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David Paterson, who will become New York State governor on Monday is viewed by many LGBT activists as one of the biggest supporters of the community.
Throughout his career Paterson has been vocal about the need for equal rights, even going on the record for supporting same-sex marriage in 1994. While Paterson was the state senate […]

Sally Kern, the House representative for Oklahoma is not apologizing for her speech given to a group of about 50 Republicans. An anonymous person leaked her comments onto YouTube where Kern talks intently about how homosexuality is destroying the nation.
 Many are outraged with Kerns, but also with the fact that she is defending her statements by […]

Jason Bartlett, who represents three counties in Connecticut has become the first openly gay, black state legislator in U.S. history.
While campaigning there was speculation and rumors regarding his sexual orientation, but Bartlett tried to keep his personal life private. On Tuesday all of that changed. “To me,” he said, ”this is about having a conversation with […]

Mark Deli Siljander, a Representative from Michigan who has over the years attempted to pass laws banning gay-themed books from public libraries and has tried to block grant money to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is now accused of working for an alleged terrorist fundraising ring.
The charges state that the Islamic American Relief Agency […]

A Hunter College Poll found that 63% of lesbian, gay and bisexual Democratic voters support Senator Hillary Clinton in the upcoming race for the White House. Coming in second was Senator Barack Obama with 22% followed by John Edwards with 7%.
The national poll, released today, was funded by a grant from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
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The first ever ban against the discrimination of gays, lesbians and bisexuals in the workplace was approved yesterday by the House of Representatives.
The bill now needs to pass through the Senate and if it is approved, the proposal is expected to be vetoed by President Bush.
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This year the gay and lesbian organization, Victory Fund, endorsed a record 71 candidates and at least 41 had won their races as of yesterday, with three candidates getting enough votes to advance to a runoff election.
Among the notable victories, Michigan elected its first openly gay mayor, Craig Covey and openly transgender candidate for the […]

South Carolina resident, Doug Warner, may look like a stereotypical Republican but in fact he is far from it, Warner is openly gay.
Over the years as his party took to denouncing the “homosexual agenda,” Warner’s anger led him to join the Log Cabin Republicans, an organized group of 20,000 members nationwide who are all openly […]

State Representative, Richard Curtis announced yesterday that he will be stepping down from his position in the Washington State House of Representatives due to recent allegations.
Curtis admitted to police on Wednesday that he had engaged in sex with Cody Castagna, who he met in a Spokane, Washington sex shop contradicting his initial statement that he […]

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is drawing criticism from gay rights activist for scheduling gospel singer Donnie McClurkin to perform at his campaign fundraiser in South Carolina this weekend. McClurkin in the past has made comments stating that homosexuality is a choice and the he doesn’t believe it is “the intention of God.”
In a statement released, […]