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As D.C. celebrates, Md. girds for fight
There’s been much hard earned celebrating in D.C. this week, as the first same-sex couples obtained marriage license applications. The first wedding ceremonies are scheduled to be held next Tuesday.
This was a long and hard road, with the groundwork laid decades ago, election by election, until a supportive Council, mayor and electorate were [...]
This black gay American still supports Obama
In late August 2008, I had the opportunity to attend the Democratic National Convention. I listened carefully to the speeches of Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and President Bill Clinton. On Aug. 28, 2008, I listened to Sen. Barack Obama outline his soaring vision for America. I heard him speak about how he would address the [...]
Lincoln's legacy for LGBT civil rights
Sparked by a debate with a Log Cabin Republican friend of mine, I began reviewing information surrounding the Civil Rights movement in the United States.
It’s part of our history that stands very relevant to every member of the LGBT community. I was struck by the overwhelming realization that the Democratic Party is today what it [...]
Rewind: Week of Jan. 22
The loss of Edward Kennedy’s U.S. senate seat to a Republican and the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down elements of campaign-finance law have caused much anxiety for the Obama administration, Democrats and progressives in general. But does the LGBT community need to worry?
On Tuesday, Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown defeated state Attorney General Martha [...]
Could an anti-gay Republican take Kennedy’s seat?
The race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy in the U.S. Senate could be tightening up as one recent poll shows an anti-gay Republican running even with the pro-LGBT Democratic candidate.
A poll published Saturday by Public Policy Polling shows state Sen. Scott Brown, the GOP candidate vying to succeed Kennedy, one point ahead of [...]
Rewind: The week’s LGBT news
The first week of 2010 gave us an idea how the year will shape up.
Out lesbian and gay elected officials were sworn in. A lot of attention was paid to Annise Parker, the new mayor of Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city. Her ascendance proved once more that out politicians can win on their own [...]
2010: The Year of the Slog
We took quite a ride in 2009, setting off with the inauguration of our first minority president who had vowed to be our “fierce advocate.” Many of us allowed our expectations to get the better of us and as the year progressed, marriage equality victories in Iowa, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire fueled the fantasy that [...]
Obama, Kennedy and a year of change
From President Obama’s inauguration to the National Equality March, the last 12 months brought a variety of real and symbolic change for LGBT Americans. Marriage was the top story of the year, but here are the 10 other biggest stories of 2009.
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Barack Obama becomes 44th president: Telling a massive National Mall crowd that, “all are [...]
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