All posts by Chris Geidner
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Andrew Breitbart, Right’s Hero and Unexpected Gay Ally, Has Died at 43
Andrew Breitbart died overnight, a fact first reported a little before 9 a.m. this morning at his site, Big Journalism, and confirmed to Metro Weekly...
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Public Policy Polling: “Baldwin leads Thompson 46-45 in this month’s poll”
Public Policy Polling new polling released today shows Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) having improved in a match-up against her closest possible Senate competitor, former Wisconsin...
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Romney Wins Both Arizona and Michigan Primaries, After a Slight Wait on Michigan
Tonight, voters in Michigan...
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Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, ENDA Co-Sponsor, Is Not Seeking Re-Election
Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) will not be seeking re-election, meaning the loss of one of the most pro-LGBT equality members of the Senate Republican...
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MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts: Christie-Capehart Debate Made Mom Take My Twitter Away
This past week, in the midst of marriage equality votes in Maryland and a day after the heated back and forth on MSNBC’s Morning Joe...
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Nominees for 2012 Helen Hayes Awards Announced
The Helen Hayes Awards nominees for 2012, DC’s theater awards, were announced on Monday, Feb. 27, and include nominees ranging from fifteen nominations, including Outstanding...
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With West’s Promotion, Out Gay Lawyer Delery to Take Helm of Justice Department’s Civil Division
Today, the Department of Justice announced that the lawyer who argued against the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in court this past December,...
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New York Lawmakers Say “It Gets Better”
Joining many others — and coming a few days after MTV showed its “It Gets Better” special — members of New York City’s Congressional Delegation...
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House GOP Leadership Appeals DOMA Ruling
In a brief filing today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group has announced that...
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Obama’s Decision Not to Defend DOMA, One Year Later
A year ago today, the announcement about the Defense of Marriage Act came by way of a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to House...
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Romney’s Veiled Reference to Gay Adoption Was GOP Debate’s Only LGBT Mention
The Republican presidential debate in Arizona on Wednesday night, Feb. 22, featured no...
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BREAKING: DOMA’s Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Judge Rules in Golinski Case
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued its order finding that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act —...
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Prop 8 Proponents: Ninth Circuit Was Wrong, Should Reconsider Case
The proponents of Proposition 8 have filed the necessary paperwork today asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reconsider the three-judge...
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Proposition 8 Proponents to Seek Full Ninth Circuit Review
Charles Cooper, the lead attorney for the proponents of Proposition 8, tells Metro Weekly that the proponents of the California marriage amendment will be asking...
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Obama Senior Advisor Gibbs: “I Don’t Know” if Marriage Equality Will Be in the Platform
The question of whether marriage equality will be...
