On April 20th, the Boston Globe revealed that Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker had “flip-flopped” on civil rights by pledging to veto a bill that would protect basic freedoms of transgender citizens.

In an appalling statement defending Baker’s bigotry, Massachusetts Log Cabin Republican president Jesse Ehrenfeld stated that the “great…

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Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recently contacted all public colleges and universities in Virginia and advised them to stop pledging to treat everyone fairly regardless of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. His “legal opinion” was that public universities had acted without legal authority in adding sexual orientation and/or gender identity to their policies. His…

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During his campaign, President Obama pledged to support lifting the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs. Apparently, that pledge has gone by the wayside as his administration left intact budget language prohibiting funding for programs which have been demonstrated to save lives. This is yet another turn of events that makes me less-than-enthusiastic about the "HOPE" of "CHANGE" for the next three and a half years. Sometimes catchy buzz words really are JUST buzz… Continue

Equality Virginia, Virginia’s largest lGbt organization (big on the G, little on the rest), recently hired Jon Blair, a straight man, as the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer. Now I suppose one could argue effectively that a straight person can adequately fill this role, and I might agree . . . in theory. However, based on emails sent by Equality Virginia to its members and personal correspondence with the chair of the EV Board, Mr. Blair seems to have no prior experience working on… Continue