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Conduct Unbecoming: The 10th Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" As the United States military continues to wage war in Iraq and Afghanistan, discharges of lesbian and gay military personnel plummeted 17% in FY2003, according to a new report from Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 9:36am PST
4/21: Day of Silence The Day of Silence, a project of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in collaboration with the United States Student Association (USSA), is a student-led day of action where those who support making anti-LGBT bias unacceptable in schools take a day-long vow of silence to recognize and protest the discrimination and harassment -- in effect, the silencing -- experienced by LGBT students and their allies....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 9:33am PST
New York Gay Weddings Spread To Albany There were more gay weddings in New Paltz, New York this weekend, and for the first time in Albany, the state capital....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 9:31am PST
UN Drops Gay Civil Rights A move to add sexuality to the list of categories protected by the United Nations has been dropped in the midst of intense pressure from the Vatican and Muslim nations....
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 9:29am PST
OREGON Marry-In speeds toward highest state court In Oregon, foes agree to send same-sex marriage dispute to Oregon Supreme Court....
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 10:31pm PST
5/16: Night of Marriage Equality Parties Across US Supporters Host House Parties To Fund the Work of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 10:16pm PST
Pro-Marriage Groups Commend Pelosi and Newsom Marriage Equality California and Equality California Commend U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi for Supporting Marriage Equality and Mayor Gavin Newsom's Actions...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 9:39pm PST
Equal Freedom OR Equal Nonfreedom? Oregon's Benton County wants to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, as Multnomah County does. Unable to do so, county commissioners create The Benton County Principle:
"Equal freedom for all, or equal NONfreedom for all."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2004 7:31pm PST
Patricia Ireland Becomes Senior Advisor to Equality Campaign: Patricia Ireland Becomes Senior Advisor to Equality Campaign: Will Attend
Senate Judiciary Committee Gay Marriage Hearing, March 23, Representing
DontAmend.com, a project of the Equality Campaign...
Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2004 9:58am PST
Will freedom reach Bay State on May 18? We expect same-sex marriages in Massachusetts on May 18. But not everyone there seems sure it will happen on schedule....
Posted: Sun, Mar 21, 2004 9:20pm PST
Federal Marriage Amendment to 'Dick-Walker-Off' Our Civil Liberties GLBT civil rights. Intro. to Logic example to exercise. Petition to Sign being sent to President George Walker Bush against the federal marriage amendment.
http://www.care2.com/go/z/12465...
Posted: Sun, Mar 21, 2004 6:34pm PST
Queer DNC Call to Action Call for queers to come to Boston July 26-29, during the Democratic National Convention, for a convergence....
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2004 2:44pm PST
Spain Will Legalise Gay 'Marriages' - Zapatero MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will legalize gay unions, although it may not call them marriages, incoming prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Thursday, but he did not set a time-frame for the move....
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 6:31pm PST
Tennessee county seeks to bar gays Rhea County, Tenn., commissioners unanimously voted to ask state lawmakers to introduce legislation amending Tennessee's criminal code so the county can charge gay men and lesbians with crimes against nature. "We need to keep them out of here," said Commissioner J.C. Fugate, who introduced the motion. County attorney Gary Fritts also was asked by Fugate to find the best way to enact a local law barring gays and lesbians from living in Rhea County. Commissioners asked Fritts to bring...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 8:18am PST
Sebastopol and FL City Support, Explore Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Two more cities on opposite sides of the country have joined a growing list of communities calling for legalized same-sex marriage and an end to attempts to amend the US Constitution to bar gay unions. In California, Sebastopol city council passed similar motions, urging the Sonoma County clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and asking the Board of Supervisors to support civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples....
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 12:29am PST
LGBT Federal Workers Lose Job Protections Gay and lesbians in the entire federal workforce have had their job protections officially removed by the office of Special Counsel. The new Special Counsel, Scott Bloch, says his interpretation of a 1978 law intended to protect employees and job applicants from adverse personnel actions is that gay and lesbian workers are not covered....
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 12:22am PST
Marry-In moves to TWO counties in Oregon The historic Marry-In has moved its main thrust from San Francisco up to Multnomah and Benton counties in Oregon. Benton will begin issuing same-sex licenses on March 23....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 7:51pm PST
Gay lib: Televized fantasies, political realities Despite the enormous popularity of gay characters in many sitcoms, real gay men and women face more challenges than ever before in the fight for equal rights....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 3:58pm PST
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