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“Julie is an experienced and tested leader who will bring an important voice to Washington. Her fearless advocacy has improved the lives of all Texans," said LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President and CEO Annise Parker.
"It’s incredible to be part of a moment where we are all motivated by joy rather than fear,” BenDeLaCreme said, referring to the atmosphere of the DNC.
Drag Out the Vote has chosen these 38 queens, kings, and things to get you to sashay to the polls!
I appreciate the allies who have reached out to me in the past days asking how they can help.
It was a good night, especially for Republican women.
Facebook defends its support of a politician who has fought fiercely against LGBT civil rights.
The inexorable march toward full equality got some unexpected boosts this week, enraging conservatives from Oregon to Washington, D.C.
Mary Cheney isn't keeping quiet about her disappointment with her sister's opposition to marriage equality.
Get a taste of the current state of politics as they pertain to lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. Only on SheWired.
LPAC, the first super PAC dedicated to increasing lesbian participation in politics, announced the first round of its 2012 political slate on Thursday, with a mix of pro-LGBT and pro-women candidates and ballot initiative campaigns around the country joining Tammy Baldwin as recipients of support.
LPAC, the super PAC launched to amplify lesbian voices in politics, announced that Tammy Baldwin, who is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, would be the first candidate to receive its support. The group broke the not-so-surprising news to supporters Tuesday morning in an e-mail that called Baldwin’s campaign “important and historic.” The seven-term Democratic congresswoman could become the first openly gay person elected to the Senate, and voters today will select her Republican opponent from a field of four men, a contrast that LPAC emphasized in its fund-raising pitch.
Leaders include Urvashi Vaid, former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts, a co-chair of the Democratic National Committee’s LGBT Leadership Council and top bundler for President Barack Obama. Glee star Jane Lynch and tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King do not serve on the board, but they have endorsed the effort.
The Human Rights Campaign PAC will hold a reception Thursday night in New York City to honor U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine for her instrumental leadership to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Last December, the moderate Republican from Maine sponsored the standalone “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal bill with U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. Seven other Republicans joined her in voting for repeal, which passed the senate by a vote of 65 to 31.
As Election Day approaches, Cynthia Nixon reviews the progress of Fight Back New York, the PAC dedicated to defeating New York state senators who voted against the marriage equality bill last year. Nixon reviews the celebrities who have contributed videos for Fight Back New York in the past year to fight for the right for lesbians and gays to marry, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rosie Perez, Alec Baldwin, and Whoopi Goldberg. She also reminds viewers of recent successes at the ballot box.
The train of celebrity videos calling for marriage equality in New York continues, with Whoopi Goldberg speaking for the PAC Fight Back New York. The Goldberg video joins previous installments for Fight Back New York for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people from Cynthia Nixon, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Rosie Perez. The HRC Campaign for New York Marriage is also producing its own video series for marriage equality, which has posted messages from celebrities including Julianne Moore, Fran Drescher, and Moby.
In a new video supporting lesbian and gay rights actress Rosie Perez tells New York state senator Ruben Diaz Sr. that his antigay stances do not reflect the attitudes of the majority of New York's Latinos.
Antigay Republican Tom Emmer is making headlines for benefiting from Target Corp.’s $150K contribution to a conservative PAC supporting his bid for governor of Minnesota. What isn’t making many headlines is the identity of his likely opponent. Pro-gay former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton is in the lead heading into the August 10 primaries. An heir to Dayton-Hudson Corporation fortune, Mark Dayton is the great-grandson of George Dayton, who stared the Dayton’s department store chain. In 1960, the company opened the first Target, a discount version of Dayton’s.
While all of Los Angeles and many other cities in California and across the country are singularly focused at the moment on the injustice of the passage of Proposition 8 I thought perhaps this would be a good opportunity to take a break from the protests, rest our weary minds and hearts, and take a look at what the gay and lesbian community is like in another part of the world -- Paris, France.
