Tag Archives: Georgia

Georgia LGBTQs brace for ‘critically important’ battle

Without Democratic control of the U.S. Senate, President-elect Joe Biden will not likely be able to move on many things important to the LGBTQ community when he takes office. So all eyes now are on the two U.S. Senate run-off

US Senate races: Where LGBT support matters

Control of the U.S. Senate is, in many ways, more important to the future of the LGBT movement than the White House. So, it is no surprise that LGBT groups are focusing in on key Senate contests. Here's a look

Big victories in Texas Tuesday, as Valdez advances

Lupe Valdez made history Tuesday, winning the Democratic nomination for governor in Texas. Her odds are tough, but three openly LGBT candidates who advanced in their Congressional primaries Tuesday might well make history, too.

Legal groups take on Texas-led lawsuit

Five LGBT legal groups say more than a dozen states are attempting to avoid court rulings that say federal law prohibiting sex discrimination protects transgender students and employees.

Unprecedented wave of anti-LGBT bills prompting vetoes, lawsuits in the states

Almost 200 anti-LGBT bills have been introduced to state legislatures this year and Lambda Legal and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit against the worst of them.

Supreme Court orders Alabama courts to honor Georgia adoption

“It is extraordinary to have a per curiam opinion with no dissents treating [the same-sex couple case] as the pretty straight-forward kind of [adoption] case it should be treated as,” said family law expert Nancy Polikoff. “It is terrific….It’s a

Key mid-term race to watch is the Kentucky senate, where prospects for ENDA could hinge on McConnell

Most of the pundits are saying Republicans will take over the U.S. Senate and keep the House in the November 4 elections. If they’re right –and there is some room for doubt—the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will likely have to undergo

Speed Read: Log Cabin attacks Polis

Log Cabin Republicans is running attack ads against an openly gay Congressman. Opponents of Houston's lesbian Mayor Annise Parker's proposed non-discrimination ordinance threaten to launch a recall election against her. North Dakota is left standing as the only state with

Speed Read: NOM delay denied

A federal judge in Oregon denied the National Organization for Marriage's motion to delay hearing two lawsuits against the state's marriage ban. There's been a major pile-on of criticism for a new book out on the Proposition 8 litigation. And

Speed Read: Straight is great

Heritage (NYC) Pride group announced Thursday that it will allow a right-wing Catholic group, Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, to march in the June 29 Pride parade carrying a banner saying “Straight is Great.” A federal judge in