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• A Proud Cadre

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  This post is from Jarrod Chlapowski, a U.S. Army veteran who recently joined the Human Rights Campaign to co nsult on ending the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Having been trained as a Korean linguist and cryptologic voice interceptor, he served in Korea, supporting the 3rd Military Intelligence ...
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• Why Wont HRC Jump On Board the DNC Boycott?

  
  Queerty — Authority: 724
  Often viewed, accurately, as an extension of the Democratic party, the Human Rights Campaign has gone back and forth with how much criticism its willing to levy on the White House and members of Congress. But now that members of the indie (read: non-Gay Inc.) activist scene are boycotting the Democratic National ...
  1 day ago

• NY Times Profiles DP Benefit Tax Provision in House Health Reform Bill

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Check out the New York Times’ story, “Potentially One Less Tax Penalty for Gay Couples” profiling the provision we’ve told you about in the House version of health care reform that would end the unfair taxation of domestic partner health benefits (similar benefits offered to married spouses are not taxed):This ...
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• New Rand Corp Study on DADT

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  This post is from Jarrod Chlapowski, a U.S. Army veteran who recently joined the Human Rights Campaign to consult on ending the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Having been trained as a Korean linguist and cryptologic voice interceptor, he served in Korea, supporting the 3rd Military Intelligence ...
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• OurFamiliesCount.org Census Campaign Officially Launched

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Today, the Human Rights Campaign joined leaders and advocates among the LGBT community today in the launch of Our Families Count ( www.ourfamiliescount.org ) — a new voluntary public education initiative promoting LGBT visibility and participation in next year’s U.S. Census.  The new 2010 Census education ...
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• Half a loaf?

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 435
  Maybe so. The health insurance bill passed by the House isnt the bill Id like to see, and as I expected, isnt one thats going to do a great deal for me. Being required to purchase insurance that I cant really afford and that, because of likely co-pays and deductibles, I cant really use, isnt anything like the single ...
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• House Passes Affordable Health Care for America Act

  
  Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper — Authority: 142
  The U.S. House of Representatives approved Washington Rep. Jim McDermott’s health care reform bill on Saturday, which recognizes gay unions and makes health care more affordable for gay families.The bill, called the Affordable Health Care for America Act, extends Medicaid to cover more families who otherwise would ...
  2 days ago

• One Day, One Struggle: A Campaign for Human Rights in Muslim Societies

  
  Bitch Blogs — Authority: 141
  Today over twenty organizations in eleven countries will hold "simultaneous events and public demonstrations on topics like protesting customary practices such as honor killings and FGM/C, overturning discriminatory and life threatening laws like stoning or lashing of women, and calling for LGBT rights, the right to ...
  2 days ago

• Why the U.S. House’s Health Reform Bill is Good News for Gay Rights

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Rep. Nancy Pelosi made history this weekend, doing something that no politician has been able to do in the United States since...well, forever. Pelosi was able to work the U.S. House to pass a health reform bill, by a vote of 220-215 , that brings this country closer to the precipice of national health care than weve ...
  3 days ago

• Psychic Vampires

  
  ENDAblog — Authority: 135
  Vanessa Edwards Foster knows ‘em when she sees gets bitten by ‘em.
  4 days ago

• Fort Worth, Texas Considering Domestic Partner, Transgender Benefits

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Conservative groups are rallying against proposals aimed at making Fort Worth government policies more inclusive of the gay community. The proposals include extending domestic-partner benefits to gay couples, considering a company’s record on gay and lesbian issues when approving tax breaks, and ...
  4 days ago

• What Do HRC + Scientology Have In Common? Inflating Their Memberships

  
  Queerty — Authority: 724
  The Human Rights Campaign writes in every press release that it is "the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization." Claiming 750,000 members, that might be true. But HRC counts membership by including anyone whos ever donated $1 — even if that donation came in a ...
  6 days ago

• Judy Shepard receives the first-ever Edward M. Kennedy National Leadership Award

  
  progressive involvement — Authority: 138
  On October 10, the 10th anniversary of her sons death, Judy Shepard received the Human Rights Campaigns first Edward M. Kennedy Award.  The award is named for the legendary late senator, a champion of gay rights, and honors “a unique and valued leader” in the community.  Here, Congressman Patrick Kennedy ...
  6 days ago

• HRC salutes Kalamazoo vote, outlines new national context

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 669
  Momentarily turning away from the news of Maine’s nail-biter vote apparently won by opponents of civil marriage rights for gays and lesbians, the Human Rights Campaign issued a statement on yesterday’s Kalamazoo vote. The Washington D.C.-based civil rights organization — the nation’s largest for LGBT ...
  1 week ago

• “As Maine Goes, So Goes The Nation?” Bull. Part One.

  
  The New Civil Rights Movement — Authority: 425
  There’s much to be said about the stunning – and it was stunning – defeat of Maine’s gay marriage law. There’s more to be said about its implications on the bigger picture of marriage equality and the overall picture of gay civil rights. And I’m going to say it all. It will take two parts. Come back for ...
  1 week ago

• VA ELECTION REPORT: Final Countdown

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Across Virginia, HRC staff and supporters have been out working for change since well before sunrise. We’ll be out today in force knocking on doors and calling voters until polls close at 7pm. Our organizers, pumped on coffee and leftover Halloween candy, have been building towards today for months. It’s all about ...
  1 week ago

• The Best Advice on Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  This post is from Jarrod Chlapowski, a U.S. Army veteran who recently joined the Human Rights Campaign to consult on ending the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Having been trained as a Korean linguist and cryptologic voice interceptor, he served in Korea, supporting the 3rd Military Intelligence ...
  1 week ago

• NJ ELECTION REPORT: Column “A” All the Way

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  Today polls in New Jersey opened at 6am and will remain open until 8pm. The election in the garden state is neck and neck and everyone’s vote is needed for equality today.I am running shuttle services for senior citizens all day long. My van is the Equality Express taking seniors and anyone to the polls [...] NJ ...
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• CNN Explores Homophobia in “Black Men in the Age of Obama” Special

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  On October 31, CNN with the help of Essence Magazine aired the first installment of its special, Black Men in the Age of Obama . In addition to talking about higher education, leadership and the struggles that black men in America face, the show also attempted to tackle homophobia in the black community . ...
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• NY’s 23rd: HRC Urges a Vote for Bill Owens

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 453
  The following is from an alert that was sent today to our members in New York’s 23rd Congressional District where a special election tomorrow will fill a seat held by Rep. John McHugh.  Ben Smith at Politico has more . This past Saturday, unfortunately, HRC’s endorsee, Dede Scozzafava, effectively ended her ...
  1 week ago

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