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Thursday Watercooler: DOMA repeal legislation introduced

James Withers — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:11:25 +0000

High school wrestler does his part. Do you remember ACC wrestling champion Hudson Taylor? He was the athlete who put a Human Rights Campaign sticker on his headgear. High school wrestler

Polis: Time to stop the bullies

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:59:45 +0000

From Rep. Jared Polis:

It’s bad enough when a school turns a blind eye to bullying.

But when a school district in Texas moved to ban all extra-curricular clubs in order to avoid having to(...)

Bill protecting LGBT students introduced in House

logointern1 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:57:10 +0000

Colorado Democrat and openly gay Congressman Jared Polis introduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2010 in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill would protect public school(...)

Gay House members say gay-friendly bills are near

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:01:31 +0000

(San Francisco) Two of Congress’s three openly gay members said Saturday that the U.S. House is poised to pass bills to provide health coverage for the same-sex partners of gay federal workers(...)

Nadler, Baldwin and Polis to introduce legislation to repeal DOMA

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:36:07 +0000

From a statement:

(Washington, D.C.) Next Tuesday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,(...)

First openly gay member joins AF Academy board

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:10:42 +0000

(Colorado Springs, Col.) A Colorado Democrat who last year became the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress took his place Friday on the U.S. Air Force Academy’s supervisory(...)

Dean drops out of LGBT Democratic Party Fundraiser

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:43:37 +0000

(Washington) According to Ben Smith at Politico, former DNC Chairman Howard Dean has pulled out of tomorrow’s LGBT Democratic Party Fundraiser in Washington, D.C. A Dean spokeswoman, Karen(...)

Gay politicians criticize Obama administration’s supporting of DOMA

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:10:04 +0000

(Washington) Several gay politicians have released statements this week criticizing the Obama administration’s support of the Defense of Marriage Act. Congressman Barney Frank was among those(...)

New gay Congressman sworn in

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:02:06 +0000

(Washington) The number of openly gay members of Congress grew by one on Tuesday with the swearing in of Jared Polis (D-Colo.). Polis joins the returning Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Tammy(...)

Ruby-Sachs: Visibility in 2009

ERubySachs — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:22:26 +0000

When I last wrote for this site, 2008 was gearing up to be a pretty dreary one for LGBT hopes in electoral politics.

I used the vacation to get out of the house, away from the computer and into(...)