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Thursday, August 28

94% Of Fortune 500 Protect Gays

The Equality Forum reports that 471 of the nation's 500 biggest companies now include sexual orientation in their employment discrimination protections. That number represents a massive improvement from 2003 when only 323 companies did so. Almost half of the remaining non-compliant companies are...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Joe. My. God. on 08-28-2008
Friday, August 22

New Version Of ENDA Cites DOMA For Definition Of Marriage

Democrats in Congress have reworked a plank of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act ( ENDA ) to allow employers to deny benefits to legally married gay couples in California and Massachusetts. ENDA now cites the Defense of Marriage Act in its definition of married couples recognized by the federal government...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Joe. My. God. on 08-22-2008
Friday, August 22

ENDA Now Includes DOMA Clause

Gay Congressman Barney Frank in Washington will no doubt garner some gay ire in coming weeks. Frank, Human Rights Campaign and others have been busy hashing out the ever-contentious Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and the latest controversy has nothing to do with trans inclusion, which has derailed...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 08-22-2008
Thursday, August 21

Christianists Win, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal To End LGBT Job Protections

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is allowing to a 2004 law that protects LGBT people from job discrimination to lapse , claiming (lying) that state and federal laws already protect people being fired for being gay. Calling the executive order unnecessary, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday he would not reissue...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Joe. My. God. on 08-21-2008
Thursday, August 21

And then there were three . . .

. . . Well there aren't three yet actually, but gay Colorado businessman Jared Polis was the surprise winner last week in a highly competitive Democratic primary and is the heavy favorite in November in his bid to be the...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Citizen Crain on 08-21-2008
Wednesday, August 20

This Weekend: NLGJA Convention

This Friday I'll be heading down to DC for the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association's annual convention . I'll be speaking on a Saturday panel defending my support here for a trans-inclusive ENDA. As panel moderator Michael Triplett pointed out to me, I have "lots of very...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Joe. My. God. on 08-20-2008
Monday, July 28

Non-inclusive ENDA: A fight with a non-foreseen end-a

The Human Rights Campaign/ transgender community rift continues. This report from San Francisco: Keeping the T in LGBT [Castro in the Streets]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Good As You on 07-28-2008
Sunday, July 27

Frayed alliances in LGBT advocacy revealed in protest of SF HRC fundraiser

Source: LAist , Queerty , Associated Press via San Jose Mercury News , Bay Area Reporter Not even a widely supported goal like the maintenance of marriage equality in California can bring all LGBT activist groups or the politicians who support them together with the nation's largest and richest advocacy...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 07-27-2008
Saturday, July 26

LA Mayor Pulls Out Of HRC Dinner Over ENDA Debacle

Human Rights Campaign’s past continues to bite back. The non-profit caused a rift last year when it supported a non-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act after vowing to fight for trans inclusive measure. Even after the group apologized and promised to right its wrongs, some queer activists...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-26-2008
Friday, July 04

San Francisco Bay Area Residents Take Stand Against HRC

"On Saturday, July 26th, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is hosting its annual San Francisco gala dinner and fund raiser at the Westin St. Francis hotel. They’ll raise money, cheer and applaud their apparent successes in Washington DC, announce a sudden, renewed interest in marriage, and claim that...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queers United on 07-04-2008

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