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N.H. voters elect country’s first out transgender statewide candidate
A New Hampshire Democrat on Tuesday became the first openly transgender person elected to statewide office in the country.
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First openly LGBT person to hold speaker’s gavel in Colorado House
DENVER — State Rep. Mark Ferrandino, an openly gay Democrat from Denver, was nominated to be the incoming Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives by his fellow state legislators on Thursday.
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Autopsy on an election: Ten things we learned in 2012
The culture war is over. For real. GOP strategist Karl Rove needs to tear that chapter from his playbook and burn it in the nearest fireplace. The tired old tactics of the Far Right to demonize LGBT Americans and minorities no longer work. Just look at the ballot box on Nov. 6 for proof…
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Hate Watch: For the radical right, Obama victory brings fury and fear
Hate groups in recent years have risen to more than 1,000, and the number of anti-government “Patriot” groups has shot up from just 149 in 2008 to 1,274, according to research by the Southern Poverty Law Center. For months now, groups on the radical right have increasingly fretted about a possible Obama victory. Now that that has occurred, the radical right may grow more dangerous still…
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North Dakota voters elect first openly gay state legislator
FARGO, N.D. — In a historic first for the Peace Garden State, voters have elected the first openly gay state representative to the North Dakota Legislative Assembly.
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Openly gay Asian American first LGBT person of color in U.S. Congress
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Openly gay Democrat Mark Takano beat his Republican opponent John Tavaglione by a double-digit margin in the race for California’s U.S. House District 41, and will become the first LGBT person of color in the U.S. Congress.
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Gay Delaware candidates lose bids for state legislature
Gay Democrats Andy Staton and Marie Mayor lost their bids to become the first openly gay candidates elected to the Delaware Legislature on Tuesday in districts where large numbers of LGBT people live.
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President Obama and a little victory dance for the LGBT community…
We did this. You and I and millions of other Americans – Gay, straight, religious, atheists, black, white, Latino, men, women; all of us together – we did this. We understood what was at stake, we went to the polls, and we made our stand for justice, equality and freedom for every American. I’m proud of every single one of us who simply refused to allow hatred, ignorance and discrimination to rule the day…
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Gay Republican Carl DeMaio concedes in San Diego mayoral race
SAN DIEGO – Bob Filner won election as mayor of San Diego early today, defeating Carl DeMaio, whose election would have made history as the first gay Republican to take the reins of one of America’s largest cities,
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Washington state makes it a sweep as voters approve same-sex marriage law
In a sweep of election night victories for marriage equality, voters in Washington state approved Referendum 74, affirming the state’s same-sex marriage law, and granting gay and lesbian couples the freedom to marry.