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Repubs Press For DADT Repeal Delay; Experts Weigh Transition Drama

    Claiming everything still hasn’t been signed on the dotted line for final approval two Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking him to delay Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal implementation. California Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, the committee chairman, and South Carolina Rep. Joe [...]

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Monday September 19th, 2011 in , , , , , | No Comments »

DADT Repeal And Why Transgender Folks Should Heed The Lesson

We just watched a rather good segment of Michael Signorile’s show The Gist, in which he addresses a caller who asks the gay radio talk show host to consider the wisdom of President Obama’s long held commitment to have Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repealed through Congress.  The title of the show is Celebrate DADT Repeal, [...]

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Thursday December 23rd, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 18 Comments »

Oppression Olympics Takes On Hate Crimes: Latinos And Gays Critical Of FBI Annual Statistics, Blacks And Jews Yawn

For once black folks are not tossing their bid in (well so far) for a place in a recent bout of Oppression Olympics.  We’re happy to see it because if blacks did participate they’d lose. Right now we’re afraid gays lead others by miles in what looks like a single-minded quest to carry that torch. [...]

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Thursday November 25th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 20 Comments »

NOM And The Anti Gay Agenda: So How Well Did They Make Out In The Elections?

From Human Rights Campaign: Although voters were resoundingly focused on the economy this midterm election – and ranked social issues, to include same-sex marriage dead last– the so-called National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a Washington D.C.-based anti-gay, fringe organization, put an estimated $5 million into the 2009-10 election cycle to influence the outcome in dozens [...]

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Sunday November 7th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

LA LOCAL: Barbara Boxer Flash Phone Bank/Meet ‘N’ Greet Weds In WeHo

We just went on ahead and pulled this off of Facebook. So this is not the prettiest post we could’ve created. But you know, it’s the thought that counts, right? MEET BARBARA BOXER AND VOLUNTEER FOR PHONE BANKING ON WEDNESDAY! Time: Wednesday, October 27 · 2:00pm – 3:30pm

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Tuesday October 26th, 2010 in , , | 4 Comments »

White House Aide Valerie Jarrett On “It Gets Better” Anti-Bullying Campaign

The White House has posted on its Website Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett on Saturday at the annual national dinner of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) to directly address the recent tragedies surrounding youth who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. While RENWL has been critical of the LGBT community’s efforts in bringing [...]

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Saturday October 9th, 2010 in , , | No Comments »

On Hardball: Joe Solmonese, R. Clarke Cooper,Talk Gay Marriage, Trade Recipes

Watch these two meat heads Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese and Log Cabin Republican executive director R. Clarke Cooper chitty chat on gay marriage with Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball. And no, they didn’t trade recipes. It was a cute conversation, actually. Matthews is always entertaining when it comes to the subject of gayness. [...]

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Thursday September 2nd, 2010 in , , , , | 1 Comment »