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Obama: “I’ve met my commitments to the LGBT community.”
At the White House LGBT Pride Month Reception this afternoon, President Barack Obama only made one real news announcement — telling the mostly white, mostly...
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Music Sample: Radiation City’s The Color of Industry
We like the ’60s vibe of the emerging Portland-based group Radiation City. Their debut single, “The Color of Industry,” calls to mind a cross between...
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Obama Talks Marriage — on His Terms — Saying, “I’m Not Gonna Make News on That Today.”
At the presidential...
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HHS Announces Plans for LGBT Health Data Collection
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a plan to include sexual orientation and gender identity in health data collection, a result of...
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Closet Space
For many of us, the issues that touch our daily lives are the issues about which we care the most. It's certainly a reason that...
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It's a Smaller World
Mark my words: I'll never be visiting Saudi Arabia. Unless of course I'm invited to take part in some debate I'll hypothetically title, ''Homosexuality: Gift...
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Two-Year Trial
Nearly two years after being unlawfully arrested for saying ''I hate the police'' on a D.C. street within earshot of a Metropolitan Police Department officer,...
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Coiffure That Cares
About 65 people attended ''Wig Aid Live'' on Saturday, June 25, at Town Danceboutique, raising more than $2,000 for the Wanda Alston House. ''I think...
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Secrets of the Skies
From the days of Pan Am Clipper flying boats plying the Pacific and Alexander Calder's wildly painted Braniff jets, to today's first-class suites aboard gigantic...
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Beyoncé Blunders
''My persuasion can build a nation,'' Beyoncé sings on ''Run The World (Girls),'' the first single from her new album, 4. She's speaking in broad...
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Wicked Ways
Wicked is as Wicked does. Which is to say, Wicked does whatever it wants to, thank you very much. And if you don't like it,...
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Required Viewing
''The real difference between last year and this year,'' says Scott Kenison, founding chief operating officer of the Atlas Performing Arts Center, ''is that this...
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Tour Tuesday: Nicaragua
Toto Tours, which has been providing LGBT travel services since 1990, is offering a nine-day tour of Nicaragua, November 19 to 27, 2011. The tour includes colonial Granada, Leon...
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Obama Nominates Out Gay Magistrate Backed by GOP Senators for Texas U.S. Attorney Spot
Robert Lee Pitman, an out gay magistrate judge in the Western District of Texas, was nominated today by President Barack Obama to serve as the...
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Get Equal to Ask White House Pride Reception Attendees to Go on a “Scavenger Hunt”
On Wednesday, June 29, President Barack Obama and the First Lady are due to host the LGBT Pride Month Reception at the White House. Today,...
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What New York Wrought
Days after the New...
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Equality Maryland Unveils Six-Month Strategic Plan, to Hire Financial Consultant
Equality Maryland’s board of directors unveiled today, the organization’s six-month strategic plan to “stabilize internal operations of Equality Maryland” by December 31. In a statement...
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Air Force: Three More Servicemembers Separated Based on DADT
The Advocate‘s Andrew Harmon reported three more military separations related to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in recent weeks, in addition to the one previously reported...
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Stunted Growth
In the past week, LGBT advocates, activists and analysts have found...
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Editor’s Pick: Pictures of the Years at the Newseum
Pictures of the Year features the best news images from last year, courtesy of the Pictures of the Year International, the oldest photojournalism contest in...
