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LGBT Voices Respond To Frank's Retirement Announcement

The Huffington Post | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Congress, John Aravois, Enda, Barney Frank, Robin McGehee, Elections 2012, Lgbt Activists, Mara Keisling, Larry Kramer, David Mixner, Pam Spaulding, Gay Voices News

Barney Frank has always been a lightening rod, not only for the right-wing but also within the LGBT community itself. He's spoken out forcefully for g...

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Enough: Scott Brown and the Betrayal of the LGBT Left

David Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Gay Rights, Pam Spaulding, David Mixner, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Politics News
David Kaufman

The bitterness and vitriol filling LGBT attacks on the Democrats must come to an end, replaced by a respectful and actionable solutions-based agenda.

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HuffPost Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Politics?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation, Slidepoll, Act Blue, Joe Rospars, Alan Grayson, Game Changer Andrew Breitbart, Pam Spaulding, Politics Game Changers, Vivek Kundra, Avaaz, Ricken Patel, HuffPost Game Changers, Austin Heap, Huffington Post Politics Game Changers, Ricken Game Changer, Actblue, Game Changers, Jane Hamsher, Politics News

(VOTING IS NOW CLOSED) HuffPost's Game Changers celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders in 10 categories who are harnessing the power o...

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David Kaufman's Misguided, Race-Based Rant on LGBT Rights -- and 'Homo-Toms'

Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, David Kaufman, Gay Rights, Race, Pam Spaulding, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Politics News
Pam Spaulding

David Kaufman, like most of us, assumes way too much about race and sexuality without acknowledging all of the picture. That's something we can be proactive about addressing, rather than unproductively ranting about.

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Technology + Transparency = New Politics

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Transparency, New Media, Matt Lewis, Ellen Miller, Pam Spaulding, Anil-Dash, Jav on Tech, Technology News
Jose Antonio Vargas

Technology + Transparency = New Politics. In other words, technology allows for transparency which leads to a new kind of people-powered politics.

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Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salon.com, LGBT Issues, Women's Issues, Media New Media, Lynn Nottage, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Women in Journalism, Liberia, Women in Media and News, Women's Media Center, 2008 Election, Pam Spaulding, Ruined, Dr. George Tiller, Feminsim, Gina Reticker, Rachel Maddow, Abigail Disney, Judy Grahm, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, Bonnie Erbe, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill O'Reilly, Helene Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Joan Walsh, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

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What Will Marriage Equality Supporters Do During the Prop 8 Rallies?

Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pam's House Blend, Marriage Equality, The Dallas Principles, Prop 8, Pam Spaulding, Dallas Principles, California, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Pam Spaulding

Californians should be angry about a state Constitution that allows civil rights to be placed on a ballot measure.

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President Obama - Give Us an LGBT Advocate

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christine Quinn, John Duran, Richard Socarides, Gay Rights, Obama Bill Clinton, Gays in the Military, President Obama, Americablog, LGBT Rights, Equal Rights, Michael Lux, Democrats, Pam Spaulding, Tobias Wolff, Legionaire S Disease, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

"Equal rights," while always counted in the litany of core liberal and progressive principles and "values," always is set aside or thrown under the bus in favor of some real or imagined political expediency.

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The Meme That Will Not Die: Blacks Enabled Prop 8 to Pass

Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition 8, Race, Pam Spaulding, Gay Marriage, Prop 8 Racism, Racism, New York Times, Yes on Prop 8 Mormons, Politics News
Pam Spaulding

Here's another example of jaw-dropping color arousal and unhelpful ruminating, this time in an op-ed by Caitlin Flanagan and Benjamin Schwarz in the New York Times, "Showdown in the Big Tent."

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