Joe Solmonese statement on Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand
January 23, 2009
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese issued a statement today on the appointment of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) by Gov. David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who resigned as the state’s junior senator this week.
Continue Reading ►Official White House website outlines LGBT platform
January 21, 2009
President Obama's slick and cool new Whitehouse.gov portal was launched shortly after he was sworn-in on Tuesday - and it already includes the platform on LGBT rights that was published on his presidential transition website.
Continue Reading ►NYT Op-ed: U.S. Civil Rights Commission should make LGBT equality a top priority
January 16, 2009
In an op-ed in today's New York Times, Mary Frances Berry, former chairwoman of the Commission on Civil Rights, calls for President-elect Obama to repurpose the commission to focus on LGBT equality as a top priority.
Continue Reading ►Obama’s spokesman: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell will go
January 9, 2009
Obama's incoming press secretary Robert Gibbs answered open questions from Change.gov readers when one, "Thaddeus" from Lansing, Michigan, asks him about Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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