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Three Gay Nominees Among the 27 Confirmed by US Senate, White House Pursuing ‘Best Process’ to End ‘Don’t Ask’, VA: Same-Sex Couples Again Denied Marriage Licenses, and more…

Tags: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Nominations, Blackwater, Cell Phones, DADT, DMS-V, Don't Ask Don't Tell, ex-gay, ex-gay ministries, ex-gay therapy, Free Speech, gay marriage, Harry Reid, homophobia, Illinois, Iraq, Kenya, LGBT Judges, LGBT Rights, LGBT youth, marriage equality, Military, Missouri, Religious Right, Right Wing, same-sex marriage, same-sex marriage bans, Senate, Sex Education, Sex Trafficing, Single Parents, Soccer, Soldiers, Veterans | by Victoria Lavin | February 13th, 2010, 7:01 am

DC Agenda reports that three have been confirmed to high posts in the Obama Administration by US Senate. Read more 

President Obama and military leaders are pursuing the ‘best process’ to end ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’. Read more 

Same-Sex couples in Virginia, denied again for the seventh year to obtain marriage licenses. Read more 

UK Football players don’t want to do a ad on homophobia because ”they fear being ridiculed for taking a stand against one of the sport’s most stubborn taboos.” Read more  

Andrew Belonsky of AKA William writes about gay judges. Read more 

Dr. Jillian T. Weiss writes for the Bilerico Project on how Harry Reid is to blame for Republicans holding LGBT issues hotage. Read more 

Antonia D’orsy of Bilerico Project analysis the DMS-V revisions. Read more 

Iraq orders Blackwater to leave country. Read more 

Michael Isikoff of Newsweek writes about how your cell phone tracks your every move. Read more 

Ex-employees of Blackwater sue because of overbilling. Read more 

Paul Krugman of the New York Times writes a piece on Rebulicans and Medicare and how they want to dismantle it. Read more 

Democrats propose a bill to curb political campaigns contributions. Read more 

The Hill reports that Senate Democrats seek to kill filibuster. Read more 

Utah’s LGBT community agree on common goal of equality but differ on methods of getting there. Last week, both Democratic and Republican legislators agreed to stand down on all pro- and anti-gay-rights measures during the 2010 session. Some attendees at the forum were troubled by the “compromise,” aimed at protecting anti-discrimination ordinances in Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County. Read more 

Kenyan police officers broke up a gay wedding and arrested a few to prevent a stoning. Read more 

Bil Browning of Bilerico Project asks the question what’s the hold up in getting ENDA through the House? Read more 

Paul Canning does a piece on a lesbian asylum seekers who is among the Yarl’s Wood hunger strike. Read more 

Sex trafficing plagues LGBT youth in San Diego, CA. Read more 

KBR tells court they were ordered by the military to burn toxic waste in pit. Read more 

Sex Trafficing and forced labor and Ohio is at its hub. Read more 

TX: Dallas judges are changing transgender person’s driver’s licenses. Read more 

Even though we have gain ground in LGBTs entering political office, the LGBT community still in closet when run for offices. Read more 

Illinois lawmaker and also in the run for governor proposes a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Read more 

The Church of England approves pensions for gay civil partnerships. Read more 

Veterans Administration budget released. Read more 

President Barack Obama recently signed the Veterans’ Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009. The new law will enable the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse veterans enrolled in VA health care for the remaining cost of emergency treatment if the veteran has outside insurance that only covers part of the cost. Previously, VA could reimburse veterans or pay outside hospitals directly only if a veteran has no outside health insurance. Link 

The United States government will repay $7.4 million to military veterans whose tax refunds and benefits the government improperly withheld between 2001 and 2008 to recover debts from charge and credit cards they used to buy uniforms and other items at military bases. A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday preliminarily approved a civil-court settlement in the case in which the government has agreed to repay up to $10,000 each to 6,715 former members of the armed forces. The class action complaint filed with the court is available in .pdf format at the Public Citizen website.

Would the world be better off without Trans people? Read more 

Army discharges single mom instead of court martialing her. Read more 

D’Anne Witkowski writes for Between the Lines on Oliver North’s comment on DADT. Read more 

The Right Wing pushes for abstinence with recent report but it only proves that comprehensive sex-ed is the best way to go. Read more 

J-Elijah is new favorite ex-homosexual because he really found the cure. Read more 

Bill Berkowitz is asking where did Obama’s millions go, his followers. Read more 

Missouri lawmaker’s argue that repealing DADT would be a ‘cultural affront’ to terrorists. Read more 

Deb Price: House of cards collapsing on opponents of gay soldiers. Read more 

Washington Post reports more tolerance of gay soldiers. Read more 

Christopher M. Fairman writes for the Washington Post on banning hurtful words. Read more

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