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Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel has committed to extending partners benefits “permissible under current law” to gay service members as part of attempts to allay concerns among Democratic senators about his potential performance as Pentagon chief. In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Hagel responds to queries the California Democrat apparently expressed on issues […]
The Log Cabin Republicans took out a full-page ad in The Hill today urging the GOP to support same-sex marriage and oppose DOMA. Reads the text of the ad: Log Cabin Republicans applauds those Republican Members of Congress who have signed on to the Respect for Marriage Act and urges other Republicans to follow their
The Human Rights Campaign today issued a press release roundly mocking NOM for their failures to make good on their threats. An excerpt: Opponents’ financing is drying up. They were outspent almost three to one last year, $12 million to $34 million in the ballot campaigns. More broadly, tax documents obtained by HRC last fall
Dear Mz. Pink, I’m kind of a bum, I have no drive. I work dead-end jobs and / don’t really want a higher education. I prefer my partying lifestyle. I like to go out all night and then sleep all day. I like the decisions I make for myself. At least I have up to
Looking for an inviting setting to hang out with and meet local gay women? Excited to have a professional networking opportunity to connect, share ideas and possibly collaborate with local lesbians? Wanting to expand or add to your social circle? New to the area and wanting to meet new people? If the answer is yes
How do we educate people about our way of life without alienating them or worse yet, misinforming them? How we educate people about us is just as important as what we share with them because you cannot educate people about our way of life by throwing it in their face and saying, “accept me or
Wow! How about those referenda!??? Elections are always dicey propositions. People’s votes are affected by so many imponderables — I’d love to think, as someone who teaches public policy, that voters make their decisions after considering contending positions and evaluating them, but we all know better. Especially when measures affecting the lives of gay, lesbian,
A few weeks ago I was picking up basketballs in the gym when I heard two young guys talking in the hyperactive, rushed tones that could only come from the fourth grade. I missed the gist of the conversation, but I did overhear this gem: “You have a girlfriend? That is so gay!” As amusing
Chicago Cardinal Francis George is leaving no stone unturned in his campaign to halt gay marriage as it sits on the runway awaiting clearance for takeoff by the Illinois legislature. This week, he devoted another lengthy, tortured column to the subject in the Catholic New World. I read this one very carefully, and though the
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney continues to stay mum on whether the Obama administration will participate before the Feb. 28 deadline in pending litigation before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8. Asked on Tuesday by NBC News’ Peter Alexander if the White House would “publicly advocate” against Proposition 8 —
