Category: National Agenda

Potential Supreme Court nominee target of gay ‘whisper’ campaign

[caption id="attachment_7679" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kagan"][/caption] Leading gay rights group are accusing Republicans of trying to rile up their conservative base by launching a whisper campaign against potential Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan -- suggesting the [...]

Obama orders hospital visitation rights for same-sex partners

President Obama mandated Thursday that hospitals extend [...]

US, UK, France ignore plight of LGBT Iraqis

IraqiLGBT is an organization that operates as a modern-day Underground Railroad to provide safe houses for LGBT Iraqis who would otherwise face certain death in the country. So why do the U.S., the U.K. and France continue to ignore its pleas for help?

Ret. general apologizes for blaming gay soldiers for Srebrenica massacre

[caption id="attachment_7609" align="alignleft" width="182" caption="Sheehan"][/caption] A retired U.S. general has apologized for saying that Dutch troops failed to prevent the Srebrenica massacre because openly gay soldiers were included in their UN peace-keeping force. In testimony [...]

New poll: More than half U.S. voters would support openly gay President

A new poll says more than half of U.S. voters would support an openly gay president, or an openly gay person in a top government position. [caption id="attachment_7473" align="aligncenter" width="495" caption="Image: CBS/Vanity Fair"][/caption] The 60 [...]

Obama uses recess appointment to name lesbian activist to EEOC board

[caption id="attachment_7581" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Feldblum"][/caption] President Barack Obama on Saturday appointed lesbian law professor Chai Feldblum to a position on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Feldblum was key in the drafting and negotiations over [...]

Marine’s top officer says he draws the line on gays bunking with straight soldiers

[caption id="attachment_7352" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Conway"][/caption] The Marine Corps' top officer said Thursday that straight soldiers will not be asked to share rooms on base with openly gay soldiers if the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" [...]

Army commander gets high-level rebuke for public opposition to DADT repeal

[caption id="attachment_7388" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Mixon"][/caption] The Commanding Officer of U.S. Army Pacific received a sharp rebuke Thursday from Defense Secretary Robert Gates after publicly challenging proposed changes to “don’t ask don’t tell” policy which bans [...]

Gates to announce new rules for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ enforcement

The Pentagon is expected to announce Thursday that it will relax enforcement of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that prevent gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military, a decision that officials [...]

‘Tea Party’ protesters hurl racial, anti-gay epithets at lawmakers

Tea Party health care protesters showed their true colors Saturday, hurling racial slurs at black lawmakers and anti-gay epithets at openly gay congressman Barney Frank. [...]