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Lambda Legal attorneys and leaders in the media.
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A Slow Death for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The Huffington Post |
9/30/2010 | |||
| There's no doubt that the U.S. Senate dealt us a major setback last week when it failed to move to a vote a defense bill that contained language that would have overturned "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), the military's ban on gays and lesbians serving openly. Democrats were unable to gather sufficient support to break a filibuster by born-again conservative John McCain. | ||||
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As social media shifts boundaries, a student's suicide shows a darker side
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
10/1/2010 | |||
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Tools Against Homophobic Bullying
The New York Times |
10/1/2010 | |||
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Prop 8 Defender Flees Televised Discussion
The Huffington Post |
10/8/2010 | |||
| 10/8/2010 by Legal Director Jon Davidson | ||||
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Suspects charged in NYC anti-gay attack
USA Today |
10/11/2010 | |||
| 10/11/2010 "Eight teenage and adult males were arraigned Sunday on a range of charges including sexual assault, robbery, intimidation and hate crimes. Two were held in lieu of $100,000 bond, and the others were held without bond. Police said a ninth member of the Latin King Goonies, as the group called itself, was still at large. | ||||
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Barriers remain despite recent gay rights milestones, advocates say
The Washington Post |
10/15/2010 | |||
| "A judge's order this week ending the military ban on openly gay service members capped a ground-breaking year for gay rights advocates, who have won a series of courtroom victories on issues ranging from same-sex marriage to adoption. | ||||
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Don't ask': GOP gays lead fight military ban
San Francisco Chronicle |
10/22/2010 | |||
| 10/22/2010 "The Justice Department tried to block the Log Cabin Republicans' lawsuit from going to trial, arguing that the organization did not have members who were directly affected by the policy. | ||||
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'Don't ask, don't tell' appeals process continues
The Washington Post |
10/25/2010 | |||
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10/25/2010
Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments | Employment and Rights in the Workplace | Military |
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Arkansan in AIDS discrimination case to visit White House
Arkansas News |
10/25/2010 | |||
| An elderly man evicted from a North Little Rock assisted-living center because he had the virus that causes AIDS is scheduled to attend a White House conference on HIV and aging this week. | ||||
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Gay Rights as Human Rights
The Huffington Post |
10/26/2010 | |||
| And what do we think of unknown people? The monsters emerge: Myths of gay men as sexual predators, transgender people as inherently deceptive and dangerous. The city commissioners in my hometown dared to pass an ordinance barring discrimination based on gender identity. Extremists put the ordinance up for majority vote. To promote their campaign they papered people's parked cars with cartoons showing men lurking in women's bathrooms to attack young girls. They added racism into the attack by broadcasting staged video scenes of dark men sneaking into playground restrooms following blonde little girls. | ||||
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