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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...
Rustin, Ride win presidential award
The White House announced Thursday (August 8) that President Obama has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and first American woman into space Sally Ride. Both were gay.
White House honors LGBTs
The White House announced Monday (May 20) it would honor the late astronaut Sally Ride, whose same-sex relationship was revealed after her death last year. The White House will present Ride's partner and other family members with the Medal of