Today, Members of New York City’s Congressional Delegation – Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Ed Towns, Eliot Engel, Carolyn Maloney, Joe Crowley and José E. Serrano – released a video to combat the scourge of suicide among LGBT American youths.  The video features the members’ testimony on why it gets better, and where those who are struggling can seek… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and the sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), hailed today’s ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.  He issued the following… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents one of the most vibrant Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual/Transgender communities in America is calling on President Bush to immediately rescind Jerry Thacker’s nomination to the Presidential Advisory Commission on HIV and AIDS. “Mr. Thacker has time and time again managed to display his ignorance about the disease, while berating and… Read more »

Demonstrating the breadth of support for equal immigration rights for same-sex permanent partnerships, a bill which would extend to couples in permanent partnerships the same benefits legal marriages enjoy under the US Immigration Law reached 100 cosponsors this month.  To mark the occasion, the sponsor of The Permanent Partners Immigration Act, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), has… Read more »