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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
You cannot go platinum a gazillion times and get away with this one. However seems popular darling and singing sensation may well get her pass, at least from those who do not have a clue. But for this lesbian Jewish... (Continue reading)
10/29/09-by OutVoice I have always taken pride in not voting a straight party ticket. As I lean more toward independent that only makes sense. However the ugly and dishonest politics of this year’s Virginia election may change all that. Since the... (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)
By Melanie Nathan – Oct 27, 2009 – Today a post by Senator Arlen Specter appeared in the Huffington Post where Specter categorically states: “The time has come to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Enacted 13... (Continue reading)