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Domestic Partnership and Benefits Act – Your Reps need to hear from you today..
Written on 19 Nov, 2009 at 15:55 in Activism, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, Organizations, Politics | viewed times | 1 Comment
Yesterday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a committee vote on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (DPBO), legislation that would provide equal benefits to the domestic partners of federal employees. The committee passed DPBO at... (Continue reading)
Gillibrand Urges Feds To Clarify New Mammograms Recommendations
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 17:21 in A Gay Girl's View, Activism, Columns, Commentary, Education, Family, Featured, Hot Topics, Lez Be Smart, News, Op-Eds, Politics, Relationships, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments
IN PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 40 TO RECEIVE MAMMOGRAMS, GILLIBRAND URGES FED TO CLARIFY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS New Guidelines Released This Week Claim Only Women Over 50 Need Routine Mammograms As Part Of Breast Cancer... (Continue reading)
Compensation for Gay Couple – “Mr. President we voted for you to lead and now we expect YOU to be the one to lead us to equality.
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 16:03 in Activism, Commentary, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, In The Courts, Notable Quotes, Op-Eds | viewed times | 1 Comment
YES -YOU – CAN Posted by melanie Nathan: Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefits (LA Times Report) by Carol J. Williams:- While recognizing the status quo of federal government rejection of gay marriage under the Defense of Marriage Act, federal judge of... (Continue reading)
Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 19:40 in A Gay Girl's View, Activism, Commentary, Debates, Editorials, Family, Family Life, Featured, Health, Hot Topics, Lifestyle, News, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 3 Comments
Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)
Shirley Tan Advocate’s Activist of the Year 2009 – Political Aftermath…
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 15:12 in Activism, Commentary, Editorials, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Rants & Raves, Special Reports | viewed times | 1 Comment
By Melanie Nathan- Congratulations to Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado and the boys and Mommy. Shirley was named ADVOCATE MAGAZINE ’s Activist of the Year for 2009. This is well deserved. However they may have been used in a... (Continue reading)
Desire To Return To a Mythological Past Fuels The Right’s Battles On Abortion, Marriage
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 20:16 in Commentary, Editorials, Entertainment, Featured, People | viewed times | 2 Comments
11/16/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire In the 1890’s, the New York Post published an article detailing the arrest for murder of a woman who conducted illegal abortions for patients in New York City. She was not arrested for providing the abortions,... (Continue reading)
Recession and Financial Mismanagement May Claim Distinguished LGBT Newspapers
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 10:39 in Commentary, Featured, News, Organizations, People, Politics, Special Reports, Video Posts | viewed times | 1 Comment
11/16/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Southern Voice and David Atlanta have both shut their doors as the downturn in the news media’s economy strikes the smaller, minority directed newspapers hardest. The Washington Blade’s site has slowed to a crawl as the... (Continue reading)
Pressure Grows Over Stupak-Pitts Amendment, Calls For IRS Investigation Of Bishops Attacked
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 21:33 in Commentary, Featured, News, People, Politics, Special Reports, Video Posts | viewed times | 0 Comments
11/13/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The lobbying by the Roman Catholic Bishops to get the Stupak-Pitts Amendment made into law has drawn the ire of several people, including MSNBC commentator Dr. Nancy Snyderman. On a recent episode of her show, Dr.... (Continue reading)
Marriage Equality Advocates Urge President to File a Brief in Prop 8 Challenge
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 18:43 in Activism, Anti-Gay, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, LGBT Children, News, Op-Eds, Organizations, Rants & Raves | viewed times | 0 Comments
Equality California is requesting that President Obama file a brief in the Federal Case against proposition 8. I hope I can pursuade our valued readers to jump on this one. One can go beyond the Petition and send the Whitehouse your... (Continue reading)
Prejudice and Hate Led to Perfect Storm In Fort Hood
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 12:55 in Commentary, Editorials, Entertainment, Featured, People | viewed times | 0 Comments
11/13/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Sometimes the death penalty is not a punishment, but rather a release. It can be the easy way out. If Major Nidal Malik Hasan is guilty of the murder of thirteen soldiers at Ft. Hood,... (Continue reading)
Double Standard? Feds Seize Muslim Property… But is the Vatican Guilty too?
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 10:51 in Commentary, Featured, News, People, Politics, Religion | viewed times | 4 Comments
11/13/09-By Paula Brooks Federal investigators moved to seize four mosques in the US and a skyscraper in Manhattan yesterday over their alleged financial aid to Iran. Federal Attorneys in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of... (Continue reading)
Mormon Church Supports Gay Rights;That “do not do violence to the institution of marriage.”
Written on 11 Nov, 2009 at 22:20 in Activism, Anti-Gay, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Family Life, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, Politics, Rants & Raves, Religion, Special Reports | viewed times | 2 Comments
Last night the city council of Salt Lake City unanimously passed an ordinance outlawing discrimination against gays in employment and housing, the first such law in the entire state of Utah. Very surprisingly, among those speaking in support of the... (Continue reading)
On Veterans Day, A Promise Unfulfilled
11/11/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918, the guns stopped. My great-grandfather fought in that war, known then as the War to End All Wars or the... (Continue reading)
Can Obama and the Congressional Leadership Keep their word on Stupak
11/11/09-by Paula Brooks I am not the daughter of the privileged… I am the daughter of a career military man, who is the son of a career military man, who was the son of a career military man… and I have... (Continue reading)
AS NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote… we must start the Great Big Gay PR Campaign
Written on 11 Nov, 2009 at 3:34 in Activism, Anti-Gay, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Politics, Rants & Raves, Special Reports | viewed times | 1 Comment
NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote… (AFP) –reported 8 hours ago- NEW YORK — New York’s state assembly on Tuesday put off a tentatively planned vote on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage. “A vote did not take place. They are... (Continue reading)
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- Gillibrand Urges Feds To Clarify New Mammograms Recommendations
November 18, 2009 | 5:21 pmIN PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 40 TO RECEIVE MAMMOGRAMS, GILLIBRAND URGES FED TO CLARIFY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS New Guidelines Released This Week Claim Only Women Over 50 Need Routine Mammograms As Part Of Breast Cancer Screening Many Doctors, Experts Object To Recommendations, Giving Women Conflicting Messages on How to Protect [...]
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