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Ensuring Opportunity for All Americans

Rachel Laser | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Transgender Issues, Gay Rights, Glbt, Lesbian, Enda, Triumph, Politics News
Rachel Laser

Although it may seem obvious that no person should be fired because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, in nearly 30 states across the country, a person can still be legally fired for being gay.

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President Obama and Gay Rights: Forgetting the Lessons of the Campaign

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask, Glbt, Youth Vote, Gay Rights, Maine, Enda, President Obama, Risk Aversion, Democratic Party, Presidents, David Plouffe, Gay Marriage, One Year Later, Timidity to Govern, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

Those presidents who are both remembered by history and re-elected have been those who stuck their necks out to fight for the rights of the vulnerable. The gay community is still waiting for Obama.

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Google Sued: Sex, Religious Discrimination

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Transgender, Enda, Wiccan, Wicca, Sex Discrimination, Transgender Issues, US Civil Rights Act. Civil Rights Law Suit, Civil Rights Violations, Google, Technology News
Lisa Derrick

Former Google employee James Bara has filed suit against the search giant, citing sexual and religious discrimination in violation of the US Civil Rights Act.

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Homophobia: Healing It From The Inside Out

Jason Mannino | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Government, Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Rights, LGBT Issues, Gay Hendricks, Doma, Enda, Homophobia, LGBT Rights, Dadt, Gay, Defense of Marriage Act, Byron Katie, Living News
Jason Mannino

We still live in a world where too many LGBT people have unconsciously held onto the poisonous, negative beliefs about sexual orientation that our society, churches, and government still force feed us.

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Kevin Jennings Is Highly Qualified for His Job

Joan Garry | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Department of Education, Glsen, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Kevin Jennings, Enda, Safe Schools, Politics News
Joan Garry

Republicans in Congress are trying to get the Assistant Deputy Secretary in the Department of Education fired based on his sexual orientation. And that should enrage everyone.

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Ambassador Jim Hormel: "I Don't Have Time to Wait!"

Karen Ocamb | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Politics, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Doma, Enda, Barack Obama, Jim Hormel, Lgbt, Gay Rights, LGBT Community, Gay Rights Speech, Gay Activism, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

"I am as eager as anyone else to have action .. So when I exercise any restraint, it's out of knowledge and awareness of the atmosphere under which the president is operating," says Hormel

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What Would a Nobel Laureate Tell the Gays?

John Aravosis | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Obama, Gay, Doma, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Civil Rights, Enda, Politics News
John Aravosis

President Obama will speak Saturday night at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner. The big question in gay-land is what will Obama say. I fear the answer is: Not much.

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The Big Gay Speech We Wish Obama Would Give

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Enda, President Obama, Immigration, Obama, Human Rights Campaign, Gay, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Barack Obama, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, California Gay Marriage, Immigration Reform, Gay Rights, Maine Gay Marriage, Fundraising, Obama Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Marriage, Big Gay Speech, Obama Big Gay Speech, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

I'm sure his speechwriters have cooked up something special for Saturday, but I've got a few ideas of my own. I've written a speech for the beloved President -- the kind of speech we wish the man would give, just once.

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Service Members, Vets, and Families Marching for Justice

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deferments, Doma, Enda, The Scarlet Letter, President Obama, Obama-Dadt, Military Draft, Senator Reid, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, National Guard, Victor Fehrenbach, Stonewall Riots, Steny Hoyer, Vietnam, Hester Prynne, Rachel Maddow, White House March, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The protests against these shameful, archaic rules are growing louder by the day among progressives of all stripes, gay and straight.

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Gays to Obama: "We've Seen Enough"

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama, Gay, Doma, Enda, Homosexual, Politics News
Wayne Besen

The Democrats took our money, our votes and our volunteer hours and now they tell us to wait patiently, like good little gays.

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An LGBT Report Card for Obama's First 100 Days

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Hate Crimes, LGBT Issues, Doma, Enda, White House Easter Egg Roll, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense of Marriage Act, United American Families Act, Reverend-Lowery, Marriage Equality, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Immigration Reform, Gay Rights, First 100 Days, Rick Warren, Nancy Pelosi, 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, LGBT Rights, LGBT Families, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Compared to the rows of sullen, silent Presidents behind him, Obama looks like a gay rights brown-noser. But when it comes to actual change in the lives of LGBT people, nothing has been done.

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In the Wake of Prop 8: No More Us vs. Them

Sara Whitman | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Rights, Politics, LGBT Youth, Dadt, Youth, LGBT Rights, Strong America, No on Prop 8, Enda, LGBT Politics, LGBT Issues, Families, LGBT Families, Responsibilities, Living News
Sara Whitman

Let me have the full responsibility of being an American. Because every child in this country deserves a family. I am an asset to this society.

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Taking on an $8 billion company and winning in four days

Michael Rogers | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Subway, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Enda, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Michael Rogers

I'm tired. I've been involved in the struggle for gay equality since 1986 and I'm tired of fighting. I'm tired of the conflict in what has become a c...

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An Obama Administration and Gay Rights

Wayne Besen | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glbt, John McCain, Gay Rights, Enda, Homosexual, Sarah Palin, Truth Wins Out, Barack Obama, Wayne Besen, Election, Politics News
Wayne Besen

Palin's nasty one-liners aren't resonating at a time when peoples' bank accounts are flat lining. Cutthroat politics don't work as well when people are cutting back on gas and groceries. In a time of grave economic harm, one needs more than folksy charm.

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