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LVRJ.com – By Molly Ball – Review-Journal
Bette Midler urges audience at gay club to campaign, vote for Democrat
For the big event with The Divine Miss M, Lady Shug created a special, one-of-a-kind outfit, starting with a Barack Obama T-shirt spl…
TheStar.com – Olivia Ward – Foreign Affairs Reporter
Patrons of Cleveland gay bar have eyes only for Biden; deep disdain for his Republican rival
Cleveland, Ohio – Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she had to walk into this…
DelawareOnline.com – By Doug Marshall-Steele
It was February 1998 when the first sexual orientation anti-discrimination bill was brought before Delaware lawmakers. It and five subsequent such bills over the ensuing decade have failed to become law. …
InNewsWeekly.com – William Henderson
The American Psychological Association urged psychologists on Sunday to take a leading role in ending discrimination based on gender identity but stopped short of taking a position with respect to the diagnosis o…
WashingtonBlade.com – Lou Chibbaro Jr
Activists ‘assured’ proposal rolling back protections for inmates will die
The D.C. Attorney General’s office has softened its objections to a City Council bill that would provide parental rights to domestic …
InNewsWeekly.com
The Love Makes a Family Political Action Committee has endorsed 54 state legislative candidates for the November 4 General Election.
LMF PAC is dedicated to supporting candidates who support marriage equality for same-sex couples…
WashingtonPost.com – By Ann E. Marimow – Washington Post Staff Writer
To Allyson Robinson, it means accompanying her young children to public restrooms in Montgomery County without worrying that someone will call the police.
For Colleen Fay, it b…
Media.www.MaineCampus.com – Dylan Riley
David Schroer was a dream candidate for the Congressional Research Service (CRS). He had jumped out of airplanes, lead hundreds of soldiers, undergone grueling combat and has been involved in secret antiterror…
Xtra.ca – Shauna Lewis – Xtra West
The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) has made a big mistake. That was the consensus of the nearly 50 people that gathered outside Little Sister’s bookstore Sep 2 for a rally to support Jamie Lee Hamilton.
Hamilton…
SperoForum.com – By Martin Barillas
Now on the ballot for March 2009, a charter amendment in Gainesville, Florida, would eliminate a requirement for all public places for afford restrooms for so-called transgendered individuals.
The City Council …