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Proposition 8 Is Unconstitutional. What’s Next for the Anti-Gay Law?

ngoldstein — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:44:01 +0000

Anti-gay marriage proponents should think twice before asking the US Supreme Court to take this case.

The US National Security Smokescreen

ngoldstein — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:02:14 +0000

The State Department response to the ACLU’s FOIA requests for WikiLeaks’ cables reveals the absurd abuses of state secrecy.

Read the full story at The Guardian.

Occupy Thanksgiving!

ngoldstein — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:59:24 +0000

America’s founding involved expropriation – of Native American corn. Thank you, Occupy, for naming the modern expropriators.

Read the full story at The Guardian.

Not Exactly a Profile in Courage: New York Finally Passes Gay Marriage

ngoldstein — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:41:18 +0000

It took opportunistic politicians and ridiculous, shameful language on religious exemptions, but gay and lesbian New Yorkers can finally tie the knot.

Featured on NPR.

Read the full story at The Nation.

Obama Speaks at LGBT Fundraiser: How the President Wimped Out

ngoldstein — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:24:43 +0000

LGBT activists hoped President Obama might say something new about his “evolving” stance on marriage equality when he addressed them at a New York fundraiser Thursday night. But the president showed he’s only willing to extend enough support to keep the cash flowing.

As featured on MSNBC’s Powerwall, in Salon’s War Room, and cited in the LA Times’ Top of the Ticket.

Read the full story at The Daily Beast.

Barack Obama’s Real Record on Gay Rights

ngoldstein — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:17:02 +0000

We worked hard to elect Obama in 2008. Now we learn his view of same-sex marriage is only just ‘evolving’ – in time for 2012.

Read the full story at The Guardian.

Why Won’t the Pope Let Women Protect Themselves from HIV?

ngoldstein — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:42:25 +0000

As the UN reviews its HIV/Aids strategy, papal representatives are putting doctrine before African women’s health.

Read the full story at The Guardian.

The Letter CUNY Should Have Written to Tony Kushner

ngoldstein — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:42:46 +0000

After offering, rescinding, and re-offering an honorary degree to the playwright Tony Kushner, the City University of New York has a lot of explaining to do.

Read the full story at The American Prospect.

White House Hosts Transgender Activists

ngoldstein — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:31:41 +0000

The Office of Public Engagement just held its first meeting focused on transgender issues. But with Obama stalling on LGBT issues, will his base fall in line?

Read the full story at The Daily Beast.

Getting Away with Murder on Long Island

ngoldstein — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:29:30 +0000

The press, the police — and the killer(s) who dump women’s bodies along Ocean Parkway.

Read the full story at The American Prospect.