Tag Archives: White House
Supreme possibilities: How the ‘short list’ stacks up
The White House has begun floating trial balloons for candidates President Obama might appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
Obama’s new proposal: LGBTs still missing
President Obama released a new health care reform bill that he says incorporates work done in the House and Senate and adds ideas from Republican members of Congress. But there’s no inclusion in this new proposed measure of any of
Obama appoints first openly transgender people to posts
Amanda Simpson started work this week as one of the first transgender persons ever to receive a presidential appointment to an executive branch post in any administration. The honor as the first belongs to Dylan Orr, a 30-year-old law school
Best seats in the White House
At least four prominent gays were on the guest list for the Obama White House’s first State Dinner, with India, November 24. Hollywood producer David Geffen attended with his partner Jeremy Lingvall; Export-Import Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg attended with his
Obama ends last vestige of HIV travel ban
President Obama announced that his administration will end the long-standing policy that banned immigration by people with HIV infection.
