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We’ll Come Back, Really….

When explaining why Congress will have a hard time passing a fully inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, Congressman Barney Frank loves to point out that: “In fact, many States in this country still have laws…

Labor, economics, and institutionsLaw and civil rights
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Indiana’s Historic Moment

A recent post over at the Indiana Equality blog was enough of a kick in the pants to remind me to post about some recent events. If you know me, you know how jazzed…

History, archives, and memoryLaw and civil rights
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Follow The Money

In my last blog post, Where Your HRC Donations Are Going, I reported that HRC had donated money to sponsor the Log Cabin Republicans but that they had donated zero dollars to sponsor the…

Law and civil rights
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The Song Remains The Same

On Tuesday I attended the HRC/Victory Fund luncheon and on Wednesday I attended the LGBT caucus at the convention center in Denver. Many stories were broke in the past few days, but one event…

Community and organizingLabor, economics, and institutions
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Where Your HRC donations are going!

BREAKING NEWS! Early yesterday evening during a phone call conversation, I received a tip from a reliable, anonymous source revealing yet another one of HRC’s true colors. According to my source, The Human Rights…

Law and civil rights
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My Support

Readers of this blog are probably not surprised that I’m supporting the boycott of the Human Rights Campaign’s San Francisco Dinner. What you might find surprising is that I’m supporting my friend Diego Sanchez,…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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The Sound of Silence: The HRC National Dinner Protest

Last week I received an email from the Human Rights Campaign informing me that Joe Biden will be speaking at the the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on October 4th, 2008. Since that time…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Am I The Only One? Online Polling, Advocacy, and The Least of Us

Recently the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) announced their effort to collect data on “discrimination against transgender people in housing, employment, public accommodation, health…

Community and organizingFamily and relationships
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What NCTE Doesn’t Say

I recently recieved an email alert from NCTE about a fully inclusive ENDA. Mara Keisling said: Dear Friends, I have no doubt we can pass a transgender-inclusive ENDA next year if we all do…

Community and organizingLaw and civil rights
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TransResistance No More?

Running for office in 2003, Althea Garrison said that a: “most compelling reason why someone should vote for me is that I am different and unique from the other candidates, when candidates run and…

Family and relationshipsLaw and civil rights