All posts tagged "barack obama"
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Hobby Lobby decision fuels battle over LGBT rights and religious liberty
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in the Hobby Lobby case, which found some religious employers can refuse to pay for insurance coverage of...
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Obama announces executive order protecting transgender federal employees
President Barack Obama announced Monday that he would take additional executive action to protect LGBT workers by signing an executive order to protect transgender federal...
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Samantha Power warns of growing international backlash against LGBT rights
Joining a chorus of Obama administration officials who have spoken out on international LGBT rights in recent weeks, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha...
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One Year Later
“It literally took me seconds to decide it was the perfect case,” Roberta Kaplan recounts of her first meeting with Edith Windsor. It was 2009,...
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Susan Rice reaffirms U.S. commitment to LGBT rights abroad
White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice called for a united front Tuesday to combat a growing tide of anti-LGBT animus around the globe, describing...
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Obama strengthens Democrats’ political hold on LGBT rights
If there were any lingering doubts over President Barack Obama’s legacy on LGBT rights, the nation’s first African-American president appeared to wipe them away last...
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As Obama administration concludes DOMA ruling implementation, focus returns to Congress
Attorney General Eric Holder announced the completion of the administration’s implementation of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Section 3 of the Defense...
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U.S. takes further actions against Uganda for anti-LGBT law
The Obama administration will take additional steps against Uganda for their enactment of an anti-LGBT law, including restricting entry to the U.S. by Ugandan officials involved...
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Obama calls for continued pressure on Congress to pass ENDA
President urges passage at an LGBT gala in New York
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Senate confirms two gay black judicial nominees to federal bench
Includes the first out black man in the nation’s history to serve as a federal judge
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Obama’s move to extend LGBT workplace protections lauded by advocates
LGBT-rights advocates greeted the White House’s Monday announcement that President Barack Obama will prohibit federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination with universal praise, describing the...
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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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Progressive groups urge senators to reject Obama judicial nominee
President Obama’s embattled judicial nominee for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia faced renewed opposition this week as nearly 30 civil...
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A Call to Coalition
Defeating the right-wing backlash requires a revitalized liberal coalition
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Obama pressed to hold Uganda accountable for anti-LGBT law
The nation’s largest LGBT-rights organization urged President Barack Obama to take immediate and concrete steps to hold Uganda accountable for the enactment of an anti-LGBT...
