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HuffingtonPost.com – Steve Ralls
Could this be the year that every American family sees itself reflected in the platform of a major political party? And if so, what would an all-inclusive set of ideals mean for America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and t…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff reporter
The House Committee on Education and Labor held the first congressional hearing on transgender rights June 26 as part of an effort by LGBT advocates and congressional allies to build support within C…
HuffingtonPost.com – Cyndi Lauper
On Saturday night, it hit me like a rushing train.
At an early leg of my True Colors concert tour this summer, I was in Washington DC preparing to go onstage at DAR Constitution Hall and on the very same stage th…
GayWired.com – By Jacob Anderson-Minshall
It’s beginning to look like the Democrats might not have an official nominee before their August 25th national convention. That could bestow unprecedented power to delegates to determine the party’s official…
NashuaTelegraph.com – By Ashley Smith – Staff Writer
The political fight picked up steam at a potluck supper one Sunday. Dr. Jennifer Madden’s task was to drum up support for a bill expected to be nothing short of wildly unpopular.
And as far as …
NashuaTelegraph.com – By Ashley Smith – Staff Writer
Members of the transgender community say they are the next group of people who need to fight for, even demand, their rights.
Those are basic rights such as not being fired from a job and having…
WomensNews.org – By Shanelle Matthews – WeNews correspondent
A county ordinance in Maryland that protects transgender rights is facing a public referendum challenge in November. One transgender advocate says it looks like a test case for national op…
InNewsWeekly.com – William Henderson
Called a “historic” choice to deliver this year’s Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast keynote address, Diego Sanchez could say that much of his life – which he sums up simply as one of trail-blazing advocacy center…
TheCrimson.com – By Esther I. Yi – Crimson Staff Writer
Five openly lesbian, gay, or transgendered politicians discussed the role that sexual orientation plays in their careers at a panel discussion in the Lowell JCR last night.
At the open foru…
BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Associate Editor
Last week Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) told the Associated Press that he planned to bring the controversial Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) up for a vote in the Senate before the year’s end …