All posts by Chris Geidner
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Twelve Years Ago, Lessons for Today
On the evening of October 11, 1998, NPR’s Daniel Zwerdling began telling a story on All Things Considered that would become a part of the...
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Stating the “State of Play”
More than 10 hours of interview time covering interviews with the leaders of 15 LGBT organizations that have a national scope or impact. One magazine...
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“Queers” and “Legislative Fruitloops” in North Carolina
Equality North Carolina recently announced plans to recognize statehouse Speaker Joe Hackney (D) by giving him an award at its Equality Gala later this year....
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Looking at the “State of Play”
This week’s Metro Weekly‘s cover story — out Thursday — is a detailed look at many of the LGBT organizations that...
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Snyder v. Phelps: The View From the Court
Photo: Attorney Sean Summers speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court following oral arguments in Snyder v. Phelps on Wednesday. Al Snyder, the father...
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Margie Phelps: “You’ve Got To Stop Sinning”
Matthew Snyder — who attained the rank of a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps — died on March 3, 2006, in the Al...
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Administration Seeking $4 Billion to Fight Global Disease, Including HIV/AIDS
A big announcement today from the U.S. Department of State on the administration’s efforts to fight global disease, including HIV/AIDS: As part of America’s leadership...
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The Phelps Family: From Kansas to Columbus to the Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will be considering, as SCOTUSblog summarizes the matter, “Does the First Amendment protect protesters at a...
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Education Sec’y on Teen Suicides: “Every one of us … needs to stand up and speak out”
Late Friday afternoon, a remarkably strong statement was put out by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: “This week, we sadly lost two young men...
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Pelosi: DADT “will be gone by the end of the year”
Photo: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses the crowd at the Victory Fund’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Awards, where she was the honored guest. (Photo by...
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Judge Orders Witt To Be Reinstated
Photo: Former Air Force Major Margaret Witt, Washington National Guard Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer (Ret.) and Air Force Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach in March 2010 at...
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Progressives in House Ask Obama Not to Appeal DADT Ruling
Progressive members of the U.S. House of Representatives today took a stand in the ongoing court case challenging the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy....
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Facebook Failure Fallout
Following Thursday’s Facebook outage, Fabulis — the gay site launched earlier this year — sent an email message to its users today. To say it...
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DOJ Calls Injunction Request in DADT Case “Untenable”
U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips should not issue an injunction halting all enforcement of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy because the United States...
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While I Was Out …
I took the opportunity on Wednesday to head up to New York City to see Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika, staged by the Signature...
