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April 30, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: ‘Raw nerves’ over book

Openly lesbian Massachusetts attorney general candidate Maura Healey racked up a string of endorsements recently from women’s PACS: EMILY’s List, Women’s Campaign Fund, Feminist Majority, and Barbara Lee. But openly gay Republican candidate for the U.S. House out of San

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April 29, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Tennessee gets a stay

DOD adds sexual orientation to its charter of values for military personnel. The United Church of Christ has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against a ban on same-sex marriage in North Carolina. And a federal appeals court rejected Michigan's request to

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February 18, 2014   No comments

Olympic moments: Two roads to visibility emerge in Sochi, with different audiences and impact

The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, have demonstrated that there are at least two distinct ways to promote equal rights for LGBT people – the classic form of direct political protest and the “I’m here, I’m queer, get used to

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February 13, 2014   No comments

Speed Read: Victory in Kentucky

A federal judge in Louisville, Kentucky, ruled Wednesday that the state’s ban on same-sex couples marrying violates their rights to equal protection. Lawsuits challenging statewide bans on allowing same-sex couples to marry were filed Wednesday in two more states –Missouri

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October 30, 2012   No comments

As governor, Romney went extra mile to obstruct same-sex parents

A new revelation surfaced about Mitt Romney October 25, revealing yet another step he took as Massachusetts governor to thwart equal treatment of gays in the state.

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