Tag Archives: 2010 elections

Trans Attorney Runs Against Sally Kern

Since Sally Kern blames LGBT folks for the bad economy and thinks we’re worse than terrorists, I find it more than a little bit delicious that her just-announced 2010 opponent for her Oklahoma House seat is Brittany Novotny, a young transgender attorney. Novotny operates a private law practice specializing in employment and civil rights law in downtown OKC. She represents …

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LA Times: Wait Until 2012 On Prop 8

Last week Equality California announced their decision to wait until 2012 to pursue a repeal of Proposition 8. Other groups such as the Courage Campaign have not signed on, saying they are still studying the issue, having raised $135K to “invest in research, polling and focus groups.” Yesterday the Los Angeles Times published an editorial advising the Courage Campaign to …

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2010 For Prop 8 Attempt? Yes! No!

Members of the “leaderless” marriage equality movement voted this weekend in California to attempt to overturn Prop 8 in 2010. A straw poll of same sex marriage leaders gathered in San Bernardino Saturday just came in: The majority want to return to the ballot in 2010 to try to overturn Proposition 8. Final count of the nonbinding measure: 93 people …

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Howard Dean Endorses Kirsten Gillibrand

And in this clip, they both discuss marriage equality and LGBT rights.

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Fight Prop 8 In 2010? Gay Groups Disagree

LGBT and progressive organizations are in disagreement over whether to battle for the repeal of Proposition 8 in 2010. “Going back to the ballot . . . in 2010 would be rushed and risky,” read a joint statement issued Monday by three gay rights groups and signed by more than two dozen other groups and individuals. “We should proceed with …

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Burris Won’t Run In 2010

Blagojevich appointee Sen. Roland Burris says he won’t run for his seat in 2010. Burris decision appears to have been based at least in part on the fact that he has not been able to raise money for an election campaign. As of March 31st, reports CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris, Burris had raised only $845 and had $111,031 …

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Poll: Prop 8 Repeal Will Be Tough In 2010

Although activists banned the media from their post-Meet In The Middle For Equality leadership summit so that new polling data didn’t “provide ammunition to opponents of same-sex marriage”, the results were published by the Bay Area Reporter yesterday. According to the latest survey, which was taken the first week of May, the “movable middle” on marriage equality is quite small …

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Crist To Announce Senate Run

Tomorrow FL Gov. Charlie “Closet Case” Crist will officially announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Crist’s decision puts Republicans in strong position to hold onto the seat held by retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) Crist holds high approval ratings among both Republicans and Democrats, according to statewide polling, and has forged a moderate governing style that has won him …

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Porn Star Stormy Daniels May Run Against Sen. David “Diaper Boy” Vitter (R-LA)

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), the hateful gay rights opponent whose name was in the little black book of the DC Madam, may have a challenger in porn star Stormy Daniels. Stormy Daniels strode onstage at a downtown Baton Rouge restaurant in a tight black blouse with a plunging neckline and a knee-length skirt in the popular purple of Louisiana State …

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eBay CEO Meg Whitman Announces Bid For California Governor

As widely predicted, today eBay CEO Meg Whitman announced that she will run for governor of California in 2010. Whitman famously came out in support of Proposition 8 last fall, but tells the LA Times that she does support other LGBT right issues. Explaining her support for Proposition 8, the November measure that banned same-sex marriage, she called it a …

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