All posts tagged "congress"
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Congressional Candidate Sickles Comes Out
Virginia Del. Mark Sickles (D-Fairfax Co.) came out as gay in a Feb. 21 column in The Washington Post, making him the third out gay...
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Clay Aiken announces bid for Congress
Clay Aiken, who rose to prominence as a finalist on American Idol in 2003 and came out in 2008, announced his candidacy for the Democratic...
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Adam Ebbin announces congressional run for Virginia’s 8th District seat
State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax counties), Virginia’s first and only out gay General Assembly lawmaker, announced Thursday that he has filed paperwork to...
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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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The What, When and Who of 2013
It's not quite over, but 2013 has already piled up enough historic points to sit out the few days remaining to 2014. While the community...
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The Biggest Losers
You have to admit that as gay people we have some considerable experience at losing. While the pace of change in recent years for LGBT...
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AFL-CIO doubles down on ENDA support, calls on Congress to act
The nation’s largest labor federation reaffirmed its backing of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a seemingly unanimous vote Wednesday calling on Congress to act. Submitted...
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Pocan, Rangel bill seeks to amend records of discharged gay vets
Legislation that would direct Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to review and amend the records of veterans discharged due to their sexual orientation was formally...
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Michele Bachmann announces retirement from Congress
Rep. Michele Bachmann announced early Wednesday she will not run for re-election in 2014. In a nearly nine-minute YouTube video posted to her website, the...
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Senate Star
Shattering glass ceilings is becoming routine for Tammy Baldwin. The first out person to serve in the U.S. Senate, Baldwin's résumé consists of a long...
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Yeah, well, we’re not sure any gay would want to marry Sen. Saxby Chambliss
“I’m not gay. So I’m not going to marry one.” — Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), when asked by Politico if his views on gay marriage...
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110 members of Congress urge Obama to sign federal-contractor executive order
Calls for President Barack Obama to sign an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from LGBT discrimination continued today. In a letter sent to Obama today,...
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Obama signs LGBT-inclusive VAWA back into law
President Barack Obama signed the Violence Against Women Act back into law Thursday, which for the first time includes explicit protections for LGBT victims of...
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212 members of Congress urge Supreme Court to rule against DOMA
More than 200 members of Congress filed a brief today urging the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. For the first...
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Where are congressional Democrats on Prop. 8?
The Thursday deadline is rapidly approaching for the Obama administration to file a brief in the Proposition 8 case before the Supreme Court. But while...
