All posts by Chris Geidner
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Arkansas High Court Strikes Down State’s 2008 Adoption Ban
The Arkansas Supreme Court today, in an opinion published without dissent, struck down the state’s 2008 ballot initiative that prohibited unmarried, cohabitating individuals from adopting....
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ENDA Introduced — With 92 Fewer Co-Sponsors Than at the End of the 111th Congress
At the end of the 111th Congress, 203 members of the 435-member body had joined Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in co-sponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act....
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Prop 8 Judge Walker, Now Retired, Tells Reporters He’s Gay
Now retired, former U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, who presided of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, was...
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Senators Kerry, Leahy, 10 Others Ask DOJ, DHS to Hold Same-Sex Bi-National Couples’ Immigration Petitions
Following up on the March 31 letter that Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) sent to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano seeking a stop on deportations of...
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Same-Sex Partners Included in Open Enrollment Period for Federal Long-Term Care Insurance
On Monday, April 4, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) Open Season. The program, which OPM...
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DOMA Repeal Bill Sponsors Ask Boehner to Brief Them on House’s DOMA Defense Efforts
On Monday, April 4, the lead sponsors of the Respect for Marriage Act — the bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act — asked...
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RNC Slams Obama on DADT Repeal, Stopped DOMA Defense, Prop 8 Opposition
[Image, above: A screen capture from the top of the Republican National Committee’s new website, “Hope Isn’t Hiring,” which takes aim at President Obama’s record...
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House Committee to Hear From Service Chiefs Thursday About DADT Repeal Efforts
Following up on this past week’s largely uneventful House Armed Services Military Personnel Submcommittee hearing featuring Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley...
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LGBT Issues @ the Briefing: ENDA and DADT
In LGBT news from today’s White House press briefing transcript: Q: One of the President’s goals has been the passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination...
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With Obama’s Announcement, the Dynamic Shifts
President Barack Obama filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission today to begin his re-election campaign. Although expected, the move shifts the conversation...
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House Subcommittee Talks DADT Repeal Implementation with Pentagon Officials
[Photo: House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee members listen to testimony about the implementation of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act. (Photo by Chris...
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Navy Petty Officer’s DADT Discharge Hearing Raises Questions About DADT’s Continued Enforcement
More than three months ago, on Dec. 22, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act into law, declaring to the...
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Alison Nathan, Former Obama White House Associate Counsel, Nominated for Federal Court
[Photo: President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. “Ali” Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan,...
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Institutes of Medicine Releases LGBT Health Report
Today, a report on LGBT health called “groundbreaking” has been released by the Institutes of Medicine, “The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People:...
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Immigration Official: “The Hold Is Over”
The “hold” on same-sex married bi-national couples’ green card applications — celebrated by immigration and LGBT advocates — is over, according to the spokesman for...
