Gay rights bills caught in Obama, D.C. stagnation

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by .

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The Obama administration’s passive approach to guiding Congress and health reform sucking up all the air in the room has stalled other legislation, including LGBT bills. “It’s more a problem of competence than political malice,” according to one Hill insider and LGBT advocate, a conclusion many progressive political operatives have…

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Lesbian whose school nixed prom on Wanda Sykes

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*VIDEO after jump*: Mississippi teen Constance McMillen appeared on the Wanda Skyes Show to talk about her canceled prom. (Wanda surprises Constance by asking to her to be the presenter of Wanda’s upcoming GLAAD award.) There has been a huge national outpouring of support for Constance, with many offers of…

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Kathy Griffin to lead Don’t Ask Don’t Tell rally in D.C.

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Kathy Griffin will be traveling to Washington, D.C. this week to hold a rally on ending the ban on open gays in the military. “We’re going to do a really exciting protest on Thursday, March 18th on behalf of overturning Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Griffin said in Los Angeles this…

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Citizens lobby Congress to pass trans-inclusive ENDA

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Citizen lobbyists from across the country are expected to descend on Capitol Hill this week to encourage lawmakers to pass a trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Participants in the National Center for Transgender Equality-led lobby day are set to meet with House members and senators on Tuesday to emphasize the importance…

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Gay marriage could lead to men marrying horses: rep

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*AUDIO after jump*: Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) primary challenger, former Arizona congressman J.D.

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LAPD cracking down on lewd conduct in public parks

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*VIDEO after jump*: Los Angeles Police Department officers are cracking down on ongoing lewd conduct in large urban parks. Officers said the number of complaints from park visitors have been on the rise at Elysian Park, Griffith Park and Sycamore Grove. Many people said they have seen people in the…

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Treasure Trove of Gay Goodies

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Gay In Phoenix.

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Tucson Observer Archives Observing Tucson and the greater Arizona community… before many of us were born. The Observer’s archives contain a treasure-trove of gay old goodies

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Ad protests Catholic school’s expulsion of lesbian moms’ kid

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Gay rights groups said they have purchased full-page advertisements opposing a Boulder Catholic school`s decision to eject two children because their parents are a lesbian couple. DignityUSA, a gay rights group of Roman Catholics, and other groups are advertising in Sunday`s Camera newspaper in Boulder and The Denver Post, saying…

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Gay married couples glad to be counted by Census

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When St. Paul attorney Lindsay Flint receives her 2010 U.S

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