All posts tagged "national gay and lesbian task force"
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Are We Drama Queens?
Is the LGBTQ community overreacting to the Trump administration's actions, or are they justified in raising the alarm?
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LGBT-rights groups withdraw support for ENDA
Several major LGBT-rights organizations pulled their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Tuesday due to the bill’s religious exemption. The American Civil Liberties Union, Gay &...
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As cry to boycott grows louder, IGLTA stands by Hyatt
A few weeks ahead of its annual retreat to be held March 13 to 16, Funders for LGBTQ Issues decided to move its meeting from...
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Obama calls on LGBT-rights movement to “keep marching together”
President Barack Obama called on 3,000 LGBT rights activists gathered in Atlanta Jan. 25 to continue working toward full equality in a video message delivered...
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Pastor Withdraws from Obama Inauguration over Anti-Gay Remarks
Rev. Louie Giglio, the pastor of the Georgia-based Passion City Church chosen to deliver the benediction at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, has removed himself...
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Report Warns “Fiscal Cliff” Will Hurt LGBT Americans
As the White House and Congress continue to engage in heated battle over budget cuts and tax rates, activists warn that going over the “fiscal...
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Threat Prompts D.C. Evacuations
Following a reported bomb threat, the Human Rights Campaign and other LGBT organizations in Washington evacuated their offices today. According to Fred Sainz, HRC's vice...
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Maryland Governor O’Malley: “We Must Choose Words and Laws” Of Compassion
At the closing brunch of...
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Creating a Conference
It's not quite a quarter century, but the 24th year of Creating Change comes so very close. And Sue Hyde, the current director of the...
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Working the Numbers
When people hear about census-taking this time of year, it usually involves the story of Joseph and Mary trekking to Joseph's hometown of Bethlehem to...
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Task Masters
Outside, it's a cold and sunny January afternoon. Inside the sixth-floor offices of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the entryway is piled high...
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Rea Carey, Executive Director, The Task Force
METRO WEEKLY: From your -- or your organization's -- perspective, what is the most immediate effect of the presidential election on the LGBT community? REA...
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Nipper Nabs National Job
Darlene Nipper, head of Mayor Anthony Williams' Office of LGBT Affairs from 2005 to 2007, returns to a leadership role beginning Oct. 1 with the...
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From Acting to Actual
When Matt Foreman announced his resignation in January from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, an organization that promotes civil rights for GLBT people...
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Choosing Its Battles
The American Federation of Labor is linking arms with the Anti-Capitalist Convergence. The National Council of Churches is shoulder to shoulder with the ACLU. Even...
