By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade
Gay rights advocates are waiting to see whether federal lawmakers opposed to a hate crimes bill would introduce amendments aimed at crippling the bill when it comes up for a vote Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee.
The bill, H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, would give federal officials authority to prosecute hate crimes targeting people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, among other categories.
The measure also authorizes the Justice Department to provide financial and technical assistance to local and state law enforcement agencies investigating hate crime ...
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has replaced one of his two openly gay cabinet members, Clark Ray, as director of the city's Department of Parks & Recreation, sources familiar with the mayor's office said.
Fenty was expected to name Monday the person he picked to replace Ray. That person's identity could not be immediately obtained.
Ray, who served on Fenty's 2006 mayoral election campaign, had the rank of cabinet member in the administration since becoming head of the Parks & Recreation Department in January 2008. Christopher Dyer, a gay man who serves as director of the Mayor's Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transg ...
BANGOR, Maine (AP)
Nine men who said they were with a Pennsylvania-based group were in Bangor over the weekend protesting a gay marriage bill that has been proposed in the Maine Legislature.
The men stood at a busy intersection near the Bangor Mall on Saturday carrying signs and chanting slogans in support of traditional family values. The men told the Bangor Daily news they were members of the group American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property.
The group travels to states where same-sex marriage legislation is beingbeing considered, and made stops in Maine in Portland, Augusta and Bangor. During its two hours at its Bangor location ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) told the Bay Area Reporter Wednesday, April 15 that repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act is not a top priority of hers right now. The speaker said that her two legislative priorities for the LGBT community are passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the federal hate crimes bill; [...]
A report detailing what Equality California did to support the No on Prop 8 campaign and provide advice for future efforts that’s been in the works since at least January still has not been released. Geoff Kors, EQCA’s executive director and a member of the No on 8 executive committee, told the Bay Area Reporter in [...]
The Vermont House voted 100-49 Tuesday, April 7 to override a veto of the equal marriage rights bill, following the Senate’s 23-5 override vote Tuesday morning. The overrides make Vermont the fourth state where same-sex couples will be able to obtain marriage licenses the same as straight couples รข€" following Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa. Filed by Lisa Keen, [...]
I love Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera but if I have to start one more day with "Main Street verses Wall Street," I'm going to forget trying to be abreast of Today's happenings switch to reruns of The Golden Girls and Facts of Life. At least on the reruns...
'Girls With Guitars' performed before a standing-room-only crowd at Douglas corner on Saturday, April 11
Restaurant participation high despite poor economy. By Finis Ray Staff writer One day each year, local restaurants and Nashville CARES partner in creating the ultimate recipe for success - Dining Out for Life. The seventh annual fundraiser will be held...
I love Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera but if I have to start one more day with "Main Street verses Wall Street," I'm going to forget trying to be abreast of Today's happenings switch to reruns of The Golden Girls and Facts of Life. At least on the reruns...
'Girls With Guitars' performed before a standing-room-only crowd at Douglas corner on Saturday, April 11
Restaurant participation high despite poor economy. By Finis Ray Staff writer One day each year, local restaurants and Nashville CARES partner in creating the ultimate recipe for success - Dining Out for Life. The seventh annual fundraiser will be held...
A new poll finds a majority of New Yorkers back gay marriage for the first time
Lee Lynch takes on amazon.com's homophobic algorithm
After years of debate on the issue, gay activists have begun a Jamaica boycott; bars urged to dump Jamaican liquor
A new poll finds a majority of New Yorkers back gay marriage for the first time
Lee Lynch takes on amazon.com's homophobic algorithm
After years of debate on the issue, gay activists have begun a Jamaica boycott; bars urged to dump Jamaican liquor
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