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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.

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VIDEO: Change.gov coverage of Obama transition team meeting with LGBT leaders

January 14, 2009

WATCH: Change.gov has posted a video featuring Parag Mehta discussing a group of key LGBT leaders, including Joe Solmonese and Elizabeth Birch, coming together to meet with the Obama transition team and outline the top priorities of the LGBT community:

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Help Protect Equality in Gainesville, Florida!

January 13, 2009

In this guest post, Allyson Robinson, HRC's associate director of diversity, responds to the AP's coverage of anti-LGBT conservatives reacting hysterically after Gainesville, Florida commissioners passed an ordinance to provide additional protections for transgender people.

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Human Rights Campaign Weekly Message - January 9

January 11, 2009

Since 2009 began 9 days ago, Washington just feels different. It’s not the gridlock brought on by new people arriving every day. It’s an aura of hope and anticipation. It’s the relief that will soon come after eight years of dead ends and Federal Marriage Amendment fights. In short, it’s the start of a new day dawning for this nation and the world.

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Happy New Year! Here’s your first resolution: JOIN US!

January 5, 2009

We're in for quite a ride this year. After eight long years under President Bush, we are literally in the last days of an administration that aggresively opposed legislation and stood in the way of policies that would advance LGBT equality.

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