Not that Giannoulias doesn't deserve HRC's endorsement, or your vote. He sounds like he does!: "As the next senator from the great state of Illinois, I will lead the fight for equality — for marriage equality, for an end to DOMA, for employment non-discrimination, and for immigration reform that treats same-sex couples fairly."
If you can't count on the Human Rights Campaign to effectively lobby lawmakers to actually effect change, at the very least you can, say, use their Corporate Equality Index to decide whether your contribution to climate change should be backed by the gay-friendly Chevron or the gay-hating ExxonMobil. And then there's HRC's recommendations for who you should vote for, which, with Rep. Mark Kirk, it just proved you shouldn't really trust either.
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HRC Ditches Illinois Sorta Gay Friendly Republican for Homo Loving Democrat
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igualdad 705 days ago
(http://www.queerty.com)
Jen (US) and Loz (UK) LGBT IMMIGRATION STORIES
Posted by
igualdad 705 days ago
(http://lgbtculture.wordpress.com)
“Let me die, die trying; if I fall, at least my heart will have been true. Let me die, die trying; I can cry tomorrow if I do.”
Kristen Hall intertwines the necessary optimism and ever-lingering pessimism same-sex bi-national couples suffer in these two lines from one of my favourites of her insightfully written songs. When I listen to her velvety voice wrapping itself around these words, I feel the bristle of pain and anger that springs from a relationship started with pure joy and naïveté. Like many who are partnered with a same-sex foreigner, I often find myself teetering between tossing in the towel and jumping full force into the uncertainty of starting over, propelled equally by love and desperation.
I’m not over-dramatising—I’m a girl in love with a girl who just happens to come from another country, my country’s greatest ally—the United Kingdom. The mor
Kristen Hall intertwines the necessary optimism and ever-lingering pessimism same-sex bi-national couples suffer in these two lines from one of my favourites of her insightfully written songs. When I listen to her velvety voice wrapping itself around these words, I feel the bristle of pain and anger that springs from a relationship started with pure joy and naïveté. Like many who are partnered with a same-sex foreigner, I often find myself teetering between tossing in the towel and jumping full force into the uncertainty of starting over, propelled equally by love and desperation.
I’m not over-dramatising—I’m a girl in love with a girl who just happens to come from another country, my country’s greatest ally—the United Kingdom. The mor
Immigration reform on the agenda in the USA (Love Exiles)
Posted by
igualdad 901 days ago
(http://loveexiles.wordpress.com)
LGBT and immigration right organizations including Love Exiles have been lobbying Guiterrez to include our families. If you're reading this, please sign the petition right now to ask Guiterrez to make his bill inclusive of all American ...
To a mayor from a mayor in exile (Love Exiles)
Posted by
igualdad 901 days ago
(http://loveexiles.wordpress.com)
Love Exiles. Passionate about equality of binational gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families. December 6, 2009. To a mayor from a mayor in exile. Posted by loveexiles under equal rights for families · Leave a Comment ...
Obama to End Gay Military Ban
Posted by
igualdad 957 days ago
(http://online.wsj.com)
Other special interest groups that contributed to, and campaigned for, Mr. Obama, such as unions and Latino voters, have begun to question when he will address issues important to their members, such as legislation to facilitate union organizing at the workplace and an overhaul of immigration law.
Mr. Obama acknowledged some in the crowd believe that he hasn't done enough so far to address issues facing the gay community. But he said, "Do not doubt the direction we are headed and the destination we will reach."
Mr. Obama acknowledged some in the crowd believe that he hasn't done enough so far to address issues facing the gay community. But he said, "Do not doubt the direction we are headed and the destination we will reach."
Dallas groups push for equality
Posted by
igualdad 987 days ago
(http://www.ebar.com)
Ahonen-Jover, 52, and Bare, 46, agreed that the first year of President Barack Obama's administration provides an opportunity for movement on LGBT-related legislation such as repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," reforming immigration policies to include binational couples, and access to health care without discrimination.
New DOMA Brief More LGBT Friendly
Posted by
igualdad 1010 days ago
(http://www.advocate.com)
The Department of Justice filed its second brief in response to the Smelt v. United States lawsuit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, and LGBT activists said the brief was not only much more palatable but also made some historic concessions.
Get ready to laugh. I'm going to lead you through the twists and turns of one of the most ridiculous places known to humankind: the U.S. Congress. The purpose of this exercise is to explain what has happened to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
But I have a deeper goal. The hate crimes bill is the first in a series of pro-LGBT proposals expected to come before Congress. These include the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, changes in immigration laws and repeals of the Defense of Marriage Act and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbians and gays in the military.
Given that President Obama has said he favors these proposals, the trick for LGBT America is to get them through Congress and onto his desk. This is no easy task. To succeed, our community and allies must understand how Congress really works. We need to know when to relax and let the pro
But I have a deeper goal. The hate crimes bill is the first in a series of pro-LGBT proposals expected to come before Congress. These include the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, changes in immigration laws and repeals of the Defense of Marriage Act and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbians and gays in the military.
