The Employment Nondiscrimination Act, or ENDA, is to be taken up by the Education and Labor Committee next Tuesday, and sent to the House floor after … [Read more...] about Trans Inclusion Cut from ENDA After Vote Reveals Lack of Support
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Oregon Gay Rights Foes Meet Deadline to Turn in Signatures
"Pro-family" groups in Oregon met a September 26 deadline to turn in 55,179 signatures in a petition that would effectively halt the state's recently … [Read more...] about Oregon Gay Rights Foes Meet Deadline to Turn in Signatures
CBC Takes a Look at Iran’s Underground Gay Community
Earlier this year, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ran a lengthy piece on gay people in Iran — the gay people Iranian President Mahmoud … [Read more...] about CBC Takes a Look at Iran’s Underground Gay Community
Maryland High Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
In January 2006, Baltimore Circuit Judge M. Brooke Murdock struck down a 1973 state law which defined marriage as between a man and a woman, saying … [Read more...] about Maryland High Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
Activists Arrested at Moscow Demonstration Over Gay Blood
Ten people, including the leader of Moscow's Gay Pride movement, Nikolai Alekseyev, demonstrated outside the Ministry of Health and Social Development … [Read more...] about Activists Arrested at Moscow Demonstration Over Gay Blood
Joe Biden in Iowa: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” a “Bizarre” Policy
At a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend, presidential hopeful Joe Biden spoke to a group of supporters about gay rights related to … [Read more...] about Joe Biden in Iowa: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” a “Bizarre” Policy
Gay Rights: A Look at Two Young Americans
I missed this profile on William Sleaster (above), the Concord High School student who challenged John McCain on gay rights last week (some of which … [Read more...] about Gay Rights: A Look at Two Young Americans
Newsweek International Takes a Global Look at Gay Rights
Newsweeks international editions (Europe, Asia, and Latin America) this week look at gay rights struggles around the world accompanied by an an online … [Read more...] about Newsweek International Takes a Global Look at Gay Rights
News: Polar Bears, Jennifer Hudson, Tron, Sicko, Gay Referee
FOX pans Alan Ball film Nothing is Private for its "graphic sexual, mental and physical child abuse": "If Ball, who regularly toyed with conventions … [Read more...] about News: Polar Bears, Jennifer Hudson, Tron, Sicko, Gay Referee
Rumsfeld Hints He Differs from Bush on Gays, But Won’t Talk
GQ features a lengthy interview with former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the latest issue, which eventually gets around to the subject of … [Read more...] about Rumsfeld Hints He Differs from Bush on Gays, But Won’t Talk