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The audacity of Kate … and Geoff

I just received the following in an email from Kate Kendell, the Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Kendell points to this online petition at Equality California, which readers should promptly visit to conveniently remind our fierce advocate what fierce advocacy is all about. Tell President Obama to Take Action and Overturn Prop. 8 Dear [...]

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Statement of NCLR's Kate Kendell

Just received: The Day After a Hard Night Kate Kendell Executive Director National Center for Lesbian Rights 11.04.09 D'j? vu is welcome when it flashes us back to a welcome or happy memory. Today d'j? vu is not so pleasant. The loss of marriage rights in Maine is a traumatic reminder of our Prop 8 fight in California. On election night one year ago, I spent a sleepless night tormented...

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It is time for Congress to take action and pass ENDA now

Editors' Note: This guest post is from Mara Keisling, Exec Director, National Center for Transgender Equality; Kate Kendell, Exec Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights; Jody Huckaby, Exec Director, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) National; Michael Mitchell, Exec Director, Stonewall Democrats; Selisse Berry, Exec Director, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates;...

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Weekly Reader: Hugs, Honduras, & Grandma's Dress

... of Bigotry Filed by: Patricia Nell Warren Wednesday Jorge and Will: Tragedy and Hope Filed by: Kate Kendell Simon LeVay and the Biology of Sexual Orientation Filed by: Betty Greene Salwak Thursday In My Grandmother's Dress Filed by: Father Tony What will President Obama do about that pesky federal Prop 8 suit? Filed by: Phil Reese Friday Irene Vilar's Impossible Motherhood: Testimony...

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“Because really, isn’t it still just about Love?”

Last week, after the vote that eliminated same-sex marriage rights in Maine, I posted a letter by Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, that I thought was a particularly fitting description of the meaning of the loss. A friend of mine, Starla King, writes a blog called Starla’s Word Stew that [...]

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Weekly Reader: Gay Geeks, Election Night, & Equality March Controversy

... Do You Just Watch a Rape? Filed by: Terrance Heath Wednesday The Day After a Hard Night Filed by: Kate Kendell Update: Statement on Gender Identity Disorder and Transvestic Fetishism in the DSM-V Filed by: Kelley Winters Thursday Speaker Pelosi (and all your Democratic friends): I'm not waiting anymore. Filed by: Kip Williams Marriage after Maine Filed by: Nan Hunter Friday The Top...

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A Letter on Yesterday’s Loss of Marriage Rights in Maine

I thought the following letter from Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, was a particularly fitting description of the meaning of yesterday’s loss of marriage rights in Maine. Please give it a thoughtful read. The Day After a Hard Night Déjà vu is welcome when it flashes us back to a welcome [...]