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Obama to sign LGBT nondiscrimination executive order
President Barack Obama will take executive action to prohibit federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination. According to a White House official, Obama has directed his...
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Sarah McBride: The Next Generation Awards 2014
Sarah McBride always knew she was different. “I’ve known that I’m transgender as long as I can remember,” she says. Growing up as the youngest...
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Obama administration takes action against Uganda for anti-LGBT law
The Obama administration confirmed Monday a series of cuts in aid to Uganda in response to the recent enactment of an anti-LGBT law by the...
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LGBT enthusiasm out in force for Clinton’s undeclared candidacy
The Iowa caucuses, which have long been the start of the presidential-nomination process, are more than 700 days away, but it felt like the height...
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Obama administration will recognize Utah’s same-sex marriages
The federal government will recognize same-sex marriages performed in Utah, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. In a video statement released by the Justice Department,...
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Obama: U.S. delegation to Sochi Olympics ‘speaks for itself’
President Obama said Friday that the composition of the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, “speaks for itself,” while specifically naming two...
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Brian Boitano comes out as third gay American delegate to Sochi Olympics
The number of out gay athletes part of the U.S. delegations to the Sochi Winter Olympics increased to three Thursday after Brian Boitano came out...
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White House downplays message of gay-inclusive Olympic delegations
The White House is downplaying any message of condemnation of Russia’s anti-LGBT law that could be perceived from the composition of the U.S. delegations to...
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Mizeur nets Eastern Shore endorsements; Gansler picks Ivey as running mate
The three-way race for the Democratic nod to become Maryland’s next governor continues to build steam, with Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.) and Attorney General...
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HRC celebrates year of historic victories at annual dinner
The nation’s largest LGBT-rights organization was in celebration mode Saturday night, marking a year of historic victories from the ballot box to the Supreme Court...
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Ready? Set! No.
Even after a few years of watching it grow, I still find myself fascinated daily by my Facebook feed. The thousand or so ''friends'' I...
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Obama administration to extend full veterans’ benefits to same-sex military families
At the direction of the president, the Obama administration will no longer enforce portions of United States Code that deny veterans’ benefits to same-sex military...
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White House praises ENDA advance, mum on what role it may take
Follow @JustinCSnow The White House applauded today’s bipartisan vote by a Senate committee to advance the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to the full Senate, while...
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Federal employee benefits extended to same-sex couples
Follow @JustinCSnow The Office of Personnel Management announced in a Friday memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies the extension of various federal...
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At LGBT reception, Obama shares accomplishments and ENDA support, no mention of order
President Barack Obama said the nation has reached a turning point on LGBT equality during a reception for Pride month at the White House Thursday,...
