| New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage |
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Following weeks of negotiations and uncertainty, New York became the sixth state in the union, and the largest, to legalize marriage equality on June 24, 2011. (The District of Columbia also permits same-sex couples to marry.) The Republican-led state Senate, having extended its legislative session, worked late into the night ... |
| U.S. Department of Education Hosts First-Ever Federal LGBT Youth Summit |
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In early June 2011, leaders of U.S. government agencies and non-profit organizations gathered in Washington, D.C. with over 50 young activists from across the country at the very first Federal LGBT Youth Summit. Hosted by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the goal of the ... |
| House Republicans Simultaneously Attack Health Care Reform and Reproductive Rights |
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Republicans in the House of Representatives succeeded in combining the two major crusades they have relentlessly pursued since assuming the majority in that chamber following the 2010 elections— assailing both reproductive rights and the recently passed health care reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(P.L. 111-148). Following the ... |
| Tennessee Senate Passes “Don’t Say Gay” Bill |
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Legislation sponsored by Tennessee senator Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) and recently passed in the state Senate would ban discussion of sexual orientation in grades K–8. The final version of the Senate bill requires instruction to be “limited exclusively to natural human reproductive science.”[1] The Senate put off the vote five times ... |
| Recent Recommitment to AIDS Response Culminates at High Level Meeting |
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Over the past nine months, global leaders and policy makers have evaluated and renewed their commitment to fighting the HIV epidemic. These efforts led up to the 2011 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) on AIDS, which took place June 8–June 10 in New York City. Here, member states ambitiously ... |
