Next Monday, in another effort to ease tensions between the Obama and administration and pretty much every LGBT person in America, the White House will host a celebration of Stonewall:
As advocates for gays and lesbians intensify their criticism of the White House, President Obama has invited some of their leaders to an East Room reception next Monday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the 1969 Greenwich Village demonstrations that gave birth to the modern gay rights movement.
The White House has not publicized the reception, and officials did not respond to e-mail requests for comment. But ...
The "lavender scare" refers to the rampant fear and persecution of homosexuals in the United States during the 1950's, in the McCarthy era. Homosexuality was regarded as a mental illness, and gays and lesbians were feared to become susceptible to be blackmailed into agents on behalf of the communist Soviet Union.
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Obama appoints Marble to OPM press shop John Marble, the openly gay former communications director at National Stonewall Democrats, has accepted a presidential appointment as a public affairs specialist at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Same-Sex Marriage Gains Traction in DC In a decision that reaffirms the rights of gays and lesbians under the city’s civil rights law, the Washington D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics blocked a proposal to let voters decide whether to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
One in six hate crimes is anti-gay andanti-gay hate crime murders highest since ...
President Barack Obama has repeatedly said that he won’t make a move to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the ban on LGBT people serving openly in the military, because ultimately it is up to Congress to change the law. His spokespeople have repeated this in answer to questions about why he hasn’t issued a stop loss order in order to halt the ongoing discharges of qualified gays and lesbians from the armed forces. They have, in effect, thrown the ball completely into the Congress’ court.
Now we have word from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the reason the repeal of ...