All posts by Chris Geidner
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Pentagon Official to Be Named White House LGBT Liaison, Advocates Say
Gautam Raghavan, currently the deputy White House liaison at the Department of Defense, will be taking over as the full-time LGBT liaison in the White...
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Obama to Speak at HRC Annual National Dinner on Oct. 1
Today, the Human Rights Campaign announced in a news release that President Obama will be making his second appearance at the organization’s annual national dinner....
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The Faces of DADT Repeal Politics, September 20, 2011
[Photo, above: Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks about the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at a news...
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“DADT IS HISTORY.”
With additional reporting by John Riley. [Photo: The U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station in New York City’s Times Square on Sept. 19, 2011, in the...
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U.S. Army Sends Out DADT Repeal Memo — as Family Research Council Keeps Fighting
Today, members of the U.S. Army began receiving a memorandum signed by Army Sergeant Major Raymond F. Chandler III, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond...
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Government Files Motion to Stop “Vindictive Prosecution” Defense in Choi Trial
On Monday, Sept. 12, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. — the lead prosecutor for the U.S. District of the District of Columbia — filed a...
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Social Security Ends Gender “No-Match” Letters, White House “Welcomes This Move”
The National Center for Transgender Equality announced this evening: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed that it has ended the practice of allowing gender to be matched in its...
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White House Briefing: North Carolina Marriage Amendment and DADT Repeal
Today at the White House briefing, Metro Weekly sought clarification about the earlier White House statement regarding the North Carolina marriage amendment slated for the...
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House Republicans Make Attempt at Stopping Sept. 20 DADT Repeal
On Monday, Sept. 12, House Republicans made what appears to be a last-ditch effort at halting or stalling the Sept. 20 repeal of “Don’t Ask,...
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News Analysis: AP’s New Marriage Poll Shows Country “Grappling” With Marriage Equality
Today, the Associated Press released polling that showed that a majority of Americans support “the government giv legal recognition to marriages between couples of the...
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Cheney on Marriage Equality: “I Certainly Don’t Have Any Problem With It”
In his continuing comments on marriage equality, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, were asked about the subject today on The View,...
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North Carolina Marriage Amendment Vote Set for May 2012
Just in from QNotes‘s Matt Comer: RALEIGH, N.C. — Members of the North Carolina Senate barely passed a motion to place an anti-LGBT constitutional amendment...
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House General Counsel Opposes Recording of Golinski DOMA Challenge
In Karen Golinski’s challenge to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, House general counsel Kerry Kircher signed a filing stating that the House’s...
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Eyes on North Carolina, As State Senate Considers Marriage Amendment
This weekend brought news that the consideration of a marriage amendment in North Carolina would be coming this week. From the Associated Press: A Senate...
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Patti LuPone Talks About Broadway’s Problems
Patti LuPone has problems. Mainly, though, they come down to Cirque du Soleil and Hair. On Saturday, Sept. 10 LuPone will be performing her sold-out...
