All posts by Chris Geidner
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LGBT Media Representatives Get a White House Q-and-A
Today, Metro Weekly, along with eight other LGBT media outlets, attended a briefing on LGBT issues by White House Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes. White...
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HRC Endorses Kagan Nomination
Today, the Human Rights Campaign announced its endorsement of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court. From HRC: “Elena Kagan has demonstrated her understanding...
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Obama’s Immigration Speech Audience to Include LGBT Group
President Obama plans to give what the White House is billing as an address regarding the need for comprehensive immigration reform at American University in...
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Gay, Rather, Day Three at the Kagan Hearings
Between the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and marriage questions, there was quite a bit of talk about LGBT issues in the third day of...
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Stonewall Dems Make Move on Byrd’s Replacement Politics
Following the death of Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, on Monday, the state’s secretary of state determined that the governor will appoint...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Marriage Amendment in Technical Challenge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion (pdf) released on Wednesday, June 30, upheld the validity of the state’s constitutional amendment relating to marriage...
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“Gender-Mixed Marriages” at the Kagan Hearings
The first explicit mention of same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Solicitor General Elena Kagan came in an exchange with Sen. Tom...
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“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at the Kagan Hearings
The second day of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Solicitor General Elena Kagan began on Tuesday morning, June 29, with questions from Judiciary...
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Marriage Equality at the Kagan Hearings
In the opening statements of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, on Monday,...
