Elder Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The National Senior Citizens Law Center, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), are working together to raise...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Start spreading the news... New York's Legislature is meeting in extraordinary session to confront a $3.2 billion deficit and possibly hold a landmark vote to provide final legislative approval of same-sex marriage. However, there were no agreements Monday that were certain to be part of Tuesday's session. The Senate may also take up a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Even if the issue comes to...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
With his approval ratings stuck somewhere between Dick Cheney and botulism, New York Governor David Paterson is staking it all on the line with a push this week to have the New York State Senate address the issue of marriage equality . Paterson has placed a gay marriage vote before state senators, scheduled for tomorrow, that could make New York the next state to recognize marriage equality. Paterson...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Will Gays Again Squander A Ballot Loss Crisis? Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff to President Obama, believes no serious crisis should be wasted to bring forth necessarily and valuable changes unlikely to happen at any other time. Such a crisis befell the American gay community in the wake of Prop 8 passing in California last November, and despite many street protests, angry blog postings, the formation...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Task Force released the following yesterday: Passage of Referendum 71 in Washington state is a victory for fairness and families "This victory promotes fairness, supports families, and is good for Washington state and the country. This victory sends the message that no family should be left vulnerable and without basic protections because of someone else's prejudices." - Rea Carey, Executive...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The furious explosion of nutjobs over the passage of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act continues... Our old fundie friend, Pastor Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (yeah, that's clue number one about his point of view), is back at his gay hating ways. But this time he's taking it to a whole new level. Cass and crew are headed to DC on November 16th...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Maine: Gayja Vu All Over Again x31 The Urban Dictionary has two entries for " gayjavu " and two more for "gay ja vu ," and I will soon submit a fifth entry, spelled " gayja vu " because the ones already listed don't sum up my definition of the phrase. To me, gayja vu is when you have the same gay leaders and advocacy groups, with the same political thinking, waging the...
Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
News release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force shares data on the prevalence of discrimination against LGBT workers WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund today...
Politik Ditto (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
YahooNews.com : The stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage . They had Maine 's governor, legislative leaders and major newspapers on their side, plus a huge edge in campaign funding. So losing a landmark referendum was a devastating blow, for activists in Maine and nationwide. In an election that had been billed for weeks as too close to call, Maine's often unpredictable voters repealed...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
REMINDER: THE site for results is this Bangor Daily News link.... even the campaign is using it as a reference. ============================================= Got this preliminary program for later tonight: 9 pm- Maine Coalition MC- Betsy Smith, Executive Director of EqualityMaine Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director, GLAD Shenna Bellows, Executive Director, MCLU Myke Johnson, Anne Underwood...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Oh my -- the Peter is so miffed at Louise calling his flaccid press conference in Maine the other day a "rally" that he decided to give her a shout out: Audio of Maine Press Conference Laying out Radical Gay Task Force Agenda Highlighting Outside ‘Gay’ Extremism in Maine: Thanks to our opponents, we have an audio record of the Maine news conference last week led by Paul Madore...
F.R.I.D.A. (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
LGBTQ Long Term Care Survey! Check it out! Dear Colleague: The National Senior Citizens Law Center, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), are working together to raise awareness of the issues facing older adults who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I think this was one of Bilerico's best weeks ever. Not only did we have some highly popular emotional and entertainment posts this week, but our political coverage was spectacular. What other LGBT site covered the hate crimes bill signing - and gave you personal posts from contributors who attended? Combine that with our Ryan White Act reporting and a big dose of health care breaking news and you've...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Accused $6M Lesbian Embezzler Pleads Not Guilty The Des Moines Register is following the case of Phyllis Stevens, a lesbian accountant accused of embezzling close to $6 million from the insurance company that employed her, and the paper ran two updates in recent days. First up, the piece about her hearing on Friday: Phyllis Stevens, accused of embezzling of $5.9 million from Aviva USA, pleaded not...
SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Preliminary Findings • September 2009 National Transgender Discrimination Survey by The National Center for Transgender Equality and The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Employment Transgender people are targets of discrimination in many areas of their lives; this marginalization exposes them to tremendous social and economic insecurity. Until now, data on the prevalence and character of this...
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