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DADT certification might come by mid-summer

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:00:38 +0000

Pentagon officials told a House subcommittee Friday that training for implementation of repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has gone “extremely well so far” and that certification to(...)

Keen: The state of the LGBT movement

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:05:11 +0000

The state of any union, including the union of LGBT people within the United States, is relative.

First, it depends on to whom you are comparing the union. Comparing the United States to China(...)

Closing the hospital loopholes for gay families

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:07 +0000

Equality in hospital visitation policies is not a controversial issue. That’s what seems apparent from the 427 comments received during the just ended public comment period on the proposed(...)

Senate debates Kagan’s anti-DADT views

logointern1 — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:00:32 +0000

The Senate on Tuesday began debating the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to become a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and, as expected, early comments have focused largely on her(...)

ENDA no longer on Senate agenda

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:30:56 +0000

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is not on the agenda for Senate floor action for the next few weeks, prior to the August 9 recess. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will take up work on as many as nine matters during the next month, but none of those are [...]

The state of gay marriage: NY, NJ, NH, Ore., Mich. and DC

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:52:28 +0000

The struggle for marriage equality looks like a juggling act this week: New York’s up in the air, New Jersey is poised to hop from one hand (the legislature) to another (the governor). And(...)

Dejection fills Maine ballroom after marriage vote

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:58:02 +0000

Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.

Waiting in Washington

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:42:57 +0000

In Washington State, where voters are being asked to decide whether to keep a newly passed domestic partnership law, the result is not likely to be known for several days. Voting in that state(...)

Is the National Organization for Marriage violating state law?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:43:54 +0000

The National Organization for Marriage, which formed two years ago to take the lead to oppose equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, is coming under increased scrutiny.

Two civil rights(...)

Gay leaders recall Kennedy’s impact

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:19:17 +0000

The man whom many in the LGBT community consider their greatest friend in the U.S. Senate has died.

Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who fought for equal rights for gays on many fronts and was(...)