All posts tagged "hrc"
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High-Dollar Dem Donors Talk With Obama, Celebrating LGBT Successes But Looking for More
[Photo: Contractors, Obama for America staff and attendees of Feb. 9, 2012, fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election work and mill around outside the D.C. home...
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News Briefs: Left to Right
Queer OWS Hits HRC in New York LGBT grassroots activists calling themselves the Queer Occupy Wall Street Caucus united outside of New York City's Waldorf-Astoria...
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Queer Activists Wants Sachs Sacked, But HRC Highlights CEO in Marriage Ad
LGBT grassroots activists, calling themselves the Queer Occupy Wall...
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From Partner Benefits to Affirmative Action, Proposed Contractor Executive Order Specifics Discussed
With the senior policy advisor for Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) telling Metro Weekly on Feb. 4 that timing is key for President Obama to take...
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HUD’s Donovan Announces Final Housing Nondiscrimination Rule at Creating Change Address
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today told those LGBT advocates...
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OutServe Announces “Capital Summit” in May to Address LGBT Military Family Issues
Tonight, OutServe announced that it will be holding a “Capital Summit” on May 14 and 15, with the aim of “gather actively-serving military of all...
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DOJ Announces Expanded Rape Definition to Be Used in Federal Crime Reporting
The national understanding of rape, as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s data collection program, now includes what Vice President Joseph Biden called a...
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The Caucus Awaits
On Tuesday, Jan. 3, the race for the Republican presidential nomination will rack up its first scores on the race for delegates when the Iowa...
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Just Not Working, HRC and GLAAD Up Campaign Against ABC’s New Sitcom
The new series, Work It, had already caused concern at LGBT organizations before ABC started promoting the series. But any behind-the-scenes worries broke out into...
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Should ABC cancel the sitcom 'Work It'?
// See this related story: Just Not Working, HRC and GLAAD up campaign against ABC's new
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Gay equality the rule among many of the nation’s airlines and hotels
Released yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign’s 2012 Corporate Equality Index chronicles the remarkable advances that have taken place on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
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Office Depot among 207 companies that include gender reassignment surgery in health insurance plans
“Realistically, we just looked at it as a necessity. Our executive V.P. said, ‘It’s the right thing to do, it’s something we support and we...
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Acting Globally
President Obama issued a memorandum Dec. 6 ''directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human...
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Perry Attacks “Special Rights for Gays,” Says Obama Move “Not in America’s Interests”
President Obama’s memorandum on use of U.S. foreign policy to advance LGBT equality prompted Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry to say in...
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Obama Issues Memorandum Directing Government Action on International LGBT Issues
President Obama today issued a memorandum “directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights...
