Happy New Year!
President Obama is expected to sign an executive order changing the classification rules we have now in our government. Of course, 400 million documents were already scheduled to be declassified Dec 31, and he’s slowing down the actual release, but his order will keep many new documents from being classified in the first place!
Does this mean that the repeal of DADT and DOMA aren’t far behind? Don’t hold your breath. At this point, I’m taking what I can get.
Speaking of LGBT issues, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, always a supporter of LGBT rights, is opening Newark’s first gay-friendly center (and for the life of me, I can’t find anything in the print media about it…yet.) Newark is known for not being, let’s say incredibly open, to differences in sexual orientation, so this is a huge deal. When I get a link, I’ll post it.
January 7th, 2010 at 11:39 am
The Newark guy – I could only find stories from August & September about him saying plans were underway to create an LGBT liason position in the police force, like this short post and this earlier article. Still, hopeful!
January 8th, 2010 at 12:22 am
Yeah, he’s always been a champion for LGBT rights, so there are a few articles about general issues. It’s strange that this was an actual news story, not a feature on Booker and his record, and I can’t find anything recent about it.