Tammy Baldwin becomes first openly gay senator
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) beat Republican Tommy Thompson for Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, becoming the nation's first openly gay senator. "I am honored and humbled and grateful, and I am ready to get to work -- ready to stand with Barack Obama, and ready to fight for Wisconsin's middle class," said Baldwin to raucous cheers at her victory party. <a href="www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/tammy-baldwin-election-results-2012_n_2049837.html">Read the full story here</a>.
Maine approves gay marriage
Maine voters approved gay marriage Nov. 6 through a historic public vote, the Associated Press is reporting. The Portland Press Herald has additional information on what Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin hailed as a "landmark" move. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/maine-gay-marriage-question-1-results_n_2050863.html">Read the full story here</a>.
Maryland approves gay marriage
Maryland joined Maine in making history on Election Night, affirming gay marriage by a popular vote, making it the first state below the Mason-Dixon line to legalize marriage equality. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/maryland-question-6-results-2012_n_2050830.html">Read the full story here</a>.
Washington approves gay marriage
Officials from Washington United for Marriage (WUM) declared a 52 to 48 percent win for Referendum 74 on Nov. 7. "This is an historic day for Washington, an historic day for our country and, most of all, for families across the state who have dreamed of this day and the wedding celebrations to come," WUM campaign manager Zach Silk said in a statement on the group's website. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/washington-referendum-74-gay-marriage_n_2050539.html">Read the full story here</a>.
Obama is 'so absolutely delighted' by gay marriage wins
In addition to his own election victory, President Barack Obama is reportedly "so absolutely delighted" by the four historic same-sex marriage wins across the country. Buzzfeed's Chris Gelder reports that Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett spoke to supporters of the Human Rights Campaign on Nov. 8, and said the president believes voters in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington "all came down on the right side of history." <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/obama-historic-gay-marriage-wins_n_2102801.html">Read the full story here</a>.
Minnesota shoots down anti-gay marriage amendment
In Minnesota, voters shot down a constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as a union only between a man and a woman. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/minnesota-amendment-1-results-2012_n_2050310.html?1352292099">Read the full story here</a>.
Lesbian couple gets engaged at Obama's re-election celebration
Election Night proved significant on a more personal level for one Maryland-based lesbian couple. Keesha Patterson of Ft. Washington, Md. popped the question to her girlfriend Rowan Ha during the reelection celebration for President Barack Obama in Chicago. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/election-night-gay-wedding-proposal-photo-_n_2089183.html">Read the full story here</a>.
Ricky, Ellen, Chaz and other LGBT celebs praise Obama's victory
Election Day 2012 will go down as a breakthrough night for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Needless to say, the exciting news sent many LGBT celebrities into overdrive on Twitter -- among them Ellen DeGeneres, Chaz Bono, Ricky Martin and "Glee" star Chris Colfer. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/gay-celebrities-obama-election-gay-marriage-victories_n_2088348.html">Read the full story here</a>.
New Hampshire elects first transgender lawmaker
New Hampshire joins neighboring Maine in making history this Election Night, welcoming its very first transgender lawmaker. The Nashua Telegraph reports that Stacie Laughton, a Democrat, beat out two Republican candidates for one of three seats in the state's House of Representatives in Ward 4. In the interview, Laughton told the Telegraph's Joseph G. Cote that she hopes her victory will inspire other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) candidates in both local and national politics.
Gay 'Big Brother' winner pops the question
As if being a reality show champion wasn't enough, Australia's "Big Brother" winner Benjamin Norris surprised his longtime boyfriend by popping the question. In true old fashioned tradition, the 32-year-old Norris got down on one knee and proposed to his boyfriend, also named Ben, with an heirloom ring. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/benjamin-norris-australia-big-brother-proposal_n_2101640.html">To read the full story, click here</a>.
Denmark's gay penguins become dads
In what the Toronto Star describes as an "apparent world first," a Danish zoo's King penguin chick has two "adoptive" fathers. After a female penguin abandoned one of her eggs, zoologists at the Odense Zoo decided to see how two male penguins would handle the egg. As it turns out, they were "natural parents." <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/denmark-gay-penguins-fathers_n_2104190.html">To read the full story, click here</a>.
'Grey's Anatomy' star affirms commitment to LGBT community
Sara Ramirez has been a a longtime supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, and now, the "Grey's Anatomy" star has re-iterated that love. "I?m always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community," Ramirez, who plays the openly bisexual Dr. Callie Torres on the hit series, tells Latina.com in a new interview. "That?s going to be with me ?till the day I die and beyond. I mean, that?s just what it is!" <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/sara-ramirez-greys-anatomy-star-lgbt-community_n_2093840.html">Read the full story here</a>.
San Francisco offers transgender health care
In 2007, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to offer universal health care to its citizens through the Healthy SF program, which provides government subsidized health services to uninsured residents. Now, with a unanimous vote of the San Francisco Health Commission, the Healthy SF program will extend to transgender patients. "Until now, Healthy SF excluded care for transgender issues, even when the procedures are medically necessary," said Kristina Wertz, director of policy and programs at the Transgender Law Center. "A transgender man may need a hysterectomy as part of his transgender operations and it wouldn't be covered, but a non-transgender woman could need the exact same procedure and it would be covered." <a href="www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/san-francisco-transgender-health-care_n_2093248.html">Read the full story here</a>.
Anti-gay mayor voted out of office
Janice Daniels, the elected mayor of Troy, Mich., made national headlines for statements that many deemed homophobic, and for a combative attitude that rubbed plenty of her constituents the wrong way. Her naysayers took back power on Tuesday night, voting the realtor-turned-Tea-Party-pol out of office by 52 percent to 48 percent, with all precincts reporting, Troy Patch reports -- a rare event for this peaceful Detroit suburb. <a href="www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/janice-daniels-results-troy-mayor-recall_n_2080876.html">Read the full story here.</a>
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