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Obama Uses Recess Appointment To Place Openly Gay Man In HHS Position

Written on 20 Aug, 2010 at 13:51 in Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/20/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Richard Sorian was appointed by President Barack Obama to be the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services back in October 2009. Today, he was appointed by President Obama via... (Continue reading)

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Gov. Dean Appears On Countdown To Clarify Mosque Comments, Compares Uproar To Civil Union Debate

Written on 20 Aug, 2010 at 11:20 in Featured, Video Posts | viewed times | 0 Comments

08/20/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean went on Countdown to defend his recent comments regarding the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque”, which is properly known as Park51. The planned community center has come under a great deal... (Continue reading)

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Arizona To Appeal Same-Sex Health Benefits Ruling

Written on 11 Aug, 2010 at 18:05 in Family & Children, Featured, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

8/11/10-by Paula Brooks A spokesman for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says that state will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that Arizona cannot deny family health insurance to employees with same-sex partners. According to AZCentral.com, Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman said, “We are... (Continue reading)

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Anthony Weiner Gives Impassioned Rant Regarding Republican’s Vote On 9/11 Responder Funding

Written on 30 Jul, 2010 at 11:32 in Commentary, Editorials, Featured | viewed times | 0 Comments

07/30/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire On 11 September 2001, my grandmother’s sister was suppose to be in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Luckily, her office’s move into that building was delayed. The son of a colleague was... (Continue reading)

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President Obama’s New HIV/AIDS Descrimination Strategy

Written on 19 Jul, 2010 at 11:50 in Commentary, Featured, Health, Lifestyle, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

Melanie Nathan – July 19, 2010; WASHINGTON – In a critical acknowledgment of the discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS, the Obama administration today, in its newly released strategy, emphasized the government’s responsibility to enforce nondiscrimination laws and made clear that education... (Continue reading)

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Republican Peter King Wants To Hide The GOP Agenda

Written on 16 Jul, 2010 at 20:24 in Election 2010, Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

07/16/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Peter King wants to make sure that the Republican agenda is completely transparent. The problem with transparent things is that they can be invisible. In this case, Representative King wants to try and make it... (Continue reading)

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Health and Human Services Department Issues New Rules For Hospitals Regarding Visitors

Written on 23 Jun, 2010 at 17:19 in Family & Children, Featured, LGBT Rights, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

06/23/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or CMS has issued new rules for hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid to ensure that people can designate who can visit them in the hospital while they are in... (Continue reading)

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Catholic Church Excommunicates Nun Who Helped Provide Life Saving Abortion

Written on 1 Jun, 2010 at 10:03 in Featured, News, Religion, Women's Rights | viewed times | 1 Comment

06/01/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The Catholic Church is so determined to enforce a ban on all abortions that they have recently punished a nun for providing an abortion in order to save a woman’s life. The woman who had to... (Continue reading)

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Utah Lesbian Challenging Incumbent For State’s Second District

Written on 9 May, 2010 at 12:07 in Election 2010, Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 5 Comments

05/09/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Could we see another lesbian gracing the halls of Congress after this election? That is the possibility. Claudia Wright is challenging Representative Jim Matheson in the first primary of his career. Matheson echoed some... (Continue reading)

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Clay Greene Lawsuit Against County- Never Again Sonoma and AMERICA

Written on 20 Apr, 2010 at 15:25 in A Gay Girl's View, Analysis, Anti-Gay, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Family Life, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, Organizations | viewed times | 3 Comments

4-20-210 -Melanie Nathan The response to the horrific story of Clay Greene and Harold Scull has been very gratifying and inspiring. Clearly, their story struck a chord in all of us. To some degree we can’t help imagining... (Continue reading)

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Heartbreaking End For Dying Partner

Written on 18 Apr, 2010 at 23:05 in Anti-Gay, Featured, Hot Topics, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

Image by lez get real via Flickr 4-10-2010 – Posted by Melanie Nathan Greene v. County of Sonoma et al. Clay and his partner of 20 years, Harold, lived in California. Clay and Harold made diligent efforts to protect their... (Continue reading)

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Bad Press Gets Florida Hospital To Change LGBT Visitation Policy

Written on 14 Apr, 2010 at 9:59 in Featured, Health, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, Lifestyle, News, Organizations, People | viewed times | 6 Comments

4/14/10-by Paula Brooks Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, which denied  a dying lesbian mother final visitation with her partner and family, has finally developed and implemented a non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, a patient’s bill of... (Continue reading)

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First In Vitro Fertilization Unit in Israel for HIV Carriers

Written on 13 Apr, 2010 at 2:38 in Conception and Pregnancy, Family, Featured, Health, Hot Topics, Lifestyle, News, Notable Quotes, Sensitive Subjects, Women's Rights, World | viewed times | 3 Comments

Image via Wikipedia “Like a virus, no one is immune from ignorance – no matter what their profession or even educational background might be.“ 4-13-2010m; Posted by Melanie Nathan Rambam Medical Center in Haifa on Tuesday will launch the... (Continue reading)

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The Vigor of Congressional Muscle…

Written on 27 Mar, 2010 at 12:10 in Featured, News, Notable Quotes, Offbeat | viewed times | 3 Comments

Melanie Nathan 3-27-10; Could not resist this chuckle, post the passing of health care reform, as history marks America’s hours of shame, following the vulgar display of hate, violence, and divisiveness in the USA. “By Tom Brandt / Opinions Editor... (Continue reading)

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Senator Boxer Introduces Bill for Gays and Lesbian Equality to COBRA Coverage

Written on 26 Mar, 2010 at 12:03 in Activism, CAMPAIGN 2010, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Politics, Site News | viewed times | 5 Comments

Melanie Nathan -March 25, 2010 ;   Human Rights Campaign reports that “Among the many federal rights and benefits denied to same-sex couples by the combination of marriage inequality and the federal Defense of Marriage Act is access to... (Continue reading)

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