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Hate Crimes

25 Violent Anti-Gay Hate Crimes In NYC. Could Mayor Bloomberg Be Any More Absent?

by David Badash ● 10:12 AM May 22, 2013
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Mayor Bloomberg let four days and a rally by thousands of New Yorkers to mourn and protest the hate crime murder of a gay man pass before showing up to say something. Until yesterday, Bloomberg had not made one public comment this year about the anti-lGBT hate crime wave in his city.

News

Look: Across The Nation, Rhode Island Marriage Vote Applauded

by David Badash ● 7:12 PM April 24, 2013
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From LGBT organizations to NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg, it seems almost everyone across the nation is cheering Rhode Island for today’s vote that all but ensures the Ocean State will become America’s tenth to extend marriage to same-sex couples.

DOMA

TODAY: DOMA Project LiveStreams Preparation to Bi-National Couples

by Tanya Domi ● 10:03 AM April 14, 2013
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The DOMA Project briefs bi-national couples today on steps to take to prepare for the repeal of Section three of the Defense of Marriage Act

Hillary Watch

Red Hot Hillary Drills Down on Women’s Equality; 2016 Speculation Abounds

by Tanya Domi ● 9:35 AM April 7, 2013
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Hillary Clinton reemerged this week with a bang, red hot, she delivered two speeches on her favorite subject. Clinton has a legacy to fulfill on women’s equality, whether she runs for president in 2016 or not

Civil Rights

Martin Luther King Jr. — Lodestar For America’s March Of Justice

by Tanya Domi ● 2:22 PM April 3, 2013
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45 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was cut down by an assassin’s bullet in Memphis, Tennessee. Today his message is just as relevant in 2013 as it was for a deeply divided American society in 1968.

Hillary Watch

Hillary Watch 2016: Tina Brown Endorses Clinton For President

by Tanya Domi ● 9:33 AM April 2, 2013
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Not a day goes by without national media reporting on Hillary Clinton’s immediate future, while seeking answers to the question–will she run for president in 2016? The New Civil Rights Movement joins the “Hillary Watch” obsession.

Marriage

United For Marriage Coalition Apologizes For Mistreatment Of Trans And Undocumented Activists — HRC Signs On, Then Denies

by David Badash ● 6:21 PM March 29, 2013
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United For Marriage, a coalition of several leading LGBT organizations that worked together successfully to organize a two-day rally at the Supreme Court, is apologizing for what happened during the rally.

Analysis

DOMA Case Analysis And Arguments: A Lesbian Love-In Small Screen Celluloid Moment

by Tanya Domi ● 5:27 PM March 28, 2013
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It was lesbian heaven on the small screen celluloid world last night when Rachel Maddow kicked off her show with a loving treatise to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a segment filled with and defined by powerful women who have changed our world for the better.

Analysis

Growing Demand to Stop Gender Based Violence Marks International Women’s Day 2013

by Tanya Domi ● 4:05 PM March 8, 2013
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From the horrific rape of a young Indian woman in Delhi, India to the rapes of US military women in the United States, the world’s citizenry erupts in indignant opposition to the ugly specter of gender based violence that haunts women in every corner of the world

Analysis

Farewell Hillary For the Moment: Rest, Relax and Keep the Door Open to 2016!

by Tanya Domi ● 2:24 PM February 1, 2013
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Hillary Clinton departs her post as Secretary of State today to an unknown future. While millions of supporters wish her well, she no doubt deserves to take a long rest, as many fervently hope for a Clinton presidential run in 2016

Immigration

LGBT Rights Groups Release Joint Statement On Immigration Reform News

by David Badash ● 2:31 PM January 28, 2013

Four LGBT rights groups have released the following statement on today’s news that a bipartisan group of Senators have agreed on immigration reform.

News

Watch: President Obama Sends Special Message Of Thanks To LGBT Activists

by David Badash ● 2:01 PM January 25, 2013
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President Obama recorded a special message of thanks to LGBT activists, for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s National Conference on LGBT Equality, Creating Change.

culture

New Yorkers Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Sonia Sotomayor, Play Key Roles in Obama Inauguration

by Tanya Domi ● 7:24 PM January 19, 2013
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New Yorkers Chelsea Clinton, Senator Chuck Schumer and Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor taking leading roles during the presidential inauguration weekend

Human Rights

UN Responds to TNCRM on Serb Nationalist Vuk Jeremic

by Tanya Domi ● 3:53 PM January 18, 2013
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UN Spokesperson responds to The New Civil Rights Movement, but ignores the Stop Genocide Denial campaign’s demand to remove Jeremic’s video from the UN website

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