April 10, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
The Victory Fund is set to honor the 8 openly gay and lesbian members of the Maryland legislature this Sunday at the group’s annual National Champagne Brunch in Washington, D.C. The lawmakers, many of whom were elected with the support of the Victory Fund, played high-profile roles in the passage of a marriage equality bill [...]
Categories: LGBT Elected Officials | 
Tags: chuck wolfe, D.C., LGBT, marriage equality bill, Maryland, Maryland Legislature, National Champagne Brunch, tammy baldwin, victory fund, Washington, Washington Hilton Hotel | 
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March 28, 2012 | Posted by Signorile
Guest / 2:30pm EST – Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House Blend returns to the program this afternoon to speak with us about the grassroots efforts in North Carolina bringing attention to Amendment One and the lack of support from some National LGBT Groups.Gue…
Categories: Gay Topics on Sirius Radio | Tags: Amendment One, Andy Humm, Ann Northrop, grassroots efforts, Igor Volsky, LGBT, National LGBT, north carolina, Obama Administration, pam spaulding, supreme court | No Comments »
March 27, 2012 | Posted by Signorile
Guest / 2:30pm EST – Fred Karger, the first openly gay man to run for president as a Republican, returns to the show today to speak with us about the explosive news regarding the strategy of the very anti-gay National Organization For Marriage driving …
Categories: Gay Topics on Sirius Radio | Tags: African American Communities, David Leddick, fred karger, Huffington Post Gay Voices, LGBT, Modesto Tico Valle, National Organization for Marriage | No Comments »
March 15, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
The U.S. Senate today, by a vote of 91-6, confirmed Michael Fitzgerald to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, making him one of just a handful of openly LGBT Americans to serve on the federal bench. Fitzgerald, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, [...]
Categories: LGBT Leaders, LGBT officials, Presidential Appointments Project | Tags: american bar association, chuck wolfe, federal bench, federal judges, Judge Fitzgerald, LGBT, lgbt organizations, michael fitzgerald, President Barack Obama, presidential appointments, senate confirmation, the U.S. District Court, u s senate, Victory Fund and Institute | No Comments »
March 1, 2012 | Posted by Signorile
We’re broadcasting live, today and tomorrow, from the iconic Abbey Food & Bar in West Hollywood, covering the LGBT headlines with a west coast point of view. Listen in today as we speak with actors and politicians about issues like Prop 8 and the …
Categories: Gay Topics on Sirius Radio | Tags: Abbey Food, Executive Producer David Guggenheim, facebook, LGBT, LGBT culture, Sirius XM, west hollywood | No Comments »
March 1, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
Gill Action, the national political organization founded by philanthropist and entrepreneur Tim Gill, today announced it has hired Kirk Fordham to be its next executive director. Fordham, currently CEO of the Everglades Foundation, is a longtime political adviser and operative with extensive experience on Capitol Hill and in electoral politics.
“Kirk has a great mix of [...]
Categories: Gill Action, Kirk Fordham, LGBT movement | Tags: capitol hill, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, democratic national committee, Everglades Foundation, experience, Gill Action, ileana ros lehtinen, Kirk Fordham, LGBT, political operative, tim gill | No Comments »
February 28, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
The Victory Fund has endorsed 77 openly LGBT candidates so far for 2012 races, putting it on a pace to break its endorsement record. Among the candidates to win the group’s endorsement seal so far this year are seven running for the U.S. House and Senate, including four who are non-incumbents.
“The pace of endorsements through [...]
Categories: LGBT candidates | Tags: legislative races, lesbian candidates, LGBT, pennsylvania, Tiffany Muller, U.S. House and Senate, victory fund | No Comments »
February 10, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a conservative corporate lobbying group based in Washington, D.C., has launched a $400,000 negative ad blitz against Rep. Tammy Baldwin, who could become the first openly LGBT member of the U.S. Senate. The early spending is designed to shape public opinion of Baldwin, the only major Democrat running, while several [...]
Categories: LGBT candidates, tammy baldwin | Tags: ad blitz, D.C., LGBT, public opinion, tammy baldwin, the Senate, u s senate, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington | No Comments »
January 27, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
The Victory Institute is proud to announce the 2012 spring class of the Victory Congressional Internship, a selective program that seeks to provide outstanding young LGBT leaders with a unique experience on Capitol Hill as well as leadership training programs offered by the Victory Institute.
These four students will spend fourteen weeks interning on Capitol Hill, [...]
Categories: LGBT Leaders, lgbt students, Victory Congressional Internship | Tags: Asian American Justice Center, California Department of Education, California School Boards Association, capitol hill, Collegedale, Kirsten Gillibrand Torsten, LGBT, Nancy Pelosi Jarod, professional development, Santa Monica College, selective program, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Southern Adventist University, Tammy Baldwin King, Ted Deutch Heather, tennessee, Texas, The Victory Institute, university of texas at austin, Victory Congressional Internship, Victory Institute | No Comments »
January 10, 2012 | Posted by Denis Dison
Out leaders aren’t just working on LGBT issues. They’re involved at every level of government and in numerous advocacy organizations dedicated to important public policy challenges of all stripes. Today marks the first in a new series of posts highlighting the contributions and careers of these openly LGBT leaders – out men and women who [...]
Categories: LGBT Leaders, Mark Glaze | Tags: firm The Raben Group, george washington university, gun control, guns, illegal guns, LGBT, mayor bloomberg, mayors, michael bloomberg, New York, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, nra, public policy, Raben, Robert Raben, The Raben Group, Washington | No Comments »
