Or at least she wanted to. The Pentagon at first said her spouse, Lauren Azar, who had exchanged vows with Baldwin in 1998, could not take the flight. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had to intervene before Azar was allowed on board. Funny how discrimination looks different when it happens to someone one knows. [...]
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The average gay couple doesn’t have Nancy Pelosi to intervene when we are discriminated against. Tammy Baldwin’s domestic partner on a military flight for a congressional fact-finding trip to Europe. The speaker succeeded, but the issue continues to simmer for both sides. The Pentagon appears to be self-conscious about transporting gay domestic partners at a [...]
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Pentagon Freaks over Presence of Lesbian Politico is reporting that Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, recently had some trouble taking her wife, Lauren Azar on a Congressional fact finding trip to Europe. They were flying on military aircraft and members of Congress routinely take spouses on [...]