Friday, February 6, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

After attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, President Obama signed an executive order that expands the mandate of the White House Office on Faith-Based Initiative established by former President George W. Bush. The office will now be called the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and will be headed by 26-year-old Pentecostal minister, Joshua Dubois.
Olympic swimming titan Michael Phelps is still reeling from aftershocks resulting from the publication of a photo in which he was snapped taking a bong hit late last year. As of Thursday, the 14-time gold medal winner has been suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming and stripped of his monthly allowance from the organization.
WE BREAK THE DAWN IN NEW YORK: This Saturday, New York's finest will don their tuxes (...and their warmest thermal underwear?) to join us at the Hilton New York for this year's Greater New York Gala Dinner. This year's theme...
Special thanks to Alison Delpercio, coordinator of HRC Foundation's Family and Workplace Projects, for this guest post: The HRC Foundation, in partnership with California Department of Social Services and Los Angeles County Adoption Services, has launched a new adoption awareness...
Today Allyson Robinson (pictured), our associate director of diversity, will testify before a committee of New Hampshire lawmakers on House Bill 415, legislation to add gender identity and gender expression protections to the state's non-discrimination statutes. The legislation will also...

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