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Prognosis for LGBT Civil Rights Agenda
The Washington Blade has reported on a prognosis of Barack Obama’s LGBT Civil Rights Agenda. House and Senate figures believe that a Hate Crimes Bill could be on President Obama’s desk by this summer,...
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White House Changes LGBT Civil Rights Commitments On Web Site
Several readers contacted us to point out that there was a radical change to the White House’s page of Civil Rights commitments for LGBT people. Where once there was a detailed eight-point commitment...
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LGBT Insurrection Against The Democratic Party
[Update: Three more LGBT advocates have declined to attend the DNC fundraiser in Washington next week. See below.] President Barack Obama has repeatedly said that he won’t make a move to end “Don’t...
View ArticleLGBT State Org Betrays ENDA, Carries Anti-Gay Talking Points
In a stunning backstabbing move, the egregiously misnamed group “Indiana Equality” has issued a statement carrying the talking points of anti-gay groups and have decided to oppose the Employment...
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Barney Frank Was Against The DOMA Brief Before He Was For It
There are three openly gay representatives in the U.S. Congress. As of Tuesday, we saw statements from two of the three — Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) condemning the Justice...
View ArticleDelaware Passes Non-Discrimination Bill
Delaware Online: Gays and lesbians in Delaware will have legal protection from discrimination under a bill that passed the General Assembly late Wednesday night, more than a decade after supporters...
View ArticleAnchorage AK Mayor Dan Sullivan Endorses Anti-Gay Discrimination
Of course the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, has not formally announced that he supports and encourages anti-gay discrimination. But he might as well have. Non-discrimination policies are hardly new,...
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ENDA Sit-ins Result in Arrests in DC and San Francisco
DC Sit-in (Omar Clarke, GetEqual.org, via Pam's House Blend) In Washington, DC, eight activists arrived for a meeting with the staff of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, demanding that the Employment...
View ArticleBarney Frank: ENDA Vote May Come In April
That’s what Lisa Keen says: Frank said passage of the health care reform package by the House now clears the way for that chamber to take up ENDA. He said the vote could come as early as this week but...
View ArticleDemocratic Platform To Include Support for Marriage Equality
Outgoing Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who sits on a Democratic National Committee 15-member Platform Drafting Committee, told The Washington Blade that the committee has unanimously adopted a plank...
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