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From left, Gov. Maggie Hassan D-N. Kelly Ayotte R-N. Photo of Hassan by Roger H. Goun; photo of Ayotte pubic domain. Senate race could determine whether Democrats regain control of the chamber. Bar Hassan is ahead of incumbent U. Ayotte was ahead of Hassan by a percent margin in a survey that Emerson College conducted between Oct.

The advocacy group earlier this week released an online video that contains a clip of her speaking in support of LGBT rights during an interview with WMUR. It also notes the Granite State was among the states that urged the U. Supreme Court to rule in favor of marriage rights for same-sex couples in the Obergefell case.

Hassan in June issued an executive order that bans discrimination in state government based on gender identity. Log Cabin Republicans last month endorsed Ayotte, U. The measure has not gone to a full vote in either the Senate or the Republican-controlled U. House of Representatives.

She also noted that she respects the landmark decision that extended marriage rights to gays and lesbians across the country. Ayotte last month announced she would not vote for Donald Trump after the Washington Post released a recording in which he made lewd comments about women and bragged about groping them. Her opponent, Sen.

Kelly Ayotte, remains to this day opposed to marriage equality. New Hampshire Gov. Washington Blade photo by Michael K. On June 23 of last year, I held the gay as a gay man in the New Orleans City Council Chamber and related a lost piece of queer history to the seven council members.

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I told this story to disabuse all New Orleanians of the notion that silence and accommodation, in the face of institutional and official failures, are a path gay healing. Around that piano in the s Deep South, gays and lesbians, white and Black queens, Christians and non-Christians, and even early gender minorities could cast aside the racism, sexism, and homophobia of the times to find acceptance and companionship for a moment.

For regulars, the UpStairs Lounge was a miracle, a small pocket of acceptance in a broader bar where their very identities were illegal. On the Sunday night of June 24,their voices were silenced in a murderous act of arson that claimed 32 lives and still stands as the deadliest fire in New Orleans history — and the worst mass killing of gays in 20th century America.

As 13 fire companies struggled to douse the inferno, police refused to question the chief suspect, even though gay witnesses identified and brought the soot-covered man to officers idly standing by. For days afterward, the carnage met with official silence.