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by Dyana Bagby
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November 15, 2010 15:56 |
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Thirteen activists and LGBT veterans were arrested today after handcuffing themselves to the White House fence to call for the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The action, organized by GetEQUAL, was a call for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Obama to follow through with their promise of repealing the anti-gay policy. The vets and activists say the repeal can be done during the "lame duck" session that began today.
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by Staff
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November 12, 2010 00:00 |
106
Openly LGBT candidates endorsed by the Victory Fund who won on Nov. 2, meaning more were elected in 2010 than any year in history.
4
Openly gay members of Congress, after Democrat David Cicilline was elected to the U.S. House from Rhode Island on Nov. 2.
535
Total voting members of Congress, including 435 in the House and 100 in the Senate. There are no openly LGBT U.S. senators.
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States that elected their first openly gay state lawmakers last week: North Carolina and Ohio.
2
Openly gay state lawmakers in Georgia; State Reps. Karla Drenner and Simone Bell were reelected without opposition on Nov. 2.
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by Lisa Keen
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November 12, 2010 00:00 |
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For two years, Democrats held the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress. The window of opportunity for eliminating federal laws that treated LGBT Americans as second-class citizens was open. The window of opportunity for passing federal legislation to provide equal benefits of citizenship was open.
Some hoped the windows might be open for as long as eight years. But last week’s midterm elections are shutting those windows now — in fewer than eight weeks.
Republicans won back a majority of the U.S. House and it is an even more conservative Republican majority than LGBT citizens experienced in 1993 when Congress passed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on gays in the military. Democrat Tom Foley was Speaker of the House then, Richard Gephardt was Majority Leader. It is even more conservative than the 1996 Congress that passed the Defense of Marriage Act. Republican Newt Gingrich was Speaker then, aided by Dick Armey.
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by Ryan Watkins
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November 09, 2010 17:59 |
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Two separate legal challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act were filed today. The first, brought forward by the Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), was filed today in Connecticut representing plaintiffs from Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire.
The lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of DOMA’s Section 3, which prohibits federal acknowledgment of same-sex marriages performed where such marriages are legal. The lawsuit specifically addresses couples married in Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, according to GLAD.
Same-sex marriages are legal in those states.
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by Staff
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October 29, 2010 00:00 |
6.9
Percent of sexually active male teens in a New York City survey who said they had sex either with males and females or only other males.
11.9
Percent of sexually active female teens in the survey who said they had sex either with males and females or only other females.
38.9
Percent of teens who had at least one same-sex partner but said they identify as “heterosexual or straight.”
79.8
Percent of male teens who had sex only with women and reported condom use during their last sexual encounter.
62.3
Percent of male teens who had sex only with men and reported condom use during their last sexual encounter.
44.1
Percent of male teens who had sex with men and women and reported condom use during their last sexual encounter.
Source: “Pediatrics” journal study via Associated Press (Oct. 25)
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