Sara’s News Roundup 5/1/11
Recent LGBT news selected by Sara Boesser of Juneau, Alaska.
1) League of Women Voters Joins N.Y. Marriage Coalition
New York, Advocate, April 25, 2011
2) West Point rejects lesbian cadet
Albany, New York, Associated Press, April 22, 2011
3) Clement to defend DOMA with different firm
Washington Blade, April 25, 2011
4) Put It Gets Better In School Libraries
Advocate.com, March 28, 2011
5) Texas may strip away transgender marriage rights
Austin, Texas, Associated Press, April 25, 2011
6) U.S. Department of Labor adds gender identity and pregnancy status to its equal employment policy
Washington, National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce, April 28, 2011
7) Uncensored, Gay Dorian Gray
Advocate, April 28, 2011
8) Marines get trained on accepting gay recruits
365Gay.com, April 28, 2011
9) Ellen DeGeneres leads celebrities on Out’s power 50 list
San Francisco Chronicle, April 28 2011
10) Archie Comics devoting series to new gay character
San Francisco Chronicle, April 4, 2011
11) StoryCorps: A military man finds peace with his sexuality and his Mormon faith
San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2011
12) White House to host first ever trans meeting
Washington, Washington Blade, April 27, 2011
13) Business moguls pen letter endorsing same sex marriage
New York, CNN, April 29, 2011