Politics
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Health Benefits To Be Extended to Children of Gay Federal Employees
The Obama administration moved to expand a key provision of the Affordable Care Act to the children of same-sex couples today. A new rule proposed...
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Republican Congressman Moves To Ban Same-Sex Weddings on Military Bases
Nearly a month after two men became the first gay couple to marry on a military base since the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”...
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DNC Chair Says Party Platform Will Include Marriage Equality
Come this fall, the Democratic Party could officially endorse marriage equality. In an interview with Philadelphia Gay News, the chair of the Democratic National Committee...
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Campaign Challenges Romney’s Record on Gay Rights
A new campaign is taking direct aim at Mitt Romney’s record and agenda on LGBT issues. Announced on Wednesday and playing off of the wildly...
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Boy Scouts Uphold Ban On Gay Members
Two years after launching a confidential review of the policy, the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed their ban on out gay members and leaders in...
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Widow Petitions DOMA Case to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has been petitioned to review another case challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. On Monday, lawyers for 83-year-old Edith...
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Immigrant Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against DOMA
The Defense of Marriage Act has once again been challenged in court after an immigrant from the Philippines filed a class action lawsuit July 12...
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Tea Party Leader Declares Frank-Ready Wedding a Mockery
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Jim Ready may still be celebrating their new lives as a married couple after exchanging wedding vows July 7, but...
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Log Cabin Republicans Call for Mayor Gray’s Resignation
The D.C. chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation’s primary LGBT Republican organization, is calling for the resignation of a District politician for the...
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Gay Arizona Official Resigns in Protest of Gov. Brewer
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s attempt to deny benefits to state employees in same-sex relationships cost her a civil servant on Tuesday. Edwin Leslie, who until...
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Romney Vows to Defend Traditional Marriage in Speech to NAACP
Mitt Romney vowed to defend traditional marriage as president during a speech delivered to the NAACP convention today in Houston. Only briefly did the presumptive...
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation Challenges Obama on AIDS Conference Attendance, Policies
With less than two weeks until the kickoff of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, one key participating organization is expressing dismay...
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LCR’s Christian Berle Leaving To Help Richard Tisei, Out Gay GOP Candidate in Massachusetts
Christian Berle, the deputy executive director at Log Cabin Republicans, is leaving his job at the organization formed to represent gay Republicans to join the...
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DOJ Denies Any “Policy” on DOMA-Impacted Cases at Immigration Appeals Board
In response to Metro Weekly‘s exclusive June 19 report on a series of decisions from the Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals that sent...
