Monthly Archives: February 2013
Most benefits extended to gay military
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued a memorandum to the armed services branches Monday ordering the extension of 22 educational, survivor, travel, and transportation benefits to the “same-sex domestic partners” of service members.
Second gay appeals nominee named
President Obama has once again nominated an openly gay man to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The president nominated Department of Justice attorney
Interior nominee is staunch supporter
President Obama’s new nominee to serve as Secretary of Interior was a staunch supporter of marriage equality in Washington State last year.
LGBT support for Hagel remains split, but OutServe-SLDN is ‘comfortable’ with nominee
The LGBT community’s position on Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary remains quietly split as Hagel approaches his first key Senate vote, perhaps as early as Thursday, February 6. No LGBT organization, not even the Human Rights Campaign or OutServe-SLDN, has met
