News + Politics
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Socarides, Eleveld Leaving Equality Matters; Signorile Joins HuffPo
This morning, Richard Socarides, the president of Equality Matters over the past year since Media Matters announced its creation, announced that he is leaving the...
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Win for Baltimore Police
Lambda Legal announced today that Baltimore County must grant equal employment benefits to same-sex couples as a result of a binding arbitration decision. That decision...
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Ninth Circuit To Consider Prop 8 Appeal Alongside Challenge to Walker’s Impartiality Because He Is Gay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will be deciding the appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling striking down Proposition...
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SLDN Lawyers Tell Court “American Servicemembers and Their Families Are Among DOMA’s Victims”
Today, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network took the next step in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of unequal spousal benefits granted to servicemembers in...
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Gay soldier speaks frankly about Republican September debate boos
“When the actual booing occurred, my gut dropped out, because my first inclination was, did I just do something wrong?… this is not about...
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Openly gay filmmaker fired from Brigham Young University
“Kendall was terminated for two basic reasons. He refused to come to work, and he refused to communicate with his supervisor.†— Brigham Young University...
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Food & Friends Calls for Volunteers
Food & Friends, the local organization that provides specialized meals, groceries and nutrition counseling for people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, is...
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California Supreme Court Says Prop 8 Proponents Can Bring Appeal, Ninth Circuit Likely To Consider Appeal’s Merits
The California Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, has told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the proponents of Proposition 8...
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Phantom Makes Fixes to Filters
Score one for freedom of information. Score another for correcting a mistake, albeit unintentional. The company that produces the software used for website filtering that...
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Protestors Picket Police and Prosecutors
More than 30 local activists representing a coalition of LGBT organizations protested in front of Metropolitan Police Department headquarters and the U.S. Attorney's Office for...
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California Supreme Court to Answer Standing Certified Question in Prop 8 Case
The winding challenge to California’s Proposition 8, which prohibits same-sex couples from marrying, will take another step on Thursday, Nov. 17. The California Supreme Court...
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Are We There Yet?
So, yes, it's lamentable that political progress is generally a stop-and-go affair, with long stretches of frustration and ennui punctuated by momentary outbursts of excitement...
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Court Rejects LCR Rehearing
Although the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' was finalized Sept. 20, the lawsuit brought by Log Cabin Republicans challenging the constitutionality of DADT had...
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Battling the Blood Ban
Blood may be thicker than water. But a ban on blood donations may be thicker still. Members of George Washington University's Lambda Law, the LGBT...
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Sex and Identity Symposium
History may be written by the victors, but some local college students are forgoing what may be written in their textbooks and pursuing educational opportunities...
