Candidates, But Pass By Warren
National Stonewall Democrats today announced the group’s first 25 endorsements — including six out LGBT candidates. The partisan LGBT organization has a rolling endorsement process,...
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More Than 30 LGBT, HIV/AIDS Orgs Call for National Immigration Reform in Wake of High Court Ruling
Today, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Obama administration’s challenge to Arizona’s immigration law, S.B. 1070, holding that three of the four provisions...
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Mary Cheney, Former VP’s Daughter, Marries Heather Poe; Virginia Will Not Recognize Their Union
As ABC’s Jake Tapper reported earlier this afternoon, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Mary Cheney, married her longtime partner, Heather Poe, today....
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GOProud’s Romney Endorsement Had Only A Bare Majority of the Board — And Little Gay Support
Over the past day, much has been made of the GOProud board’s decision to endorse Mitt Romney for president. The gay conservative group is known...
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Baldwin Launches Her First Ad in Wisconsin Senate Bid
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), running to take retiring Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)’s seat, has launched her first ad, Roll Call reports, and it focuses on...
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Retired Adm. Mike Mullen to Headline SLDN Event Marking One-Year Anniversary of DADT’s End
On Sept. 18, retired Admiral Mike Mullen,...
