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SLDN Files DOMA Challenge, Seeking Equal Benefits for Same-Sex Military Spouses
[Photo: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis, left, speaks at a news conference on Oct. 27, 2011, announcing the organization’s filing of a...
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Review: CSS and MEN at the 9:30 Club
At the end of its concert at the 9:30 Club on Monday night, Oct. 24, the Brazilian dance-rock band CSS gave a Beastie Boys-esque rap-chant,...
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Girl Scouts confront request from boy who “identifies as girl”
”He’s been doing this since he was about 2 years old. He’s loved girl stuff, so we just let him dress how he wants, as...
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Out With It
For those of us who've been out for years, the delicate dance of the semi-closeted celebrity can be infuriating. The dance features a number of...
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Kameny in Combat
My first direct experience of Frank Kameny's combative style came during a gay rights debate that I arranged at Villanova University in March 1978 for...
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Spirited, But Not Yet Safe
On Oct. 20, many parts of Facebook and Twitter turned purple, as individuals, organizations, companies and even the White House changed their profile pictures and...
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Attacking Indifference
Washington residents, government agencies and community groups rallied at an Oct. 24 town hall to sound an alarm about problems facing ''black LGBTQI youth'' in...
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Gansler Warns of Ballot-Box Fight
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler told supporters of marriage equality that he believes same-sex marriage will be passed by Maryland's General Assembly and signed into...
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AIDS Walk's Top 25
Whitman-Walker Health, organizer of AIDS Walk Washington, on Tuesday announced not only the recipients of the event's three major honors, but a list of 25...
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Privileged Information
Sometimes, Anthony Dortch Jr.'s parents just don't understand. ''My parents look at my artwork,'' he says, ''and sometimes go, 'Why? Why not just make some...
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Cult Clash
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Elizabeth Olsen and Sarah Paulson (Photo by Jody Lee Lipes) It won't surprise you to learn that a movie with Martha...
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Saint of Killers
It's impossible to discuss St. Vincent -- the recording project of 29-year-old guitar goddess Annie Clark -- without bringing up dichotomies. The postpunk powerhouse combines...
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Troubadour of Trust
Tom Nichols is moving to the next stage, literally and figuratively. After years as CFO of the World Wildlife Fund and African Wildlife Foundation, he...
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War and Witchcraft
As Arms and The Man opens, Amy Quiggins flutters across the stage playing Raina Petkoff as if she were Barbie come to life. She's giddy...
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Joel Osteen keeps preaching ‘homosexuality is a sin,’ gay marriage against scripture
Prosperity televangelist Joel Osteen spoke with The Washington Post‘s Sally Quinn about his recent comments on the Piers Morgan show regarding homosexuality and gay weddings. Osteen and...
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Oscar-winner Mo’Nique supports legalization of gay marriage in Maryland [video]
Actress, comedian and talk show host Mo’Nique, a native of Baltimore County, Md., appeared in a new video this week to support gay marriage. The...
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Family Research Council Scores 10 House Votes, Two Relating to DOMA
The Family Research Council’s political arm, FRC Action, today released its “Vote Scorecard” for the first session of the 112th Congress. Of the 10 House...
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U.S. Pastor Council Promotes Video Decrying Annise Parker’s “GLBT Agenda for Houston”
[Image, above: Screen capture of the FaithVotes web site at 1:30 p.m. today. Image, below: Screen capture of the FaithVotes web site at 2:30 p.m....
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Wrestling coach Hudson Taylor [video]
Hudson Taylor, a three time All American winner during his college years, and currently a wrestling coach at Columbia University, addressed the crowd at Team...
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Chaz Bono eliminated after abrasive week of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
After six weeks of increasingly tense competition, Chaz Bono was eliminated from ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” The 42-year-old transgender son of Sonny & Cher...
