Friday, January 16, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T5T-6)

It’s time to paint the White House pink! President-elect Barack Obama announces a new openly gay appointee and invites Bishop Gene Robinson to his inaugural party; Hillary Clinton hints at a more gay-friendly State Department ; and, Rev. Al Sharpton takes the Mormon Church to task over gay marriage.

Update from Cristina Finch, HRC's senior counsel: The confirmation hearings for Eric Holder have come to a close for the day and will resume again on Friday. As the hearing began this morning, HRC President Joe Solmonese was in attendance...
Yesterday, Parade magazine posted online a poignant letter from President-elect Obama to his lovely daughters, Malia and Sasha, that will arrive with Sunday newspapers on January 18. In the letter, Obama writes: When I was a young man, I thought...
Our membership team wanted me to remind you that HRC's push to sign up 2009 new HRC members before the January 20th inauguration is still going strong. As of this morning, we've had 1,021 new people to join us and...

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