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Lack of Coverage on Transgendered Pakistanis Shows Bias in US Media

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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Sanjeev Bery

For American reporters and editors, Pakistan only exists in the context of security concerns: the Taliban, terrorism, fundamentalist Islam, and the war in Afghanistan. Outside of this context, there is no Pakistan.

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No LGBT Rights Mentioned in Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearing

Jacob Reitan | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Lgbt, Lawrence v. Texas, Gay Rights, Sotomayor Confirmation, Minorities, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jacob Reitan

I watched the opening statements made by the nineteen senators in Monday's confirmation hearing for Judge Sotomayor. Each senator previewed what they...

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Why I Called Justice Scalia A Homophobe

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Lawrence v. Texas, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, Frank Calls Scalia Homophobe, Barney Frank, Antonin Scalia, Roy Romer, Barney Frank Scalia, Scalia Homophobe, Justice Scalia, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News
Rep. Barney Frank

In two virulent dissents, Justice Scalia made it clear that, in his view, sex discrimination is not only permitted by the Constitution, but is very much in society's interest.

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Five Years Later: Decriminalizing Gay People -- Another Reminder of the Importance of the Supreme Court

Judith E. Schaeffer | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Lawrence v. Texas, Scotus Blog, Lawrence v. Texas Anniversary, Gay Rights, Politics News
Judith E. Schaeffer

Four justices did not join in the majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003. Today, protection of the human dignity of gay men and lesbians is hanging by a slender thread on the Supreme Court.

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Five Years Later: Decriminalizing Gay People -- Another Reminder of the Importance of the Supreme Court

Judith E. Schaeffer | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Lawrence v. Texas, Supreme Court Justices, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage Supreme Court, Politics News
Judith E. Schaeffer

June 26, 2003: The Supreme Court issued one of its most important rulings in the area of individual rights and human dignity, but the constitutional protection of the essential human dignity of gay men and lesbians is hanging by a slender thread.

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