Sunday, November 1, 2009
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) has sent the White House two suggestions for the post of U.S. attorney in San Antonio. One of the candidates is a highly regarded career prosecutor and judge who also, [...]
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
President Obama on Friday called an end to the 22-year ban on travel to the United States by people tested positive for HIV, fulfilling a promise he made to gay advocates and acting to eliminate [...]
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
It's been more than 10 years since the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was kidnapped, brutally beaten and left to die tied to a fence on a freezing night in the [...]
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The new top federal prosecutor in Seattle knows the significance her role carries for many people: she's the nation's first openly gay U.S. attorney. Gay rights activists say her appointment reflects a growing acceptance in [...]
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Kansas City Chiefs have barred running back Larry Johnson from practice and all other team activities as the club and the NFL look into comments he made Monday to reporters in the locker room. [...]
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Oscar-winning writer-director Paul Haggis has severed ties with the Church of Scientology, citing in part the church's support for Proposition 8, the ballot measure last year that banned same-sex marriage in California. Long known for [...]
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Washington Blade. President Obama intends to sign into law Wednesday a long-sought hate crimes protection measure as part of a major defense bill, according to an administration source. The president plans to pen his name [...]
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Legally married gay couples won't show up as such in the official once-a-decade tally in 2010, Census bureau representatives said Thursday. Citing "statistical problems related to the development of the 2010 census form and the [...]
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Friday, October 23, 2009
The Senate cleared a historic hate crimes bill Thursday for President Obama's signature, approving new federal penalties for attacks on gay men and lesbians. The legislation, which was attached to the conference report for the [...]
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Senior Navy leaders handed a career-ending letter of censure Wednesday to the chief who oversaw the prolonged hazing and sexual taunting of members of a Navy dog-handling unit in Bahrain. Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael [...]
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
A federal lawmaker is touting an adoption anti-discrimination bill he recently introduced as a way to find more homes for children living in the welfare system. U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) has introduced the Every [...]
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Monday, October 19, 2009
From Change.org: FORT COLLINS, CO -- You know you have bad parents when they fool the the entire world into thinking that their six-year-old son is stuck in a balloon floating in the Colorado air. [...]
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- Thousands of gays and lesbians took to the streets of the nation's capital Sunday in a demonstration demanding full equality under the law. The National Equality March snaked past the White House [...]
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama, struggling to keep promises made during his presidential campaign, renewed his pledge to end the military's ban on openly gay service members and once again called for repeal the [...]
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, says he'd rather see gay rights supporters lobbying their elected officials than marching in Washington this weekend, calling the demonstration "a waste of time at [...]
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