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Maddow smacks down Anti-Gay Profiteer,

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2009 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade

On Sunday (06-28-09) was the 36th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade. The gay... more

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Obama pledges to move on gay-rights agenda

President Barack Obama, under fire from the gay-rights community over slow action on its priorities, promised to deliver by the time he leaves office.

The president gave no new details about how he would advance these issues, but he made passionate remarks saluting the pioneers of the gay-rights movement and expressed solidarity with those working for equal rights.

"Welcome to your White House," the president said at a reception Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern gay-rights movement. His remarks were greeted warmly by a cheering crowd of some 250 gay and lesbian activists and supporters.

As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama vowed to overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which prohibits openly gay men and women from serving, and to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows states to ignore same-sex marriages performed in other states and bars the federal government from granting marriage benefits to people in same-sex unions.

The Obama administration has said it will take congressional action to address both issues. But, aware of both the complex politics involved and its full agenda, the White House has done little so far to prod lawmakers along.

Many in the gay-rights community were also angered by the tone of an administration legal brief defending the Defense of Marriage Act.

Earlier this month, Mr. Obama offered a small step, promising to extend certain benefits available to same-sex partners of federal workers. But critics dismissed the move as amounting to little in practice.

The president appeared mindful of these criticisms when he stepped to the front of the East Room on Monday.

"It's not for me to tell you to be patient," he said, comparing the gay activists' struggle to that of African-Americans in the civil rights movement. "I expect and hope to be judged not by words...but by the promises that my administration keeps."

He added that by the time his presidency is over, "I think you guys will have pretty good feelings about the Obama administration."

Mr. Obama said he had asked the secretary of defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a plan to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. He reiterated his pledge to try to reverse the Defense of Marriage Act and said he would work for legislation aimed at preventing workplace discrimination, extending the federal hate-crime law to acts against gays and lesbians, and giving domestic partners of federal workers health and other benefits.

And he said he was committed to repealing rules that prohibit people with HIV from traveling into the U.S.

Joe Solomonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a leading gay rights group, was at the event and said afterward that he appreciated the president's strong words. But he added: "It is the actions to advance equality -- not simply the words -- that will be the true marker by which this White House will be judged."President Barack Obama, under fire from the gay-rights community over slow action on... more

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The Gay Rights Bill you don't know about

On Wednesday morning, June 3, at 10 a.m. the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a... more

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New Hampshire Legalizes Gay Marriage

New Hampshire's governor has signed legislation making the state the sixth to... more

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California Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8

California's highest court on Tuesday upheld the state's gay-marriage ban... more

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Elton John speaks about Matthew Shepard during Laramie, Wyoming concert- Apr 3 '09

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Nothing to fear but a radical gay and lesbian agenda

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The World as it should be...

That title above comes from an editorial by Michelle Obama in the Advocate. "We... more

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Thousands Protest Gay Marriage Ban Across Nation

Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities... more

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8 Against 8: An Online Fundraiser for CA Marriage Equality

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Pretty Fly for a Trans Guy: A Trans Story

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Remembering Hate Crimes: Oct. 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard Was Found

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Gay Republicans

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The most awesome mohawk that ever was

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What it's like for me being an ftm

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Could CA. gay marriage bring aftershocks for Measure 36?

Some in Oregon have watched the unfolding CA. gay marriage victory with a sense of... more

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