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Contgressman Early Blumenauer, who represents a large swath of Portland, poses for the No H8 campaign We love our bowtie wearing Congressman Earl Blumenauer for many reasons including his bikey liberal ways and staunch support of LGBT rights. Now we have even more photographic evidence that he’s super awesome and has great, if eclectic fashion sense that a Portland queer can get behind. He, along with 9 other members […] 
"It Gets Better" project founder Dan Savage (R) with husband Terry A roller coaster of emotions swept gay America this year. Here’s a snapshot. 5 – University of Michigan’s Student Body President Stalked and Harassed by State’s Assistant Attorney General When MI Attorney General Andrew Shirvell began harassing UMich Student Body President Christ Armstrong people started to notice, mostly prominently among them CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who interviewed Shirvell on […] 
Congressman Barney Frank may look like a muppet but he's tough as nails and funny as anything Jim Henson ever dreamed up Sorry for the hiatus folks, you have evil domain empire GoDaddy to thank for that. This was originally supposed to be a Christmas Eve news roundup but here we are at Boxing Day, the day to return all the horrendous sweaters we got yesterday. So if you’re […] 
Today the Senate passed the standalone bill to repeal the ban on gays in the military. Who knew we had to be alert on a Saturday? Congress has been working overtime. In a bill that seemed close to dead this repeal of the 17-year-old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy” now heads to President Barack Obama‘s desk where he will most certainly sign it into law. From Politico: […] 
Senator Leiberman (L) and Senator Collins Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, and Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine introduce a bill to end the ban on gays in the military. From the Advocate: Two prominent senators introduced a bipartisan bill Friday to end the ban on gay and lesbian troops serving openly in the military. […] |
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