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The Year in LGBT Law: A Changed Landscape of Unexpected Developments — and Waiting
On Jan. 1, 2011, most LGBT legal commentators were ready for a federal appellate court ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — or at...
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An Odd Year
In that life keeps moving forward, the laws of the universe make it impossible to revisit everything in the past. There is certainly plenty, however,...
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First Stage for AIDS Memorial
Design Competition Opens for NYC AIDS Memorial To honor the approximately 100,000 New York City residents who have died due to AIDS-related illnesses, a coalition...
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Secretary Clinton to LGBT People Worldwide: “You Have an Ally in the United States”
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a major address on LGBT equality as her Human Rights Day Address. Delivered in Geneva, Clinton acknowledged...
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''Good Trouble''
''Who would ever have expected, when I was nastily fired in 1957, that in 2009, the very government itself would apologize to me for what...
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Local Legacy
Following Frank Kameny's death last week at 86, the area's LGBT community was left to ponder the loss of a prominent figure in its history....
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Frank Kameny Dies at 86
Frank Kameny, 86, a pioneer of the modern gay rights movement, was found dead on Tuesday evening, Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day. ''It is...
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Becoming Law
The conclusion of a four-part series marking the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act By the time the Senate passed...
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Choi’s Trial Ends Day One, With More to Come Tuesday
While former Lt. Dan Choi has already spent a day in federal court for the charge of failing to obey a lawful order by a...
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Mitt Romney joins effort to overturn District’s gay marriage law, add Constitutional ban
Mitt Romney, the current leading candidate among the 2012 Republican Presidential hopefuls, has signed a pledge created by the National Organization for Marriage (NOMBlog PDF). It...
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Ninth Circuit Orders DOJ to Address Claim Regarding Lesbian’s Exclusion From Jury
Since mid-February, the government’s approach to laws or government practices that classify people based on their sexual orientation has changed significantly. The impact of that...
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Justice for All
On March 26, 2003, Paul Smith argued to the United States Supreme Court that the justices should declare sodomy laws unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution...
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Acknowledging the Past
The Department of Justice's July 1 ''Defendants' Brief in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss'' in Karen Golinski's lawsuit seeking equal benefits at work in the...
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News Analysis: DOJ’s Historic Brief
DRAFT – DO NOT PUBLISH The Department of Justice’s July 1 “Defendants’ Brief in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss” in Karen Golinski’s lawsuit seeking...
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What New York Wrought
Days after the New...
