Over at Red Mass Group, a Massachusetts-based political blog, Rob Eno declares “I’m Out!“…as a play on an Obama campaign slogan. You’ve probably seen the new campaign by the Barack Obama team entitled, “I’m In”. Well I’m not, I’m out, and I think we need to tell him. So I created some items that help. [...]

I received my Brown for Senate Weekly Update e-mail this morning, which is a “weekly campaign wrap-up” intended to “keep you up-to-date with the happenings on the campaign trail”. Today’s e-mail describes campaign-related events from last week. Curiously absent from the list of items the Brown campaign chose to highlight was the senator’s guest opinion [...]

How obnoxious can U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) be? In a guest opinion published today in Bay Windows, a Massachusetts LGBT newspaper, Brown tells us that I don’t come before you with a checklist of items promising that I will be an advocate for you on each and every one of them. My opponent has [...]

Recently my family participated in Credo Mobile’s campaign “Tell Congress: Fight to pass the Respect for Marriage Act and repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act”. In response, we received the following letter from Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts). Sen. Brown clearly supports the discriminatory federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), but tries to change the [...]

Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts and strong supporter of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, draws on her personal experiences as a teacher in this new It Gets Better video. Professor Warren introduces her video with this message on her Facebook page: MA has been the [...]

I went to Scott Brown’s reelection campaign kick-off Thursday night. WHAT A SNOOZER. But it was entertaining to watch his attempt at stagecraft. The sidewalk was almost empty outside Worcester’s Mechanics Hall when I arrived about 5 pm. The event didn’t even warrant more than a few protesters, and they were busy being interviewed by [...]

The Lowell Sun printed two letters to the editor today critical of the Sun‘s December 16 anti-trans “Christmas” column, written by Dan Phelps. The first letter printed was written by Allyson Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign. The second letter printed was co-authored by Gunner Scott, Executive Director of Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, and Ethan [...]

Update: LGBT organizations respond. See below the fold. As we approach the Christmas holidays, what editor thought this was fit to print? Here’s an excerpt from “Christmas carols — with a twist” written by columnist and copy editor Dan Phelps at the Lowell Sun. Lowell is the fourth largest city in Massachusetts and is located [...]

In a welcome development, Elizabeth Warren, the leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, has posted a strong statement of support for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Under the banner “Protecting and Promoting Equality” she writes: I’ve had the chance to say it in living rooms and school auditoriums, but [...]

We may be a year away from the 2012 general elections, but the race for the U. S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) has been in full swing since Elizabeth Warren officially announced her candidacy in September. A superstar of consumer advocacy, Warren has swiftly eclipsed her Democratic rivals and has [...]