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Media Matters launches war room for LGBT equality rights
Media Matters, a Washington D. C.-based media watchdog group has announced it is launching a new effort to combat the increasingly strident offense against LGBT equality rights by right wing conservative organizations and conservative run media outlets such as Fox News and pundits such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Former presidential adviser Richard Socarides, […]
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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repealed in 65-31 vote: bill headed to the President for signature
WASHINGTON — In a 65-31 vote this afternoon, the United States Senate has voted to repeal the 17 year old ban on Gays & Lesbians openly serving in the armed forces of the United States. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature into law. In an interview with MetroWeekly’s political correspondent […]
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White House issues statement from Obama on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ cloture vote
The White House has released President Barack Obama’s response to the cloture vote taken earlier this morning in the U. S. Senate.
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LGBT activist groups respond to Senate cloture vote on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Reaction was swift today from LGBT activist groups, who praised the Senate’s passing of the cloture vote on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Here are some excerpts:
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BREAKING: Senate votes 63-33 on cloture vote to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
In a closely watched Saturday session of the U. S. Senate, Senators voted on the cloture vote to end debate regarding the measure to end the ban on openly gays and lesbians serving in the armed forces. The cloture vote passed with a vote of 63-33.
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Marine Commandant says ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal will cost lives, limbs
General James Amos, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps., underscored his opposition to repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” telling reporters Tuesday afternoon that Marines fighting in combat units in Afghanistan are extremely concerned that permitting gays to serve openly could disrupt “unit cohesion.”
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LGBT library books doused with urine was an ‘accident,’ says Harvard dean
On Monday morning we reported that dozens of books dealing with LGBT subject matter, were vandalized at a Harvard library with what appeared to be urine. But now the college has announced the damaged books were the result of an “accident,” and not a suspected hate crime as University police originally suspected.
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Harvard College investigating vandalized LGBT books as hate crime
At least 40 books at a Harvard University library dealing with LGBT subject matter have been vandalized with what appeared to be urine, and University police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
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American Family Association: ‘Homosexual activist groups are pushing a lifestyle that kills’
I’ll have to admit, I was stunned and left speechless at the very callous and uncaring way that quote was so causally tossed into the public discourse by the spokesman for the so called American Family Association’s radio network, Bryan Fischer.
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‘Love Drugged’ — A thoughtful story about identity, sexuality, learning to accept oneself
“Love Drugged” is the story of Jamie Bates, a Chicago high school freshman who is gay but in the closet. He wants nothing more than to fit in, but when a classmate learns his secret, he fears his life will be ruined. Jamie tries to keep his cover by getting involved with a beautiful female student, and that relationship leads him to discover an untested drug that can “cure” homosexuality.