Trangender rights bill passes NY Assembly, faces uphill battle
The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act quietly passed throught the New York Assembly on Tuesday with at 91-40 vote. This is the third consecutive year the Assembly passed the bill that protects transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing and employment.
The bill now faces a series of hurdles in the Senate, …
Withers: Ford meets with Stonewall Democrats
I’ll give Harold Ford credit for moxie. Sure there have been some major gaffes in his “I’m thinking ’bout running for Senate” tour, but he’s a gamer. He went on The Colbert Show and got savagely mocked. Last night he walked into a hornet’s nest by meeting with the New …
Anti-gay NY Sen. booed as he was forced from Senate
Anti-gay NY Sen. booed as he was forced from Senate
Senate approves first lesbian marshal
Sharon Lubinski was approved as US Marshal, becoming the first lesbian to hold the post.
Rwanda to vote on criminalizing gay sex
From Voice of America:
The coalition Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders says draft language to criminalize homosexuality could be voted on in the Rwandan lower house of parliament by Friday. The draft code would then pass to the Rwandan senate for approval.
The amended language for Article 217 acquired …
Bruce Springsteen backs gay marriage in NJ
(Trenton, NJ) “The Boss” is backing gay marriage in the Garden State.
Bruce Springsteen posted a statement on his Web site urging support of the gay marriage bill that’s up for a vote in New Jersey’s Senate on Thursday.
Springsteen wrote that he’s long believed in and has “always spoken out for …
DADT hearing delayed indefinitely
Sen. Carl Levin says the Senate doesn’t “know when [a DADT hearing] is going to happen.”
DADT hearing delayed indefinitely
Sen. Carl Levin says the Senate doesn’t “know when [a DADT hearing] is going to happen.”
DADT hearing delayed indefinitely
Sen. Carl Levin says the Senate doesn’t “know when [a DADT hearing] is going to happen.”
DADT hearing delayed indefinitely
Sen. Carl Levin says the Senate doesn’t “know when [a DADT hearing] is going to happen.”
