Wednesday, January 21, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T5T-6)

Over the objections of just two U.S. senators, Hillary Clinton was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next secretary of state Wednesday by a vote of 94-2.
What does sex have to do with it? And how do you feel about your partner's Facebook page? This week Relationship Expert, Emily Wilcox, confronts some scandalous bitches on the issues that mean the most to us -- Sex and Facebook. What did you think I was going to say, love and respect? Yeah, right!
Listening to the media after President Barack Obama -- it's so good to say that, no more president-elect-anyway -- gave his inaugural speech there was disappointment because there was no one easy catchphrase, no one easy quote to take away. Perhaps the era of sound bite politics is over.
Special thanks to Chris Edelson, HRC's state legislative director, for contributing this point on HRC supporting the fundraising efforts to defeat an anti-LGBT measure in Gainesville, Florida: On Sunday night, January 18, HRC was proud to provide space in the...
President Obama's slick and cool new Whitehouse.gov portal was launched shortly after he was sworn-in on Tuesday - and it already includes the platform on LGBT rights that was published on his presidential transition website. Here is the outline again:...
The Human Rights Campaign today released this statement from President Joe Solmonese on the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden: Today’s inauguration represents a paradigm shift. The pendulum has swung away from the anti-gay forces and toward a new...
‘These children have a right to the love and support of both parents.’
‘The appeal by ADF left New Orleans city employees and their families in unnecessary legal suspense for a year.’
Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band Make History San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band will be marching in the Inaugural Parade Tuesday Jan. 20, 2009. Drum Major Kim Boyd talks of his excitement to be leading the group past President...
Photo by SFBart via Flickr For the first time in U.S. history, a marching band comprised of Americans identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer, will perform in the Presidential Inaugural Parade. Of the 177 musicians from twenty six states representing the Lesbian and Gay Bands Association (LGBA), four will represent Los Angeles. In a statement released ...
An association for gay, lesbian and transgendered businesspeople meets monthly. In the newly released film "Milk," historic footage shows San Francisco police arresting groups of gay men and carting them off to jail.

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