All posts tagged "barney frank"
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Pelosi: DADT “will be gone by the end of the year”
Photo: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses the crowd at the Victory Fund’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Awards, where she was the honored guest. (Photo by...
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After Dismissal, Questions Remain — And Get Equal Makes a Move on ENDA
Although the charges were dismissed against Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo on Wednesday morning (as Metro Weekly‘s Yusef Najafi reports here), questions remained about...
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Congressional Ties
''Being sometimes the first transgender person in their workspace – openly disclosed as trans – is an important part of what it is that we...
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Digging Into DADT Details (UPDATED)
After the White House signaled its approval of a ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' repeal compromise on the evening of May 24, organizations, activists and members...
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DADT Repeal Heats Up in House
Despite Wednesday night's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by the House Armed Services Committee with no language repealing the ''Don't Ask, Don't...
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Impatience on ENDA (UPDATED)
As the timeline for action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) tightens, LGBT organizations turned up the pressure on Tuesday, May 18, with a news...
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One Story, Two Sides
''What a stupid thing to do.'' Those were the first words an agitated Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spit out when commenting on the Get Equal...
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ENDA Vote Coming Soon
Legislation aimed at ending employment discrimination against LGBT people will be marked up in committee ''this week or next,'' according to Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)....
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To Vote or Not to Vote
The White House this afternoon called a report claiming that the White House was telling House members not to hold a vote on repealing the...
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The Politics of Repeal
Calling the changes to the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' military policy a ''great improvement'' that supportive members of Congress had ''been urging them to do,''...
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Murphy's Law?
On Friday afternoon, March 19, a day before he was to be the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual National Dinner of the Servicemembers Legal...
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DADT Repeal Still Uncertain
Calling Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Penn.) ''a tireless champion'' for the repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network spokesman Kevin Nix...
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ENDA May Still Be on Track
Legislation can be like a train: It runs on a track, makes certain stops along the way, and is often attached to other trains. But,...
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Snow Impact
While most of the Washington area was checking the time for the next snowball fight or their fridge to see how much milk was left...
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Push for Parity
The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus last week made a fresh push for immigration equality in a letter to five national leaders. In the Feb. 2...
