All posts tagged "mara keisling"
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Obama Administration Issues LGBT-Inclusive Rules Aimed at Eliminating Prison Sexual Assault
Today, the Obama administration announced that it has finalized regulations implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act. According to an executive summary provided to members of...
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Transgender issues explored on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry show [video]
Melissa Harris Perry presented a panel on MSNBC today to discuss transgender issues. Perry said she had decided to be a “better cis ally for...
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Seeking Order
Although the White House will not confirm the claim, several sources outside the administration familiar with the process tell Metro Weekly that a proposed expansion...
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The Next Battle
The new issue of OutServe Magazine, which is available online and at select military bases and outside of certain installations across the world, takes on...
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Frank Departure [UPDATED]
Barney Frank Photo by Chris Geidner} An earlier version of this story was published on Nov. 28, 2011. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told reporters in...
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Social Security Ends Gender “No-Match” Letters, White House “Welcomes This Move”
The National Center for Transgender Equality announced this evening: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed that it has ended the practice of allowing gender to be matched in its...
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Super Heroes
While every community has heroes, D.C.'s LGBT community has an abundance. And Capital Pride will honor just a few during this year's festivities with its...
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Federal Government Announces New Transgender Worker Guidance
This afternoon, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, issued a brief memorandum to all executive department and agency heads, announcing new...
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Coming Together
''This is the beginning,'' prominent transgender activist Dana Beyer said. ''Our legislators are going to have to listen going forward.'' Beyer made those remarks when...
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DADT Repeal Act Becomes Law
At a little past 9 a.m. Dec. 22, President Barack Obama signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law in a...
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State of Play
Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, had a key legislative priority for the 111th
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A Tale of Two Rallies [video]
On Sunday, Aug. 15, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) brought its ''Summer of Marriage'' bus tour to an end on the east lawn of...
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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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Shifting Timelines
Two weeks ago, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said the job protection bill that he is sponsoring in the House would be marked up and voted...
