Queerty (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Lesbian politico Tammy Baldwin and others are sick and tired of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s “unsatisfactory response” to the unequal treatment of gays in the State Department. “They said they are looking to Secretary Rice for her ‘personal leadership on this issue, in the interest of mission effectiveness, workplace equity, and fairness for those [...]
Queerty (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Lesbian politico Tammy Baldwin schooled her Congressional colleagues on Day of Silence this morning. Speaking on the House floor, Baldwin chatted about how 500,000 students are shutting their mouths to break the silence on anti-gay bullying. She then reminded them of Lawrence King and implored our nation's politicians to support the controversial movement: This year’s event [...]...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
I think Elaine Donnelly is getting the vapors again. This time it's over Tammy Baldwin's partner being allowed to travel with her on a military jet. Scare quotes are plentiful. A conservative military watchdog says the Pentagon has set a disturbing precedent in allowing a homosexual member of Congress to take her "domestic partner" with her on a congressional fact-finding trip to Europe....
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
There she goes again . Elaine Donnelly , the ever-so-coiffed defense-department-damsel-in-distress, is having Sapphic visions of a Slip 'N Slide ride with openly lesbian Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin. And of course, it has something to do with Tammy's mile-high adventure with a woman. After Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, at the behest of San Fran sister Pelosi, granted Baldwin...
The Left Coaster (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
First, the cut-and-paste from the House Judiciary Committee website: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Committee Members Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Artur Davis (D-AL), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced three critical actions in the Committee's investigation into allegations of selective or poltiically-motivated prosecution in the Justice Department. The...
Badger Blog Alliance (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
… who’s running to her left . I guess that’s possible - somebody moving to Baldwin's left - in the “me buying Bud Light and liking it” vein ( see preceding post ). Anyway, his name’s Dave St. Amant, and he made his announcement in the Capitol Times , which is probably a good idea because that’s where “his people” probably are. On the down side, he spends more time bitching about the Bush Administration...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
We knew this would happen. The right wing’s usingpolitico Tammy Baldwin’s struggle with the Pentagon as a pawn. Apparently treating Baldwin and her domestic partner like any other spouses “sets a disturbing precedent” that suggests “marriage doesn’t matter.” [One News Now]
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Politico reports : Prior to the Easter recess, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to intervene with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in order to get Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin's domestic partner on a military flight for a congressional fact-finding trip to Europe. The speaker succeeded, but the issue continues to simmer for both sides. The Pentagon appears to be self-conscious about...
Pandagon (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
... Pelosi was forced to intervene with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in order to get Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s domestic partner on a military flight for a congressional fact-finding trip to Europe. The speaker succeeded, but the issue continues to simmer for both sides. The Pentagon appears to be self-conscious about transporting gay domestic partners at a time when it continues...
The Tin Man (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Two disheartening stories today about lesbians and the U.S. government. First up, a woman in a DOJ department affiliated with the U.S. Attorneys’ Office might have been fired for being a lesbian. Second, the U.S. military tried to prevent Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin from bringing her partner with her on a military flight to Europe for an [...]
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
An update on yesterday's post. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reversed decision and allowed Tammy Baldwin's partner Lauren Azar to travel on congressional trip after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intervened. Soul departed: "Life Before Death" photographic portrait project shows in London....
CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
... when the military brass thought they could keep a gay spouse to current elected member of Congress Tammy Baldwin from Madison, Wisconsin off a plane, I had to do a double take at the headline. Surly no military jar-neck would think they had balls big enough for that? Why would anyone even try…..or want to?
Mombian (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
When Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin went with a congressional delegation to Europe, she brought along her spouse, as did other members of Congress. Or at least she wanted to. The Pentagon at first said her spouse, Lauren Azar, who had exchanged vows with Baldwin in 1998, could not take the flight. Speaker of the [...]
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
The Politico's reporting that Nancy Pelosi helped get Tammy Baldwin's partner on a fact-finding trip to Europe: Under House guidelines, members of Congress may take their spouses with them on military flights if there is room for them and when it is "necessary for protocol purposes." Although Baldwin, the only openly gay woman elected to Congress, exchanged wedding vows with Lauren...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
The Pentagon at first blocked U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin's domestic partner from traveling on a military plane with a congressional delegation on a trip to Europe but gave in after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intervened.
