Category Archives: Politics
Zero LGBT questions at one debate, a flood at another
There was a complete absence of questions about LGBT-related issues at last night’s (September 7) debate among eight of the announced Republican presidential candidates. That stood in stark contrast to just two days earlier (September 5).
Baldwin: Ready for the fight
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin said Wednesday that her campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Wisconsin "will not be about me," but she’s "prepared to respond to any number of likely attacks in this political age," including ones based on
Baldwin makes it official: She’s running for Senate seat
The news became official Tuesday: U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin is running for the U.S. Senate in 2012. Baldwin made her announcement on her campaign website tammybaldwin.com and via email to supporters Tuesday morning.
HRC’s Solmonese to leave post by March
The Human Rights Campaign announced in a press release Saturday, August 27, that its president, Joe Solmonese, "will not renew his contract, which expires March 31, 2012."
Perry signs NOM pledge; readies for debates as frontrunner
The anti-gay National Organization for Marriage announced Friday, August 26, that Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has signed its pledge to vigorously oppose marriage equality for same-sex couples.
The bathroom scare: Old tactics aimed anew at trans-equality bills
Opponents of equal rights for LGBT people have been using "bathroom scare" tactics for some years now to try and stop bills that would prohibit discrimination against transgender people, but fears about who can use public restrooms have a long
Bachmann lands on top, Pawlenty exits, Perry enters
The Republican presidential campaign field took another big lurch to the right over the weekend, welcoming its newest and most dogmatic competitor, weeding out an early entry, and giving a boost to its most anti-gay voices.
Iowa debate: GOP pushing hard to the right on marriage for same-sex couples
There were several head-turning zingers, and combative attacks on fellow candidates in Thursday night's Republican presidential debate, but overall, the forum delivered a hard push to the right-wing on same-sex marriage and a stony silence for equality.
The bathroom scare: ‘Public bathrooms just won’t be safe anymore’
A right-wing group in Massachusetts has launched a new ad campaign using an old scare tactic--the fear of sexual predators in public bathrooms. The aim is not to shore up security in public restrooms. It’s to destroy a bill to
2010 Census trend: 50 percent more same-sex couples over 2000
With only 35 states and Puerto Rico counted, the 2010 Census has already topped the 2000 Census count of same-sex couples in all 50 states.
