Politics
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Vote Set for Thursday for Out Gay Judicial Nominee Fitzgerald
It was announced today that, following an agreement reached between the parties’ leaders, the Senate will be voting in the coming weeks on 14 of...
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Grant Colfax, San Fran HIV Prevention Doctor, to Lead White House AIDS Policy Efforts
The White House today announced that President Obama is naming Dr. Grant Colfax as the new director of the White House Office of National AIDS...
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U.S. Embassy “Strongly Condemns” Iraq Killings Targeting Young Gay Men and Others
Addressing the recent spate of “emo killings” in Iraq, in which young gay men and others with similar public presentation have been targets, the spokesman...
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Reid Seeks Senate Vote on 17 Judicial Nominees, Including Out Gay Nominee Fitzgerald
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he was filing a cloture petition to attempt to force Senate votes on 17 federal trial...
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Obama White House, Campaign Silent on Federal Contractor LGBT Nondiscrimination Policy Questions
Since Metro Weekly‘s exclusive reporting on March 8 that...
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ACLU: Contractor Policy “Most Important Step” Obama Can Take Now to Fight Anti-LGBT Job Bias
Following Metro Weekly‘s exclusive report on March 8 that then-Sen. Barack Obama told the Houston GLBT Political Caucus in February 2008 that he would support...
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New Poll Gives Boost to Marriage Equality Supporters in Maryland
Advocates of marriage equality in Maryland are touting a new poll that indicates a majority of voters — 52 percent — are supportive of the...
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Chris Hughes, Out Gay Facebook Co-Founder and Former Obama Staffer, Buys The New Republic
Chris Hughes, the out gay 28-year-old co-founder of Facebook who left the company to help create then Sen. Barack Obama’s social media effort in his...
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Seventy Groups Tell White House SNDA Endorsement Would Be “a Clarion Call for Equality”
Today, 70 groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers to the NAACP — along...
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GOProud Comes to Joe the Plumber’s Defense
GOProud has a new friend: Republican House candidate Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher. Following his interview this morning on CNN, in which he was questioned...
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Good Numbers in Maine on Marriage Equality
New polling numbers from Public Policy Polling today look good for marriage equality supporters: It looks like Maine voters will reverse their 2009 decision and...
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Romney Ends Up With Five States on Super Tuesday, Including (Eventually) Ohio — But Santorum Takes Three
With former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) winning primary races...
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DOJ Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against MN School District; Settlement Proposal With DOJ, Students Follows
Following an investigation that began in November 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a federal lawsuit against the Anoka-Hennepin School District, the Minnesota...
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Trevor Thomas, Out Gay Michigan Congressional Candidate, Gets Former Gov. Granholm’s Backing
Today, out gay Michigan congressional candidate Trevor Thomas (D) announced the support of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) and former Lt. Gov. John Cherry (D)...
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Two Coasts, Two Visions of Equality — for AFER and SLDN
[Photo: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network co-founder Michelle Benecke speaks at SLDN’s 20th annual dinner, where the plaintiffs of the organization’s ongoing lawsuit seeking equal spousal...