Given that President Obama has said he favors these proposals, the trick for LGBT America is to get them through Congress and onto his desk. This is no easy task. To succeed, our community and allies must understand how Congress really works. We need to know when to relax and let the pro
Canal Pride in Amsterdam (Love Exiles)
Posted by
igualdad 1026 days ago
(http://loveexiles.wordpress.com)
Talking to Americans along the route it was painfully clear that people know we are discriminated against by US immigration law, but they seem to accept that that is just the way things are. Only exiles I met along the way know the pain of exile and want to become active. But we need all of us to demand our rights....
400 years after Henry Hudson first sailed into Manhattan, the Amsterdam City Council will marry five US-Dutch gay couples in Amsterdam during Canal Pride. Only an astute observer might notice the underlying irony: these couples are not recognized as family in the United States and are strangers in the eyes of the law for immigration purposes. Unless the Dutch partner has a green card or is a US citizen, the wedding may even signal US immigration authorities to deny him entry the next time he travels to the USA....
Hate Crime Bill Passes Senate Close to Final Passage
Posted by
igualdad 1036 days ago
(http://www.sfbaytimes.com)
The Senate tacked hate crimes onto the defense appropriations bill, so we are a conference committee away from sending “something gay” to the desk of the president for the first time. The conference committee needs to strip out a poison pill amendment that mandates the death sentence for certain federal crimes, but other than that detail, we’re home free.
I know you want to hear about the midgets, but I’m not finished. I can’t help being pleased by this modest step in the right direction, but as I’ve written before, a hate crime law is last on my personal gay agenda. It is an ineffective deterrent to a type of violence that will only abate gradually with the help of substantial gay rights legislation. The repeal of the military ban. The addition of sexual orientation to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Immigration reform for the partners of gay Americans. Federal recognit
I know you want to hear about the midgets, but I’m not finished. I can’t help being pleased by this modest step in the right direction, but as I’ve written before, a hate crime law is last on my personal gay agenda. It is an ineffective deterrent to a type of violence that will only abate gradually with the help of substantial gay rights legislation. The repeal of the military ban. The addition of sexual orientation to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Immigration reform for the partners of gay Americans. Federal recognit
Washington moves on parts of the gay agenda
Posted by
igualdad 1049 days ago
(http://www.pridesource.com)
ENDA reintroduced, hate crimes hearing held, health concerns addressed
Human Rights Campaign to help Latinos residents become US citizens
Posted by
igualdad 1057 days ago
(http://www.examiner.com)
The Human Rights Campaign will be participating in the “Ya Es Hora” campaign in Arizona. The campaign is working to help get 1 million Latinos that are eligible legal permanent residents to become U.S. citizens during 2009 and 2010. “Ya Es Hora” has helped process U.S. Citizenship applications for more than 1.4 million Latinos since 2007. Ya Es Hora is a multi-layered integrated campaign which provides a comprehensive approach that links naturalization to voter participation and Census enumeration under a single message: “it’s time.” HRC will be
Democratic Leaders Show Signs Gay Rights Agenda Back on Deck
Posted by
igualdad 1061 days ago
(http://www.rollcall.com)
After avoiding contentious social issues for six months, House Democrats are throwing bones to advocates for gay rights and immigrants — key liberal constituencies — in an effort to keep a lid on simmering tensions until they finish with larger priorities: health care and energy.
President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders adopted a strategy early in his presidency to avoid hot-button cultural and social issues, fearing that doing so would bog down their agenda as it did to then-President Bill Clinton in 1993 when fights over gays in the military and gun rights divided the party and gave Republicans fuel for their 1994 revolution.
But patience has quickly worn thin in the gay and immigrant communities. Even Obama’s effort to appease the gay community by signing an executive order extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees appeared to fall fl
President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders adopted a strategy early in his presidency to avoid hot-button cultural and social issues, fearing that doing so would bog down their agenda as it did to then-President Bill Clinton in 1993 when fights over gays in the military and gun rights divided the party and gave Republicans fuel for their 1994 revolution.
But patience has quickly worn thin in the gay and immigrant communities. Even Obama’s effort to appease the gay community by signing an executive order extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees appeared to fall fl
Pass Laws for Immigration and Marriage Equality Human Rights Watch - Boris Dittrich, a former Dutch politician (one of three politicians responsible for getting lgbt into marriage law in the Netherlands) who is now Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch in the US, is a powerful ally for us. Here is the invite Human Rights Watch sent out about an event they are having today. It is great we have Boris speaking on our immigration issue! I hope this gets taken up in newspapers around the country, adding to the growing voices that we must get all our rights SOON!
*** News Conference Invitation *** US: Pass Laws for Immigration and Marriage Equality Human Rights Watch is pleased to invite you to a news conference in support of marriage and immigration equality for same-sex couples in New York and the United States. The news conference will be held at New York University at 1
*** News Conference Invitation *** US: Pass Laws for Immigration and Marriage Equality Human Rights Watch is pleased to invite you to a news conference in support of marriage and immigration equality for same-sex couples in New York and the United States. The news conference will be held at New York University at 1
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Promoting public awareness of the need for fairness in immigration policy particularly as it relates to the rights of same-sex bi-national couples in the United States who seek equal immigration rights; Providing information regarding political issues relating to gay immigration equality issues, rights and policy.