Gingrich: No Response on Sister Endorsing Obama
The HRC’s Candace Gingrich wants Barack Obama reelected next year.
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First U.S. Cabinet secretary endorses marriage equality
Shaun Donovan, President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has become the first sitting Cabinet secretary to declare his support for marriage rights for same-sex couples, telling Metro Weekly’s Chris Geidner that he “absolutely” supports marriage equality.
Donovan made the remarks after a speech at an event for the National Center for Transgender Equality, [...]
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Senate confirms lesbian as federal district judge
Alison Nathan has been confirmed by the full U.S. Senate as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She becomes only the second out lesbian ever to serve on the federal bench.
“This is another step toward an America whose leadership class more accurately reflects the country it [...]
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Civil rights hero Frank Kameny dies at 86
Frank Kameny, one of the most significant figures in the modern LGBT civil rights movement, has died, according to a report in the Washington Blade tonight.
In 1961 Kameny founded the Mattachine Society of Washington – one of the earliest LGBT rights organizations in the U.S. – pre-dating the Stonewall riots by nearly a decade. Kameny’s [...]
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Obama Lauds LGBT Achievements in HRC Keynote Address
President Barack Obama blasted GOP presidential candidates for the now infamous booing incident of a gay soldier at a Republican debate while touting his LGBT rights accomplishments at the Human Rights Campaign’s 15th annual national dinner Saturday.
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Senate confirms openly gay U.S. Attorney for Texas
Robert Lee Pitman has been confirmed as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, according to the Dallas Voice.
The full U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm Pitman, an openly gay judge who was nominated by President Barack Obama in June. Pitman’s nomination was supported by Texas’ two Republican U.S. Senators, John Cornyn [...]
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Archbishop Dolan Fights Marriage Equality in New York
New York archbishop Timothy Dolan, who recently warned
President Barack Obama about his move to stop defending the Defense of
Marriage Act, brought his message to a panel discussion in a district represented by one of the four Republican senators who…
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Report: Pentagon official to become Obama’s LGBT liaison
Metro Weekly’s Chris Geidner reported today that the next White House liaison to the LGBT community will be Gautam Raghavan, who currently serves as the deputy White House liaison at the Department of Defense:
Raghavan was one of the Pentagon officials who managed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal process, according to multiple LGBT advocates involved [...]
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Archbishop Dolan Tells Obama to End War Against DOMA
Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops, urged President Barack Obama to end his administration’s “campaign” against DOMA and religious freedom in a letter sent Tuesday.
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Obama urges world leaders to back gay rights
President Barack Obama, speaking today at the United Nations General Assembly, urged world leaders to support the rights of gays and lesbians, according to AMERICAblog Gay, which quoted the relevant part of his speech:
And to make sure our societies reach their potential, we must allow our citizens to reach theirs. No country can afford the [...]
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