Obama Moves to End 22-Year-Old Restriction on Travelers with HIV/AIDS Entering US
President Barak Obama - photo provided by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On October 30, President Barack Obama signed an order, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, to be finalized on November 2 and take effect just after the beginning of 2010, extending the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and eliminating a ban, instituted in 1987, against people with HIV/AIDS entering and traveling within the United States. Read more
President Obama Signs Hate Crimes Bill into Law
Matthew Shepard - photo by Gina van Hoof, courtesy of Matthew Shepard Foundation
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
On October 28, less than a week after it reached his desk, President Barack Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, making it the first piece of federal legislation designed specifically to protect the LGBT community from violent crime. The United States Senate passed the bill on October 22 by a vote of 68 to 29 and the House of Representatives approved it on October 8 by a vote of 281 to 146. Read more
Hate Crimes Bill Passes Senate, Will Next Move to President Obama
Dennis & Judy Shepard with President Barack Obama - photo courtesy of Matthew Shepard Foundation
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The United States Senate passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act on October 22 by a vote of 68-29, following the House of Representatives’ October 8 vote of 281-146 in favor of the act. The bill, which adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the criteria-race, color, religion, national original, gender and disability-that define a violent crimes as hate motivated under the Department of Defense authorization bill, next goes to President Barack Obama, who supports the legislation, for his signature. Read more
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