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Tammy Baldwin to Appointed to Senate Committees Overseeing LGBT Priorities
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Tammy Baldwin to Appointed to Senate Committees Overseeing LGBT Priorities

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, the first openly gay person elected to the chamber, has been appointed to committees dealing with long-standing LGBT legislation.

Watch: Christine Quinn Calls on Scalia to Apologize for Antigay Remarks
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Watch: Christine Quinn Calls on Scalia to Apologize for Antigay Remarks

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to apologize for remarks he made comparing anti-sodomy bans to laws against bestiality and murder.

NYC Mayoral Candidate's Wife's Lesbian Past Rocks the Race
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NYC Mayoral Candidate's Wife's Lesbian Past Rocks the Race

Democratic mayoral hopefuls in New York City coalesced around one of their own over the weekend as Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray dealt with fallout from revelations that she once identified as a lesbian.

Supreme Court Will Hear Prop 8, DOMA Cases
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Supreme Court Will Hear Prop 8, DOMA Cases

The moment activists have long awaited arrived today as the Supreme Court announced it will hear a range of cases on same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court indicated that it will hear the challenge to the California marriage ban, called Proposition 8, and another by an elderly lesbian widow, Edith Windsor, against the Defense of Marriage Act.

Secretary Clinton Hails Progress in Speech to LGBT State Dept. Employees
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Secretary Clinton Hails Progress in Speech to LGBT State Dept. Employees

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech to LGBT personnel Wednesday in which she remarked upon developments that have helped diversify the American diplomatic corps and advance human rights priorities within U.S. foreign policy over the past two decades.

Secretary Clinton to Address LGBT State Department Employees
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Secretary Clinton to Address LGBT State Department Employees

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline the 20th anniversary celebration for the State Department’s affinity group for LGBT employees Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

Obama Nominates Latina Lesbian Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro for Federal Judgeship
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Obama Nominates Latina Lesbian Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro for Federal Judgeship

President Obama has nominated Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro, who currently serves on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, for a federal judgeship with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Out Lesbian Elected Oregon House Speaker
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Out Lesbian Elected Oregon House Speaker

Rep. Tina Kotek of Oregon will become the first out lesbian to lead a state legislative chamber after being elected House Speaker by her Democratic colleagues Thursday.

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