Posts Tagged ‘President Barack Obama’

Cracks emerge in the “united front” for the repeal of DADT

Cracks emerge in the “united front” for the repeal of DADT
Discussion How can an organization that forcibly strips tens of thousands of its employees of their rightly earned benefits, such as a servicemember’s partner’s access to education and health services, claim to operating at peak efficiency and effectiveness? Despite the united front of the...
February 28th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Pres. Obama nominates openly homosexual prosecutor for California district

Pres. Obama nominates openly homosexual prosecutor for California district
A lesbian prosecutor in San Diego credited with coordinating high-profile narcotics cases along the U.S.-Mexico border was nominated Wednesday by President Obama to be United States attorney for the Southern District of California. If confirmed by the Senate, Laura Duffy would become the second openly...
February 26th, 2010 | NewsBites | Read More

TAKE ACTION on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Join Our Blog Swarm, Call HRC

TAKE ACTION on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Join Our Blog Swarm, Call HRC
Speak Equal has joined a coalition of LGBT and progressive bloggers in asking our readers to contact the Human Rights Campaign to repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” OUR MESSAGE TO HRC IS SIMPLE: Publicly demand that President Obama take the lead in getting DADT repealed this year. 1)...
February 16th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

U.S. Lawmakers Call For LGBT Immigration Reform

U.S. Lawmakers Call For LGBT Immigration Reform
Sixty members of Congress have issued a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders calling for immigration reform to include rights for LGBT binational families and couples. The letter asks to change the current law, which prohibits citizens from sponsoring their same-sex partners for residency...
February 10th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

New York Recommends First Openly Gay Man For Federal Court Appointment

New York Recommends First Openly Gay Man For Federal Court Appointment
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has recommended Daniel Alter to President Obama to serve as judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Although his appointment is subject to Senate confirmation, presidents traditionally abide by the recommendations made by the senior senator...
February 9th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Republican State Sen. Scott Brown Wins Massachusetts U.S. Senate Race

Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley has called her Republican opponent, state senator Scott Brown, to concede the U.S. Senate race. The call came in about 80 minutes after the polls closed, according to The Boston Globe. Brown sustained an early lead over Coakley with a 53% of the vote, versus...
January 19th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Advocate: Gays vs. Democratic Party

In 2004, Andy Szekeres, then a 21-year-old budding Democratic strategist with several political campaigns already under his belt, was working as the Wisconsin LGBT field coordinator for John Kerry’s presidential campaign. Szekeres estimates that he and his team registered 26,000 new gay voters across...
January 16th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

NYT: Pentagon Steps Up Talks On Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is stepping up internal discussions on how gay men and lesbians might be able to serve openly in the armed services, military officials said on Thursday, in anticipation of fulfilling President Obama’s campaign pledge to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law. The...
January 15th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Pres. Obama Makes History With Appointment of Transgender Woman to Dept. of Commerce

The following was announced via an official press release from the National Center for Transgender Equality Amanda Simpson, who has served on NCTE’s Board of Directors for the past 3 years, has been appointed by the Obama Administration as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce....
January 2nd, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Anne Nixon Cooper Died Today At Age 107

Anne Nixon Cooper made history as she cast her ballot for Pres. Barack Obama in 2008. After living through 107 years of change, she died December 22, 2009. The “land of the free, home of the brave” that we take for granted today did not have the same face 107 years ago. Anne Nixon Cooper...
December 22nd, 2009 | NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More
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