News + Politics
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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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Kagan's DADT Dance
On the second go-around of senators' questions to Supreme Court nominee and Obama administration Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) again turned to...
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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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NY man convicted of murder, hate crime: “Mistakenly” gay bashed Ecuadorian brothers
”I cannot understand how a person could kill another person and be laughing, enjoying 20 minutes later…. That kind of reaction — it can be...
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Texas gay Republicans say gay hating “Platform” a tool of distraction for “left leaning,” “enemies”
Recent attention has been given to the Republican Party of Texas and what many consider are the anti-gay planks in its 2010 Platform. Although these...
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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,...
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Not guilty verdict in Wone trial
Nearly a month and a half after the start of the trial against three gay men charged with obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence...
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Lesbian’s DC marriage collides with Tennessee’s DMV over name change
”How dare her employee run out to my car, in front of everybody and say, ‘You’ve got to give me the license back, we don’t...
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Wisconsin appeals court sides with lesbian lawyer over stay-at-home mom in child custody case
Opening summary of judgement by an appeals court in Wisconsin that agrees with a Circuit Court ruling in the case of two lesbians who shared for parental...
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NYT reports 89-year-old lesbian struggling to recall her lead at 1969 Stonewall riots
”He wound up flat on his back on the ground. I don’t know what he hit me with. He hit me from behind, the coward.” Storme...
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NY gay Catholics march in Pride Parade; Bishop forbids display of Church’s banner [video]
”Perhaps some people come to St. Francis because they don’t feel judged… For me, the blank banner stands for, ‘We’ve been silenced.’ For me, that’s also...
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Fighting for Recognition
The U.S. Supreme Court today held that a public university can require that student groups allow ''all comers'' in order to receive the benefits of...
