Our new Task Force blog is live!
By Task Force staff, May 27, 10:07 am
Check out our new blog featuring video, photos, action alerts, news and features about our work toward full equality: www.thetaskforceblog.org.
Faith leaders convene in Puerto Rico to support LGBT equality
By Task Force staff, May 13, 1:22 pm
The National Religious Leadership Roundtable (NRLR), convened by the Task Force, is holding its semi-annual meeting in Puerto Rico to support the local struggle for LGBT equality. The NRLR is an interfaith network of leaders from pro-LGBT faith, spiritual and religious organizations.
Life is to be enjoyed, not endured
By Task Force staff, May 11, 11:17 am
This has been a challenging couple of years. In August 2007, I had emergency surgery and ended up in the hospital for close to a month with multiple infections that no one could figure out how to treat.
Ask. Tell. LOBBY on May 11. Repeal DADT.
By Task Force staff, May 6, 10:21 am
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the law that keeps patriotic gay, lesbian and bisexual people from serving openly in the U.S. military, has been in the news a lot lately.
Need for immigration reform takes center stage again
By Task Force staff, May 4, 11:26 am
Immigration reform continues to be a volatile issue nationwide. The Task Force, a longtime advocate for comprehensive and humane immigration reform, slammed the April 23 signing of Arizona’s new immigration law. Under the measure, police officers can in part question people about their immigration status if there is “reasonable suspicion” they may be in the country undocumented.
Task Force to debt commission: First do no harm
By Task Force staff, April 29, 3:10 pm
As President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform holds its inaugural meeting, advocates for LGBT rights are taking note.
More than 200 Organizations Demand Immediate Action on ENDA
By Task Force staff, April 22, 9:51 am
Earlier this week, the nation’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations, along with allies in the faith, labor and civil rights communities, issued the following statement to members of the United States Congress:
Update in Clear Channel controversy
By Task Force staff, April 14, 3:35 pm
BREAKING: Late Thursday afternoon, Clear Channel issued a statement saying that it will "remove the Exodus organization from its referral system and remove links to Exodus from its website." The action was taken in response to community outcry over the controversy outlined in this blog.
Hundreds demand equal Social Security benefits for same-sex couples
By Task Force staff, April 12, 3:23 pm
An energized crowd of hundreds of people rallied at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and marched more than a mile to the Social Security Administration office in Hollywood on April 11 to demand an end to the unconscionable discrimination that deprives same-sex couple taxpayers of more than $120 million in Social Security benefits every year.
Rock for Equality to end Social Security discrimination!
By Task Force staff, April 9, 2:42 pm
The L.A Gay & Lesbian Center and the Task Force, in coalition with the AIDS Community Action Foundation, are holding a Rock for Equality rally to spotlight the discrimination against same-sex couples in receiving Social Security benefits and demand an end to this costly inequity.
