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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
By Melanie Nathan - If there is one thing to come out of healthcare reform’s ultimate house bill, is the need for the Democrats to take lessons in the “Lockstep Tango” and who would be better teachers than the experts... (Continue reading)
11/07/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There are dozens of statements about how one should not disparage another, especially when you, yourself, have dirty little secrets. It’s all about being a hypocrite. Ms Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California, found out... (Continue reading)
Tell the U.N.: To: Ban Ki-moon (U.N. Secretary General) Sponsored by: CARE go to http://change.org To: Ban Ki-moon (U.N. Secretary General) Just weeks ago in the West African country of Guinea, countless women were brutally raped in a public stadium when soldiers stormed a peaceful protest.... (Continue reading)
Melanie Nathan: Considering Maine and Reflecting on California: Does marriage equality and more specifically same-sex marriage hurt traditional marriage? This most confounding question has yet to be answered by anyone, especially those who expound the rhetoric while seeking to ban same-sex... (Continue reading)
This is Paula Brooks reporting from Portland, ME… 05:35 EST 11/3/09 Today voters in Maine could make history by becoming the first U.S. state to make same-sex marriage legal by popular vote as they head to the polls to decide Question... (Continue reading)
Quoting: The Democratic Party Site – CALL OUT: “A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family. For Sarah Palin, it’s a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform. A few months back,... (Continue reading)
Bishop E. W. Jackson Sr., who leads Exodus Faith Ministries in Chesapeake, Va., says that while he’s against anti-gay violence, he also opposes homosexuality and wants to be free to preach against it, as reported in the Virginian-Pilot. While... (Continue reading)
Today a Binational married lesbian couple (names private) attended Senator Gillibrand’s meet and greet at the LGBT Center in NYC. They went armed with a letter setting out their dire circumstances, including reference to the unconscionable detention suffered by one... (Continue reading)