All posts tagged "robin mcgehee"
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Frank Kameny Wins
In the sad hours that followed the Tuesday evening news that the legendary and indomitable Frank Kameny had died in his home at the age...
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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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The Question: What Could Tuesday Mean for LGBT Americans?
At Metro Weekly‘s Poliglot, we asked folks at several of the LGBT organizations — on this Monday before Election Day — for their thoughts on...
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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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View from the Hill
On April 21, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) called Get Equal's protest of a hearing held by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.)...
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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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ENDA Protest in Vegas Under Way
Get Equal is starting off Netroots Nation … with a protest! Challenging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the activists...
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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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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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Protest Coverage Cut Short [UPDATED]
Reporters expect to have occasional fights over access. It comes with the job. But, it's unlikely reporters expected the literal pushback they faced on Tuesday...
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ENDA Vote May Be Near
In the hours before the final changes to the congressional health care bill were passed by the House of Representatives on March 25, the two...
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''Not Guilty, Not Ashamed and Not Finished''
''I am not guilty, I am not ashamed, and I am not finished,'' Lt. Dan Choi said while standing in chains befor D.C. Superior Court...
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Street vs. Suite
The National Equality March (NEM) on Sunday brought out tens of thousands (according to The Washington Post), including lots of dogs and children, with the...
