Tag Archives: President Obama
Speed Read: Monday 23 December 2013
State officials in Utah will go before a federal judge this morning to ask that he place a stay on an order he issued Friday, enjoining the state from enforcing its ban on same-sex couples marrying. More than 100 couples
Speed Read: Thursday 12 December 2013
A survey shows 66 percent think Congress should pass ENDA. Maryland's lesbian gubernatorial hopeful gets some national exposure. India heads backwards on civil rights. Edith Windsor is a runner-up for Time Magazine's Person of the Year. And more...
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 4 November 2013
This could be an historic week for LGBT civil rights or a dud. The potential exists for final passage of marriage equality bills in Hawaii and Illinois, and the possibility of passage of ENDA in the U.S. Senate.
Speed Read: Friday 18 October 2013
Oregon will recognize marriage licenses of same-sex couples married in other states. New Jersey Supreme Court could announce today whether it will stop marriages from happening Monday. MSNBC host explains why he's heading to Russia for a gig. California Attorney
LGBT groups: Don’t “retreat” from Olympics, “speak up” in solidarity
At least five international LGBT groups say they oppose a boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Russia over that country’s anti-gay laws. And President Obama ruled out a U.S. boycott of the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year, saying
Obama cancels one-on-one with Putin over various issues, including “human rights and civil society”
President Obama said Tuesday (August 6) that countries that participate in the Olympics “wouldn’t tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently” during the 2014 Olympics in Russia.
