News + Politics
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DC’s Holy Covenant UCC hosts gay marriages for seven Charlotte, NC couples
”On Monday, April 4, Holy Covenant hosted a champagne (sparkling juice) toast for the 7 couples who traveled to Washington to be married. Rabbi Judy...
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Lady Gaga confronts anti-gay protester; says ‘Country’ remix of ‘Born This Way’ benefits gay group [video]
”What I’m trying to understand is, there’s 3,000 standing in my line, and nobody standing in your line. Who’s going to hell? … If it...
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Assault on gay college students by teenagers at Pennsylvania’s Swarthmore
”Sort of out of nowhere, one of them hit me in the head and I went down.” An unnamed gay student at Swarthmore College, who...
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Rhode Island considers ‘reciprocal beneficiaries’ for gays; NOM asserts race-based opposition on gay marriage
”15-31-1. Purpose of chapter – Rights and related responsibilities. — (a) The purpose of this chapter is to permit any two (2) unmarried persons who...
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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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Gender Identity Bill Makes it Out of Maryland Senate Rules Committee
Maryland Senator Katherine A. Klausmeier’s (D-Baltimore County) office confirmed on Tuesday, April 5, that the Senate’s Rules Committee is about to meet. The Rules Committee, according...
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LGBT Maryland House Members Ask Senate President to Pass Gender Identity Bill Out of Rules Committee
In an open letter sent to Maryland Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller (D-Calvert, Prince George’s), the seven LGBT members of Maryland’s House of Delegates...
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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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DOMA's Immigration Imbroglio
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Wednesday, March 30, that it had ended its temporary hold on cases in which married, same-sex bi-national...
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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...
