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The Chuck Hagel I Know: A Staunch Defender of Gay Rights

Source: The Atlantic, Dec 21 2012, 3:19pm CST

spent much time at Human Rights Campaign dinners. I wish he had gone -- or better yet, had been invited by the organization to speak and share his views on gays in American life. But the HRC has not invited him to speak and to my knowledg ...

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19 hours ago

Gay-rights group accuses Exxon Mobil of hiring bias

Source: Globe and Mail  |   May 22 2013, 12:22pm CDT

One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There’s one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp. In the lat ...

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20 hours ago

Chad Griffin: HRC Statement on Lack of Lesbian and Gay Family Inclusion in Senate Committee Immigration Bill

Source: YubaNet  |   May 22 2013, 11:42am CDT

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 â Today, in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Patrick Leahy brought up an amendment to allow an American citizen's foreign-born same-sex spouse the ability to become a citizen, ...

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1 day ago

Gay groups denounce lack of protection in Senate immigration bill

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 22 2013, 7:41am CDT

Gay rights advocates are reacting angrily to a decision by Senate Democrats on Tuesday to drop protections for same-sex couples from a landmark immigration reform bill in order to preserve Republican support for th ...

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1 day ago

Gays Won't Be In Immigration Reform Bill

Source: Joe. My. God.  |   May 21 2013, 7:57pm CDT

An amendment to add LGBT couples to the Senate immigration reform bill was withdrawn tonight in order to improve the bill's chance of passage. Chris Geidner has the news at Buzzfeed: Sen. Patrick Leahy withdrew his proposed amend ...

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2 days ago

Virginia GOP Chooses Cuccinelli-Jackson-Obenshain Ticket: Republican picks for statewide office have notorious records of anti-LGBT animus

Source: Metro Weekly   |   May 20 2013, 4:35pm CDT

Nearly 8,000 Virginia Republican officeholders and activists gathered Saturday at the Greater Richmond Convention Center to select the party's candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. The result is o ...

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2 days ago

Pro-LGBT Human Rights campaign endorses Democrat Ed Markey for U.S. Senate

Source: MassLive.com  |   May 20 2013, 12:02pm CDT

Based on his record relating to issues affecting the gay community, Democratic U.S. Rep. and Senate hopeful Edward Markey was endorsed Monday by the Human Rights Campaign, a non-profit that pushes civil rights ...

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3 days ago

The South's Longer Wait for Equality

Source: The Advocate  |   May 20 2013, 3:31am CDT

As much of the country breathlessly followed the coverage of the Supreme Court’s two marriage equality cases in March, Will Batts was busy fighting battles on numerous fronts. The executive director of Tennessee’s Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Cente ...

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5 days ago

Matthew Morrison To Support Human Rights Campaign With New Album

Source: Look to the Stars  |   May 17 2013, 8:59am CDT

EMMY, TONY, and Golden Globe-nominated star Matthew Morrison is proud to announce that he is partnering with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in support of LGBT equality. Partial proceeds from the pre-sale of his new studio album, Where It All Began, ...

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6 days ago

Gay marriage foes need to get busy

Source: The News-Gazette  |   May 17 2013, 7:07am CDT

First it was Rhode Island, then Delaware, then Minnesota, then Illinois. But wait. ...gay marriage has not yet passed in the Illinois legislature. How close is it? Very. The Senate approved it, and the governor promises to si ...

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6 days ago

Many workplaces insure gay, straight domestic partners; some now also pay the tax on benefits

Source: Miami Herald  |   May 16 2013, 3:05pm CDT

BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com Thomas Barker, vice chairman of Miami Beach’s gay Business Enhancement Committee, recently made the case to other committee members for expanding city employees’ domestic partner ben ...

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