All posts tagged "hrc"
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HRC’s Sainz Lowers Expectations for LGBT Americans at SOTU
On Friday, Jan. 21, Human Rights Campaign vice president Fred Sainz told The New York Times, “This past year Americans were confronted with the epidemic...
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Coming Out Strong
Looking back on 2010, it was a celebrity-filled year. In the spring, Kathy Griffin brought her My Life on the D-List reality show to the...
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Advocacy Gets a Shot of Organized — and Organizational – Chaos
When then-Lt. Dan Choi and former Army infantryman James Pietrangelo II took a group of attendees at a Human Rights Campaign rally for the repeal...
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BREAKING: House Passes DADT Repeal Bill
On a 250-175 vote (Roll Call No. 638), and with 15 Republicans supporting the measure, the House...
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Not Feeling Randy
Some props of my adolescence I am happy to leave behind. Xanadu, we had a time and place. Atari 2600, you gave me so many...
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New Chance for Repeal
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters on Dec. 14, ''Today Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) is introducing a new standalone bill to allow for...
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Marine Chief’s Stated Concern that DADT Repeal Could Cost Lives Sparks Outrage
The Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos, made it clear when testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 3 that he opposed the...
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Senate Fails Vote to Debate on Defense Bill, DADT Repeal
Following a showdown in the well of the U.S. Senate between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the vote to...
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This Morning in DADT: Vote Decision in a “Little Bit”
This morning, the Senate was to vote on three measures, including the reconsideration of the National Defense Authorization Act with the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”...
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Ups and Downs of a Lame Duck
Visit Metro Weekly's Poliglot for further updates to this story. As the first week of the lame-duck Congress opened, the LGBT advocates who have been working...
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Get Equal’s McGehee: “I don’t, for a second, plan on backing down.”
Get Equal’s Robin McGehee told me in March, “Our goal is not to be the person who gets to be in those negotiations.” She added,...
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Choi to White House, OutServe and Knights Out Provide an Out
With a Sunday morning tweet, former Lt. Dan Choi announced his plans for the week, writing, “True freedom is gained by going to jail for...
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Wrestling with the Truth
Some people are very guarded when it comes to their personal space. Donna Rose is not one of them. Instead, she likes to hug. Her...
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No Easy Pieces
Over the past weekend, the military leadership began weighing in on the post-election – and ever-narrowing – window for the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't...
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HRC Hits Back Against “Background Noise” On DADT Repeal
In the past 24 hours, several media outlets have reported on the possibility of a version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) moving forward...
