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February 24, 2014 comments

Attempt to Repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act Fails

(San Francisco) Today, the effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act — California’s new law ensuring that all children have opportunities to do well in school — failed to qualify for the ballot. The law — also known as Assembly Bill 1266 — went into effect on January 1, ensuring that schools have…Read More→

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February 17, 2014 comments

President Obama On Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

President Barack Obama has released a strongly-worded statement on the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. The bill punishes same-sex relations with life imprisonment and denies bail to those accused of “aggravated homosexuality.” Various outlets reported on Friday that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni planned on signing the bill into law. The measure proposes life imprisonment for people repeatedly…Read More→

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February 6, 2014 comments

TBT: The Week in LGBT History Feb 3 – Feb 9

“Butchie” Awarded Certificate of Honor February 3, 1988 Cameron “Butchie” Tanner is a bartender and drag performer in San Francisco and had been elected “Empress of San Francisco” He was awarded a Certificate of Honore by the City of San Francisco on this day. Reference   National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Reports on Transgender…Read More→

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February 5, 2014 comments

Billie Jean King Won’t be Attending Sochi Opening

Associated Press Billie Jean King will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia because her mother is ill. King was chosen in December to help lead the U.S. delegation to the Sochi Games. King has been outspoken in her opposition to Russia’s anti-gay law and had planned to attend ice hockey…Read More→

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January 23, 2014 comments

TBT: The Week in LGBT History

New York Times Reports Murray Hall’s Story January 19, 1901 Murray Hall had lived as a male politician for decades, and was discovered to be female bodied after Hall died of breast cancer. The headline read: Murray Hall Fooled Many Shrewd Men – How for Years She Masqueraded in Male Attire – Had Married Two…Read More→

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January 17, 2014 comments

Johnny Weir caught ‘in a crossfire’

LONDON (Reuters) – As an openly gay American athlete who is a self-confessed Russophile, Johnny Weir feels he has been caught up “in a crossfire” for not backing a boycott of the Sochi Olympics in the wake of the country’s anti-gay policies. Passage of the law in June, which prohibits the promotion of “gay propaganda”…Read More→

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January 17, 2014 comments

Putin: Gay ‘Propaganda’ Law Doesn’t Discriminate

Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin sought Friday to reassure gay visitors to the Sochi Games that they are welcome in Russia despite a law banning gay “propaganda” to minors. Responding to questions over an anti-gay law approved in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday insisted gays can feel “at ease” during the Sochi…Read More→

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January 10, 2014 comments

US government to recognize gay marriages performed in Utah

US Attorney General Eric Holder had some good news for the more than 1,000 same-sex couples in Utah who got married in recent weeks: their marriages are considered legal by the federal government. Holder delivered the news via video message on Friday (10 January) a few days after Utah Governor Gary Herbert essentially said the…Read More→

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January 10, 2014 comments

Maryland to Recognized Same-Sex Marriages Performed in Utah

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) told national gay-rights activists Friday that Maryland will recognize same-sex marriages performed in Utah during the 17 days they were recently allowed, the WaPo reports: The Human Rights Campaign has been seeking assurances that the marriages in Utah would be recognized in states such as Maryland, where gay nuptials are…Read More→

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January 10, 2014 comments

Billie Jean King Talks About Sochi Delegation

Tennis legend Billie Jean King says President Barack Obama’s decision to send 3 openly gay athletes to the Winter Olympics conveys a powerful message to Russia. King, hockey player Caitlin Cahow and Olympic figure skater Brian Boitano are part of a 10-person delegation which will represent the United States during the Olympic Games to be…Read More→