All posts tagged "barack obama"
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White House hedges on re-evaluation of LGBT nondiscrimination order
Following comments from a senior adviser to President Barack Obama that executive action prohibiting federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination is “under consideration,” the president’s...
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Joint Effort
Earlier this month, Congressman Jared Polis extended a headline-grabbing invitation to President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In a Jan. 23 letter...
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White House insists ENDA a priority despite no State of the Union mention
The White House insisted Wednesday that President Obama’s failure to call on Congress to pass federal legislation prohibiting LGBT workplace discrimination during his State of...
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Obama criticized for omitting LGBT nondiscrimination from State of the Union
President Obama invoked the ire of LGBT-rights advocates Tuesday night as he failed to mention LGBT workplace protections during a State of the Union address...
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Obama takes executive action on wages, absent on LGBT nondiscrimination
After vowing earlier this month to take executive action on key issues if Congress won’t act, President Obama will sign an executive order raising the...
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Obama’s executive order problem
Prior to a meeting with his cabinet earlier this week, President Obama made a threat. With a portrait of George Washington looking down at him,...
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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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Obamas, Bidens to skip Sochi Olympics, send gay-inclusive delegations
Top United States officials will not attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, this February, signaling a continued strained relationship between the two countries over...
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Obama marks World AIDS Day with commitment of funds
President Barack Obama marked the 25th annual World AIDS Day by announcing a series of new funding initiatives meant to combat the virus at home...
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Obama signs bipartisan bill lifting ban on HIV-positive organ transplants
President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill lifting the ban on organ transplants between people who are HIV-positive. The HIV Organ Policy Equity...
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Obama honors Bayard Rustin and Sally Ride with Medal of Freedom
Two of America’s gay heroes, civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and astronaut Sally Ride, were posthumously awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor by President Barack...
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ENDA movement doesn’t eclipse push for Obama executive action
With landmark legislation that would outlaw anti-LGBT workplace discrimination having hit a wall in the House of Representatives, the White House is once again deflecting...
