Chris Geidner
Obama's FBI Nominee Is More Supportive Of Marriage Equality Than His New Bosses
James Comey and several Republicans told the Supreme Court that it should strike down bans on same-sex couples' marrying, a ruling that would apply across the nation. The Obama administration told the court to avoid that issue, and instead only decide the case in a way that would affect California and seven other states.
Chris Geidner
Supreme Court Strikes Down Anti-Prostitution Pledge On Free Speech Grounds
Chief justice sets limits on the conditions the federal government can set for groups that accept federal money. Justices Scalia and Thomas disagreed.
Chris Geidner
Group That Had Aimed To "Change" Gays To Shut Down, Leader Also Offered Apology
"Exodus International, the oldest and largest Christian ministry dealing with faith and homosexuality, issued an apology to the gay community for years of undue suffering and judgment at the hands of the organization and the Church as a whole," the group stated on its website Wednesday. Update: The group has announced it is closing down.
Chris Geidner
Lawmakers Push Fix For Ousted Gay Service Members' Discharge Records
Rep. Mark Pocan aims to "close the book" on the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" with new legislation to codify the way those discharged under the military's ban on out gay service members are treated by the military.
Chris Geidner
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski Becomes Third Republican Senator To Back Marriage Equality
"I recognize that it is an area that, as a Republican, I will be criticized for," Murkowski says.
Chris Geidner
Same-Sex Couples, A Widow, And A Nation Wait On The Supreme Court
Many outcomes are possible in the challenges to California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act that are due to be decided by the justices in the coming weeks. A complex path got the cases — and the country — to a moment of waiting.
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Obama Celebrates LGBT Pride, Ignores Executive Order Controversy
"[W]e've got to end LGBT discrimination in the places where we work," Obama told the assembled crowd Thursday. Obama has not acted to end LGBT discrimination by federal contractors, a move he said he would support if elected president.
Chris Geidner
LGBT Members Of Congress Push President Obama On Workplace Protections
Representatives Maloney, Polis, Takano and Pocan offer their thoughts on ENDA, President Obama and the executive order LGBT advocates are hoping he'll sign.
Chris Geidner
Marco Rubio Veers Right On Gay Issues
After previously taking care to avoid personal positions on several LBGT issues, the Florida senator got personal on same-sex couples' immigration rights and "special protections" in the workplace.
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Eight GetEqual Activists Arrested During Sit-In At Speaker John Boehner's Office
Calling on the House speaker to hold a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban LGBT discrimination in employment, eight activists with GetEqual were arrested Thursday.
Chris Geidner
Obama Faces Pressure From Friends On Executive Inaction For LGBT Workers
"[T]here is no person who has given me directly any reason that it has not yet happened or that it couldn't or shouldn't happen," Human Rights Campaign president says of an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees.
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Soccer Ramps Up Efforts To Support Gay Players And Fans
With an out gay player, Major League Soccer announces partnership to help advance equality efforts in the league. "The diversity found in our League has always been a point of pride for us," MLS Commissioner Don Garber says.
Chris Geidner
ACLU Sues Federal Government To Stop "Mass Call Tracking"
The legal organization is suing on its own behalf — because it is a Verizon customer.
Chris Geidner
Edward Snowden Does Not Live In Jeffrey Toobin's Black-And-White World
Nor does anyone else.
Chris Geidner
"Rude" Heckling, Perhaps, But LGBT Job Discrimination Is In The News
After a woman heckled Michelle Obama about LGBT job discrimination Tuesday, advocates hope to keep pushing the issue. Here's what you need to know about the overlapping efforts that aim to bar anti-LGBT job bias.
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Military Same-Sex Partner Benefits Expected To Begin September 1
"The [Pentagon] Defense Manpower Data Center is committed to upgrading [systems] so that eligible [same-sex domestic partners] and their families can begin receiving benefits/ID cards on 1 September 2013."
Chris Geidner
Republicans Reconsider Position As Marriage Wave Approaches
"The direction the country and the party is moving is uni-directional on this issue," Margaret Hoover says.
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Ohio Group Has Decided To Take Same-Sex Marriage To State's Voters In 2014
"We have decided to be on the ballot in 2014 to allow for a continuing dialogue with voters across Ohio about why marriage matters," activist says. Update: Other groups attending a Wednesday meeting, however, said no timing decision was made.
Chris Geidner
House LGBT Equality Caucus Staffs Up In Pursuit Of Ambitious Agenda
With a record number of out LGBT lawmakers, the caucus is aiming to change the Hill — and the country.
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Michelle Obama Heckled For President's Inaction On Proposed LGBT Executive Order
"Listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving," the first lady told the heckler. A woman who identified herself as a "lesbian looking for federal equality before I die" interrupted the event, shouting for the president to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from LGBT discrimination.
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