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Ridenbaugh.com – by Randy Stapilus
Not that the end result necessarily will be much different, but one of Idaho’s most unusual candidates this year – Melissa Sue Robinson, running for mayor of Nampa against incumbent Tom Dale – is creating a larger …
BayWindows.com – by Hannah Clay Wareham – Staff Reporter
‘Equality Update,’ which airs on local Quincy access cable station QATV (and can be watched online here), aims to bring to the media forefront issues pertaining to LGBT rights.
Last week’s …
SocialistWorker.org – Adriano Contreras, writing on behalf of the Civil Rights Front in Rochester, N.Y., explains why people are ready to rally at the National Equality March.
Why we’re marching:
Because we’re equal.
“I believe we’re equal. If…
SFGate.com – Drew Joseph
As a landmark bill to outlaw job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity heads towards a House vote, supporters sought Wednesday to defend it against charges that it is too vague and could negatively a…
MiamiHerald.TypePad.com – Steve Rothaus
News release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
The state of the workplace for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people – transgender Americans in particular – is ‘absolutely shameful’
Wa…
EdgeBoston.com – by Kilian Melloy – EDGE Staff Reporter
The tiny South American nation of Uruguay continues to outpace America in the arena of GLBT equality: after allowing gays to serve in the military and preparing the way for family equality in t…
Bloomberg.com – By Holly Rosenkrantz
(Bloomberg) — U.S. businesses would be banned from firing workers because of their sexual orientation or gender identity under legislation considered today by a House of Representatives committee.
The bill wo…
BayWindows.com – by Gunner Scott – Executive Director, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
I think that Jeff Epperly needs a reality check when it comes to recognizing the all work Martha Coakley has done for the LGBT community as State At…
HRCBackStory.org – HRC Business Council
“Policy to Practice” is a two-week series of conversations and blog posts about what it takes to turn an inclusive employment non-discrimination policy into practice in the workplace. This post on transgender…
Examiner.com – Remigio Darby – Denver Gay Culture Examiner
Denver — The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Colorado applauded the introduction of legislation today that would repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act…