Category Archives: News Briefs
Speed Read: Monday 9 December 2013
One openly gay U.S. representative joined a fast over the weekend; another lost his temper on the floor of the House last week; both were pressuring the House to take up an immigration reform bill. Elton John spoke out against
Speed Read: Friday 6 December 2013
While waiting to hear what agreement, if any, a House-Senate committee comes up with in hopes of avoiding an automatic round of sequestration cuts in January, one LGBT community health clinic warns that such cuts could seriously jeopardize its mission.
Speed Read: Tuesday 3 December 2013
President Obama noted that his administration has been able to clear the 9,000-person long waiting list for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. A CDC report last Friday warned that men having sex with men account for at least half of
Speed Read: Monday 2 December 2013
Same-sex couples began marrying after just after midnight this morning in Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Labor will revise its definition of "spouse" for the Family Medical Leave Act by March. National Guards in Texas and Oklahoma force straight and
Speed Read: Wednesday 27 November 2013
A gay couple in Atlanta say they got though the "glitchy" healthcare.gov website and are saving more than $430 a month on a better health plan than they previously had. A federal appeals court said Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage
Speed Read: Tuesday 26 November 2013
While hate crime reports overall have dropped seven percent in the past year, for victims of hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation bias, they have dropped 12 percent. A Chicago judge yesterday ordered the state to immediately issue a marriage
Speed Read: Monday 25 November 2013
President Obama mentioned same-sex couple households in his proclamation for National Family Week. The Arkansas Supreme Court directed a lower court to re-consider the best interests of a child in determining whether he could have overnight visits with a parent
Speed Read: Thursday 21 November 2013
GetEQUAL pressures House Speaker John Boehner to move ENDA to the floor. Sally Ride's partner shares the private decision to identify publicly as gay. Secretary of State John Kerry issues statement for Transgender Day of Remembrance. And more...
