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Nondiscrimination bill passes Virginia Senate 24-16, heads to House
SB701, a bill to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in state employment, passed the Virginia Senate Friday morning by...
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Coverboy: Matt
Hailing from the Baltimore suburbs, 19-year-old Matt loves the water. He's been swimming for 15 years, today working as a private swim coach and lifeguard...
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Rhode Island House passes gay marriage bill, 51-19
The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted 51-19 Thursday to approve a bill legalizing marriage equality in the Ocean State, setting the measure up to...
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Rhode Island senator introduces bill to ban gay marriage via referendum
Just as the Rhode Island House of Representatives takes up a vote on a bill to legalize marriage equality, a Rhode Island state senator has...
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Pressure mounts for Panetta to protect same-sex military families
The same day the Defense Department lifted the ban on women in combat, advocates are calling on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to immediately grant full benefits...
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Virginia nondiscrimination bill moves forward, vote expected Friday
The Virginia Senate moved forward Thursday with the second reading and introduction of amendments for SB701, a bill that would prohibit discrimination in public employment...
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Obama and the Future Present
Not being a person who's into large crowds, I didn't trek down to the Capitol on Monday for the Inauguration. If I'm going to watch...
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Clear Harvey Milk Airport for Takeoff
For many, airports are uncomfortable complexes of invasive pat-downs, overpriced sundries and shoeless shuffling. Surly exchanges across countless customer-service counters provide tense white noise between...
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RuPaul's Right-Hand Woman
Michelle Visage long thought she might become the next Gwen Verdon or Bernadette Peters. ''As a kid growing up in New Jersey, I was a...
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Victory Fund endorses Christine Quinn for mayor of New York
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund is putting its weight and coveted endorsement behind New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn for mayor of New...
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SuperStar: New monthly dance party debuts in Philly
Chart topping singer Neon Hitch will christen Philadelphia’s new monthly gay dance party, SuperStar, this Saturday, Jan. 26. SuperStar is being hosted at Devotion nightclub...
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'Zorro' Strikes Again
Despite billing as ''the first modern superhero,'' Zorro isn't strictly a superhero in Constellation Theatre Company's Zorro. In fact, in this entertaining stage adaptation of...
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Mighty Sylvester
Anthony Wayne didn't grow up with Sylvester. In fact, the Norfolk, Va., native was only a kid when the flamboyant and openly gay disco legend...
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Up Close and Monumental
''When this opportunity started to develop, to really get great access at the Cathedral, and make some new images, I just sort of...
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House Republicans attack Obama, note gay power in DOMA brief
House Republicans urged the Supreme Court to uphold the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which forbids federal recognition of same-sex marriage, in a brief filed...
