Senate to Pass Hate Crimes as Amendment
June 9, 2009
U.S. Senate leadership has settled on passing hate-crimes legislation — which would expand existing federal law to include crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability — as an amendment to another bill rather than voting on it as a stand-alone piece of legislation, reports the Washington Blade .
“We understand that Senate leadership does not believe a hearing or markup on the bill is necessary and plans to bring it directly to the floor as an amendment to another moving vehicle,” Human Rights Campaign spokesman Trevor Thomas told the Blade. Read more
Obama declares June 2009 as LGBT Pride Month!
June 1, 2009
President Obama issued the following LGBT Pride Month proclamation late this afternoon on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Stonewall:
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION Read more
