At the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) annual Media Awards event on Saturday night, Bill Clinton received the Advocate for Change Award, and spoke to the gathering. See the speech in its entirety (about 15 minutes) in the video below. Bill Clinton gives much credit to daughter Chelsea, and her husband, for his [...]
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Rep. Louie Gohmert: “Radical Islamists” Trained to “Act Hispanic”
Louie Gohmert, Tea Party favorite and Republican representative from Texas, appeared on CSPAN’s Washington Journal earlier today. And as often happens when he talks, he made some rather startling comments. He’s not the first to connect the bombings in Boston with immigration reform, and the need to slow down the efforts. Rep. Steve King (R-IA), [...]
Queer Talk: Why Will Obama Act on Marriage, But Not Employment, Equality?
The Employment Nondiscrimination Act was one of the things 2008 Candidate Obama promised to take action on. He hasn’t. And in a press conference yesterday, Jay Carney’s responses to question about ENDA from the Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson seem to indicate that the possibilities of related WH actions are, at best, uncertain. From Johnson, Carney [...]
Queer Talk: Pentagon Extends Additional but Still Limited Benefits to Same-Sex Partners and Families
Today the Department of Defense finally issued new guidelines for benefits to partners and families of lesbian and gay servicemembers. The “finally” is related to the fact that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) officially ended September 20, 2011 (it was enacted in 1993). The limitations in today’s announcement are, to a significant extent, tied to [...]
Queer Talk: Pentagon Says Will Extend Some Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
The expectation / hope has been that before leaving as Sec. of Defense, Leon Panetta would extend benefits to the spouses of lesbian and gay servicemembers. The Human Rights Campaign issued a press release which says there will be some extension of benefits. From HRC, Pentagon Vows to Extend Benefits to Gay Service Members, Families: [...]
Queer Talk: Ft. Bragg Discriminates Against Same-Sex Spouse of Officer
As significant as the repeal of DADT was, as long as DOMA is in place, this kind of thing will likely keep happening. Zack Ford, at Think Progress: The Association of Bragg Officers’ Spouses, the military spouses group at Ft. Bragg, has offered a “guest membership” to Ashley Broadway, the same-sex spouse of Lt. Col. [...]
Queer Talk: West Point Chapel Hosts First Same Gender Marriage
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed just over a year ago. On this past Saturday, December 1, the Chapel of West Point Academy was the site of the marriage of Brenda Sue Fulton, a key opponent of DADT and a 1980 graduate of West Point, and her partner of many years, Penelope Gnesin. See Buzzfeed [...]
German Voters Reject Conservative Austerity, But Will America?
WILL AMERICANS embrace austerity through Mitt Romney’s candidacy and his advocacy for Paul Ryan’s budget, just as Europe is turning away from austerity after having learned it doesn’t work? It’s the 2012 $64,000 question. Merkel’s loss comes in the wake of socialist and anti-austerity candidate François Hollande’s victory in France, with the American presidential election [...]
Team Obama Finds The Slogan and The Message
What’s missing? Killing the bad guy. Nothing about giving the order on Osama. Somehow I can’t imagine Republicans leaving that detail out. via Buzzfeed
Rick Perry Can’t Untangle his Own Sentences
**UPDATED** After the debate, one of Frank Luntz’s panelists lost his train of thought when trying to give an answer. Luntz immediately responded by saying, “Ladies & gentlemen, Gov. Rick Perry.” Laughter ensued. That encapsulated the whole debate. …and this is a first. Not only does the Republican audience applaud death, but they even boo [...]
Queer Talk: DADT ends with celebrations, consquences and concerns
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. From the U.S. Army official DADT website: Since 1993, the law and policy known as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ … has provided that homosexual conduct is a bar to service in the Armed Forces. On Dec. 22, 2010, the DADT Repeal Act of 2010 became law. [...]
Queer Talk: Millennial generational changes
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. If you were born on or after December 21, 1993, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue has always been law – those who are gay, lesbian or bisexual (not transgender) could serve in the U.S. military, but not “openly.” Over 14,000 service members have been discharged [...]
Queer Talk: Panetta and Joint Chiefs Ready to Certify DADT
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. UPDATE 2 SLDN press release: Obama, Panetta and Mullen “formally issued their certification to the Armed Services committees of both houses of Congress, signifying that the military is ready for the transition. In 60 days, as prescribed in the law passed by Congress and signed by [...]
Queer Talk: Queerdom in the 2012 O-ligarchy
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. To abandon the President who has delivered on the overwhelming majority of his commitment to gays and lesbians to end discrimination, especially when the alternative is virtually guaranteed to be a President who will rapidly turn back the clock on gay and lesbian progress, would be [...]
Queer Talk: Ninth Circuit Lifts Stay Barring Enforcement of DADT
Joyce Arnold is a liberal Independent activist whose column “Queer Talk” appears regularly on Saturdays, and occasionally on other days of the week. Today the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the permanent injunction against enforcement of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The injunction was originally awarded last September by Judge Virginia Phillips in the case [...]
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