New website seeks to out gay priests
Joe.My.God. points to a new website seeking to out gay priests, as a response to Washington Archdiocese of the Catholic Church, which is actively working to stifle LGBT rightsin the District.
A press release on ChurchOuting.org says:
A new local Internet and social media campaign was launched today in response to increasing …
Behind the news: Washington Blade was almost saved
A publisher was in negotiations to buy and run the Washington Blade before it was shut down on Monday.
From a press release:
(Washington DC) In response to media inquiries and an apparent information blackout by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Nicholas F. Benton, owner of the Falls Church News-Press, a …
Fewer vets support ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
From a press release:
A new study about the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy questions the assumption that allowing openly gay and lesbian military personnel to serve in the U.S. armed forces could harm military readiness.
The study surveyed military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan and found …
DC addresses domestic partnerships, religious protections in gay marriage bill
From a press release:
(Washington, D.C.) Proponents and supporters, including D.C. religious leaders, will attend the scheduled mark-up of the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, chaired by Councilmember Phil Mendelson, will review the text of …
Withers: Newsom drops out of the race
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ended his campaign to be governor of California. In a press release, Newsom pointed to his family as the reason.
“With a young family and responsibilities at City Hall, I have found it impossible to commit the time required to complete this effort the way …
Fla. gay org works for patient visitation rights
press release from SAVE Dade:
Despite the recent United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruling that Jackson Memorial Hospital had no obligation to allow visitors to see patients, and that that there was no obligation to provide patients’ families, healthcare surrogates, or visitors with access to patients …
Evangelicals step up for marriage equality
From a press release from American Progress:
Brent Childers used to call himself a “Jesse Helms Republican” who justified his homophobic beliefs through biblical interpretation. But last weekend, as he marched in the Equality March in Washington, D.C., he stood alongside his lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender friends in support of …
House passes defense authorization report, including hate crimes
From an HRC press release:
(Washington) The U.S. House of Representatives passed the conference report for the FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill by a vote of 281 to 146, bringing critical hate crimes protections closer to becoming law than ever before.
Earlier this week, the House voted down a last-ditch effort to …
Senate Majority Leader Reid announces support for National Equality March
From a press release:
(Las Vegas) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is supporting the National Equality March (NEM) saying in a letter addressed to steering committee members, “I write to join in your commitment to ensure equality under the law.” The letter was delivered on September 30.
“We are honored that …
Vanasco: Are you going to the National Equality March?
I returned from the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival yesterday on a high about gay gatherings – to find a press release in my inbox about the National Equality March, to be held Oct. 11 in Washington, D.C.
From the release:
Equality Across America, the new grassroots network calling for Federal action to …
