When a powerful foreign government chooses to persecute its own lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens with punitive laws, human rights advocates abroad are always left with the question, "what can we do about it?". Last … [Read more...]
Equal Access in Public Accommodations Bill To Get Its First Hearing
A bill to prohibit discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations is scheduled to get a hearing in the Joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee of the Massachusetts General Court this Tuesday, July 9. "An Act … [Read more...]
New Jersey Marriage Equality Advocates Are Heading Back to Court
Advocates for same-sex marriage in New Jersey are heading back to court on Wednesday in an effort to invalidate New Jersey's discriminatory heterosexuals-only marriage law. New Jersey doesn't allow same-sex couples to marry, but rather … [Read more...]
If Gabriel Gomez Supports ENDA, Why Doesn’t He Say So Publicly?
Today Washington Blade claims that "Gabriel Gomez endorses ENDA", the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Congressman Ed Markey and Mr. Gomez are vying for the U. S. Senate seat recently vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry. In … [Read more...]
How The Senatorial Candidates Showed Their Pride In Boston
While Democratic candidate Congressman Ed Markey was marching in the Boston Pride Parade with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congressman Joe Kennedy, state Representative Linda Dorcena Forry, Barney Frank, NBA veteran Jason Collins and a … [Read more...]
Make Gabriel Gomez Work For His Photo Op At Boston Pride Today
Gabriel Gomez says that he'll be "dropping by the Boston Pride Festival in Boston (City Hall Plaza) at 3:00 pm" today. He apparently still hasn't figured out (or is uninterested in recognizing) that marriage equality isn't the only … [Read more...]
Gabriel Gomez Answers My ENDA Question, Sort Of
This afternoon I had the opportunity to ask Republican senatorial candidate Gabriel Gomez his views on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA; S 815), which is expected to come up for a vote in the Senate in July. Mr. Gomez, who is … [Read more...]
Gabriel Gomez Chooses Anti-Equality Karyn Polito as Star Attraction
What should voters make of a candidate for U. S. Senate who uses an anti-equality former state legislator to entice women to work his campaign phone bank? Gabriel Gomez is the Republican candidate running against U. S. Rep. Ed Markey … [Read more...]
Gomez disparages Rep. Markey’s years in Congress while using 31-year Congressman McCain to raise funds
More amateur hour from Gabriel Gomez. First he takes a swipe at Rep. Ed Markey's time in Congress by saying "Greeting Little League kids who are same age I was when Ed Markey was first elected to Congress 37 years ago!" Then he … [Read more...]
Gov. Chris Christie is Keeping New Jersey Mired in the Discriminatory Past
The passage of a marriage equality law in Delaware last week leaves New Jersey the only Atlantic coast state north of Virginia to retain a discriminatory marriage law. “[V]acationers this summer can travel anywhere from Portland, Maine, … [Read more...]
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