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  • Census Overlooks Many Same-Sex Couples

    By on September 20, 2010

    One in seven same-sex couples won't be identified as such in 2010 U.S. Census results, according to a new study. And the options on the...

  • New York’s Paterson Signs Inclusive Anti-Bullying Bill

    By on September 8, 2010

    Earlier this morning, New York Gov. David Paterson (D) signed the Dignity for All Students Act into law, an inclusive anti-harassment bill hailed by safe...

  • Impatience on ENDA (UPDATED)

    By on May 19, 2010

    As the timeline for action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) tightens, LGBT organizations turned up the pressure on Tuesday, May 18, with a news...

  • Ultra Free

    By on August 19, 2009

    ''The gay community completely embraced it and made it kind of the mantra of how people felt,'' says Ultra Naté, in reference to her 1997...

  • Countering Marriage Equality

    By on April 24, 2009

    A newly formed coalition uniting Hope Christian Church and the High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC), based in Beltsville and College Park, respectively; the national, D.C.-group,...

  • Task Masters

    By on January 28, 2009

    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...

  • Inauguration Celebration

    By on December 10, 2008

    A coalition of GLBT-advocacy organizations, including the nation's largest, the Human Rights Campaign, have announced plans to celebrate Inauguration Day 2009 with a party, ''Out...

  • Rea Carey, Executive Director, The Task Force

    By on November 12, 2008

    METRO WEEKLY: From your -- or your organization's -- perspective, what is the most immediate effect of the presidential election on the LGBT community? REA...

  • We Won! We Lost!

    By on November 12, 2008

    Listen to Sean Bugg's new Podcast for Metro Weekly Hear the interview from:Patrick Sammon of the Log Cabin Republicans Elections are natural emotional rollercoasters, plunging...

  • Nipper Nabs National Job

    By on September 24, 2008

    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...

  • From Acting to Actual

    By on July 2, 2008

    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...

  • Furmansky Announces Departure

    By on May 28, 2008

    Dan Furmansky, executive director of Equality Maryland, announced on Wednesday, May 28, that he plans on leaving the organization that advocates for GLBT equality in...

  • Montgomery County's Trans Ally

    By on April 30, 2008

    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and residents of Montgomery County have joined forces with Equality Maryland, the state's GLBT equal-rights advocacy group, in...

  • A Fight on Many Fronts

    By on October 18, 2006

    There may be plenty of gay people who don't care much about getting married, but there is no question that marriage is an issue at...

  • Gay Old Timers

    By on April 5, 2006

    Rainbow Retirement Sitting at the southern tip of the mouth of Tampa Bay, there is a spot akin to somewhere over the rainbow. It's here,...