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Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker was endorsed this afternoon by one of her main opponents in the November 3rd general election, the latest good news in a runoff election campaign that will be decided on December 12th.

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A committee of the District of Columbia City Council today approved a bill that would establish legal marriage for same-sex couples who live in the nation’s capital, according to the Washington Post. ...

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Advocates continued to push for a vote in the Senate on a gay marriage bill, but it was unclear when a vote might be rescheduled.

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The Cleveland City Council is considering whether to grant anti-discrimination protection to trandgender people, and according to Fox 59, the Council has received some 2,500 postcards in support of the measure:

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According to a study performed by the RAND Corporation, the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is losing support within the military itself:

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A marriage equality bill will pass in the New Jersey State Senate only with bipartisan support, according to Senate President Richard Codey, who gave an interview on the subject to WNYC radio. ”There’s not unanimous support within the Democratic caucus for it. ...

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The National Organization for Marriage today issued a press release promising to fund primary challenges against any sitting Republican New York state senator who votes in favor of a pending marriage equality bill.

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Tom Ammiano’s first term in the California Assembly won’t come as a surprise to those who watched him as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He is, after all, a stand-up comedian by trade. ...

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Marriage equality advocates in New York and New Jersey are pushing ahead on efforts to enact legislation in the coming weeks that would legalize marriage for same-sex couples, even though the outcomes in those state legislatures are far from certain.

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George Smitherman, the Deputy Premier of Ontario, Canada, will reportedly announce his candidacy to become the next mayor of Toronto, according to a report in the Toronto Sun:

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The massive health insurance reform bill that passed late Saturday night in the U.S. House of Representatives contains several provisions aimed at improving health care for LGBT Americans, according to post by Michael Cole at HRC Backstory. ...

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Openly lesbian Maryland Delegate Heather Mizeur has penned an op-ed calling on state officials to recognize the marriages of Maryland’s same-sex couples who are married in jurisdictions where it is legal.

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Alabama State Rep. DuWayne Bridges says the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s plan to offer domestic partner benefits to its unmarried employees is immoral and and a waste of money designed to ...

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Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s bill to provide domestic partnership benefits to federal employees could make it the House floor for a vote by the end of 2009, according to The Hill. The bill, H.R. 2517, states ...























