Watermark readers respond: HRC endorses Hillary Clinton
You guys had a lot to say about the Human Rights Campaign’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton for U.S. President. Read a round-up of Watermark reader comments after the jump: “Bernie was supporting gay...
View ArticleEric Holder to headline annual Human Rights Campaign dinner
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will headline the upcoming annual national dinner for the Human Rights Campaign in D.C., the organization announced Wednesday. Holder, who served as the first...
View ArticleEdith Windsor’s posthumous memoir released
ABOVE: Edith Windsor, photo courtesy St. Martin’s Press. When Edith Windsor died at age 88 in 2017, the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court case United States V. Windsor, which overturned a key...
View ArticleAaron Schock comes out as gay
ABOVE: Aaron Schock, photo via Schock’s Instagram. Aaron Schock, the former Republican congressman who was long suspected of being gay, came out in an Instagram post on Thursday. “The fact that I am...
View ArticleBarrett dodges on same-sex marriage, downplays ties to anti-LGBTQ law firm
ABOVE: Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Oct. 12 for her nomination to the Supreme Court. (Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters; POOL PHOTO used with...
View ArticleEdith Windsor, lesbian activist who took down DOMA, dead at 88
Edith Windsor has died at age 88. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) Edith Windsor, a lesbian activist who was a pioneer for LGBT rights and brought down the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act,...
View ArticleJohn McCain leaves complicated legacy on LGBT rights
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) leaves a complicated legacy on LGBT rights upon his death. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday at 81, leaves a legacy of patriotism,...
View ArticleHouse approves PRIDE Act to give gay couples refunds on back taxes
ABOVE: The PRIDE Act would make gay couples eligible for a tax refund if they married before DOMA was struck down. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) The U.S. House approved — with zero...
View ArticleMcCarthy on same-sex marriage: ‘I support the law of the land’
ABOVE: Rep. Kevin McCarthy, photo via McCarthy’s Facebook page. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was thrown off when about an LGBTQ issue Sept. 30. In the wake of Rep. Liz Cheney...
View ArticlePressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House
ABOVE: Watermark file photo. WASHINGTON (AP) | The Senate has unexpectedly launched a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law after a surprising number of Republicans helped pass landmark...
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