 Cheryl Jacques, a U.S. politician and gay rights activist. Cheryl Ann Jacques (b. February 17, 1962) (her surname is pronounced [jakes], to rhyme with fakes) is a United States politician who, beginning in January 2004, served for 11 months as president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, advocacy organization. It was as the leader of the nation's LGBT communities that Jacques addressed the 2004 Democratic National Convention. This work is copyrighted. ...
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HRC logo The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is one of the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equal rights organization in the United States. ...
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2004 Democratic National Convention logo The 2004 Democratic National Convention culminated in the arrival of John Kerry on July 29 to address the delegates. ...
She resigned on November 30, 2004, citing "a difference in management philosophy" with her board, following criticism of the HRC's failure to defeat referenda in 11 states banning same-sex marriage and, in some cases, civil unions. Same-sex marriage is the legal union of two people who are of the same biological sex or gender. ...
A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing homosexual couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married heterosexuals (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by couples of differing sexes who do not...
Previous to her work with the organization, Jacques was one of the first openly lesbian members of the Massachusetts State Legislature, serving six terms from 1992 in the Massachusetts Senate. There, she became the first woman and first freshman legislator to chair the judiciary committee. Before her legislative career, she was Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County and Assistant Attorney General of the state. The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ...
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts. ...
Currently, Jacques writes and speaks nationally on issues of diversity, civil rights and politics. She is Of Counsel to the law firm of Brody, Hardoon, Perkins and Kesten, and is a consultant on diversity issues to corporations and non-profit organizations. Diversity is the presence of a wide range of variation in the qualities or attributes under discussion. ...
Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...
Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ...
Jacques graduated from Boston College in 1984 and received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1987. She resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with her partner, Jennifer Wade Chrisler, and their twin sons, Timmy and Tommy. She is also an official political commentator for Q Television, appearing weekly with her own segment called Political IQ. This article is about Boston College; for the unaffiliated urban university see Boston University. ...
Juris Doctor (Latin for Teacher of Law) or J.D. is a degree in law offered by universities in a number of countries. ...
Suffolk University Law School is a private law school in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ...
Silver Spring is an urbanized, but unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. ...
Q Television Network was an American cable television channel which aired programming targeted to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender audiences. ...
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