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Senator John Kerry Calls For End To Ban On Gay Blood Donations

Written on 26 Jul, 2010 at 22:20 in Featured, Health, Lifestyle | viewed times | 0 Comments

07/26/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Senator John Kerry has renewed his push to get the US Food and Drug Administration to revise the current policy barring all gay men from donating blood. According to him “It’s past time that we examine... (Continue reading)

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Gay Blood Donation Ban to Continue

Written on 12 Jun, 2010 at 8:58 in Featured, Health, LGBT Rights, News, Organizations | viewed times | 0 Comments

6/12/10- by Paula Brooks Our Fierce Advocates in the Obama Administration have decided to ignore years of studies that say a ban on gay male blood donors is based on fear and discrimination rather than science, and have decided to continue... (Continue reading)

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Rare Permission by DHS for Binational Couple

Written on 4 Jun, 2010 at 13:22 in Binational Immigration, Columns, Featured, LGBT Rights, News, Special Reports | viewed times | 3 Comments

6-04-2010   Melanie Nathan Tim Coco and Genesio Oliveira married in 2005, when same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts. However because gay people are unable to sponsor a spouse for immigration to the USA in parity with heterosexual couples,  they were separated for... (Continue reading)

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Politico Reports on Schumer’s Immigration Reform – A binational Perspective

Written on 19 Jan, 2010 at 15:07 in Binational Immigration, Columns, Featured, News, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 10 Comments

Image via Wikipedia By Melanie Nathan:  Let us analyze this Politico report below;  My comments: From an LGBT and binational perspective -  What is of great concern is that there is no mention of LGBT inclusion at this time and whatever the plan... (Continue reading)

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Melanie Nathan Calls for Moratorium as US Citizen’s Brazilian same-sex husband denied asylum ..

Written on 26 Oct, 2009 at 21:30 in Activism, Binational Immigration, Columns, Commentary, Editorials, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Rants & Raves, World | viewed times | 8 Comments

BOSTON — Associated Press reports today that a gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won’t be reunited with his Massachusetts husband in the U.S. Tim Coco, the US citizen binational spouse said that  Attorney General... (Continue reading)

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Rep. Barney Frank Will Not Seek The Seat Held By The Late Senator Ted Kennedy

Written on 17 Sep, 2009 at 10:05 in Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 4 Comments

09/17/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There has been a lot of speculation as to who would seek to replace Senator Edward Kennedy in the Senate. Kennedy passed away from cancer earlier this year, and left a seat vacant which had been... (Continue reading)

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Sen. Kennedy Wants to Change Mass. Law Regarding Special Elections

Written on 20 Aug, 2009 at 6:15 in Featured, News, People | viewed times | 2 Comments

08/20/09 – by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Sen. Edward Kennedy is not dying, but he is worried about his possible replacement. Currently Massachusetts law allows for a five month campaign to replace any Senator who either passes away or becomes permanently incapacitated.... (Continue reading)

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Bookies Giving Odds On Palin Divorce

Written on 4 Aug, 2009 at 10:38 in Featured, News, People | viewed times | 10 Comments

Following Sarah Palin’s attack on those who are reporting that she is getting a divorce, bookmakers have offered odds on whether or not she and Todd Palin will be divorcing this year. An observant reader from Alaska helpfully sent... (Continue reading)

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Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) Has Prostate Cancer

Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 10:57 in Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 7 Comments

Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut has reveled that he has prostate cancer. While he is in the early stages of this disease, the questions regarding his health now add to the worries that he is facing for what could... (Continue reading)

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Watch Now! Rolling Stone Exposé Overshadowed By Too Much MJ Coverage!

Written on 8 Jul, 2009 at 10:24 in Entertainment, Featured, Magazines | viewed times | 4 Comments

The coverage of Michael Jackson's death is another great example of the media pushing the distractions, when people are really interested in the real news. One blog poll showed that a whopping 87% of people polled thought there was too... (Continue reading)

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Lez Wrap it Up: Poor Lesbians, Ms.Cleo, the Gay Test

Written on 28 Mar, 2009 at 20:00 in Columns, Featured, Lez Wrap It Up | viewed times | 1 Comment

With so much news and entertainment for the LGBT community each week it can be hard to keep up! This weekly wrap up post features some of the top LGBT news stories that we saw around the internet as we were... (Continue reading)

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Kerry Asks Attorney General to Reunite Gay Couple

Written on 22 Mar, 2009 at 8:09 in Family, Family Equality, Featured, News, People, Politics, Relationship Rights, World | viewed times | 5 Comments

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to grant asylum to a gay married man in his state who was deported despite his rape in Brazil. In his letter sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday,... (Continue reading)

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