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LAUNCHED: “The Trans 100”

Last month GLAAD president Herndon Graddick declared his organization’s focus on transgender equality. Today GLAAD points us to the launch of the “Trans 100,” a listing of transgender activists working to advance the cause across the nation. GLAAD is proud to sponsor the inaugural Trans 100,and honored that GLAAD board member Jenny Boylan was included. “The Trans 100 will bring …

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We Need An Executive Order On LGBT Employees And Federal Contractors

In 2008 then-Sen. Obama promised to deliver an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.  Since then the White House has repeatedly said that a legislative solution that would affect all employers is the goal. But that goal, ENDA, very clearly is out of reach while the GOP controls …

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Quinn: Stop That Lying Ad About Me

Yesterday I reported that the first attack ad of the NYC mayoral race had been launched against City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, whose attorney is now demanding that Time Warner cease airing the ad because it is allegedly false. “Although opponents of a candidate often resort to fanciful broadsides (as with the cigar smoke permeating this ad), facts must not …

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The Iron Lady Of Soft-Serve

The Atlantic mentions today that before she became a politician, Margaret Thatcher was part of a team that developed soft-serve ice cream. While Thatcher’s exact contribution to the effort remains, in a way that would foreshadow her future political career, a matter of controversy, her team ultimately succeeded. And the work resulted, ultimately, in the swirly stuff we know today …

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Singapore: Gay Male Sex Is Still Illegal

The Singapore High Court has dismissed a lawsuit that contends that the nation’s criminalization of male homosexuality is discriminatory and unconstitutional. In his 92-page judgment, Justice Quentin Loh said that Singapore’s society in the midst of change, and in a case where the change in a “particular long-held social norm” has yet to gain currency, a court is “hard put” …

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