House subcommittee approves benefits for same-sex partners
Gay News Blog Jul 30 09A House subcommittee today advanced a bill to provide health and retirement benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal employees. The bill, HR 2517, passed the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on the federal workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia on a party-line vote. Democrats said the bill is needed to eliminate an inequality that drives some talented employees away from the government. Gay and lesbian employees currently cannot cover their domestic partners under their health insurance or provide an annuity for their partners after they die, even if they are legally married in states that recognize gay marriage. Full story...
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Obama names Medal of Freedom recipients, including Harvey Milk ...
Gay News Blog Jul 30 09
President Obama, attempting to spotlight those who have acted as "agents of change," today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures widely known in politics, the arts and sciences, sports and social movements.
Human Rights Campaign Calls on the LGBT Community and Allies to Participate in National, Grassroots Push to Lobby Congress Face-to-Face
Gay News Blog Jul 30 09The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today launched a national, grassroots campaign called "No Excuses" to demand action from Congress on key issues of equality.
Gay professor Simon Karlinsky dies
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Simon Karlinsky, an openly gay distinguished professor in the Slavic Languages and Literatures Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert on the history of homosexuality in Russia, died July 5 due to congestive heart failure.
States with more Catholics more favor gay rights
Gay News Blog Jul 29 09
Want to predict which state might move next to legalize same-sex marriage? You might count Catholics.
Kid Rock: Twitter is gay
Gay News Blog Jul 29 09
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Militias target some Iraqis for being gay
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'Hate crime' at Danish gay games
Gay News Blog Jul 29 09
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IDs of gay partnership foes could be released next week
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