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DC Jail to change policy regarding gender identity in response to violations of District regulations
“Our policy primarily reflects heightened respect and concern for privacy as it relates to inmate gender.” Beverly Young, spokesperson for the Department of Corrections, remarking...
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Anti-gay Florida “association” still bemoaning Disney Gay Day
“This is an event that is, on its face, very offensive because they’re in there demonstrating their same-sex affection…. It’s a party on their part....
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Turkish gay group targeted by police, shut down by court
“We are surprised by the decision, but that does not mean that Lambda Istanbul is closed down…. If the Supreme Court gives a closure decision...
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Lesbians told to stop kissing or leave Mariners game
“And he (the security guard) goes ‘there’s a lady whose son says he saw you guys making out, and I did, too. And you have...
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University of Wisconsin set to hire first lesbian Chancellor
“None the size of UW-Madison…. It is a big milestone, and it’s part of the progress that we’re seeing at the college and university levels....
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Ex-Reporter/Escort Jeff Gannon claims close kinship with Scott McLellan; denies romantic assertion
“What I hear about the book does not sound like the Scott McClellan I knew for two years. I can say without fear of contradiction,...
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Four arrested after protest of military; Republican Sen. Collins calls for rexamination of ‘Don’t Ask Dont Tell’
“The only way this bill is going to be repealed is when the stories of gay people who want to serve get heard and when...
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Gay Marriage Update: California begins June 17; public support rises; NY to recognize out-of-state unions [video]
“Effective June 17, 2008, only the enclosed new forms may be issued for the issuance of marriage licenses in California.” A quote from a directive...
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Skinhead attacks transgenders in hate crime; gets stabbed & arrested
“A known skinhead has been arrested for attacking two transgender men in Sacramento county. was stabbed in the leg. Johnson now...
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ExxonMobil shareholders increase support for gay, gender issues, but vote remains too short
“Our conversations with management never went anywhere…. Gay and lesbian employees can still be fired for being themselves at Exxon, unfortunately.” Trevor Thomas, a spokesperson...
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New Berlin memorial erected to honor gays persecuted during Holocaust [video]
“ part of our work of commemoration is becoming reality…. This memorial is important from two points of view – to commemorate the victims, but...
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Furmansky Announces Departure
Dan Furmansky, executive director of Equality Maryland, announced on Wednesday, May 28, that he plans on leaving the organization that advocates for GLBT equality in...
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Harmonic Convergence
If ''Queering Sound'' is distorting, shaking up and subverting familiar sounds -- specifically what one might describe as ''gay music'' -- then ''Queering Sound 08...
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Whiplash
Recently, I happened to catch Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Sci Fi channel, which, in the weeks leading up to the highly anticipated...
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Shake-up at SMYAL
During her yearlong tenure as the executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), Tasha Hill was never one to talk candidly about...
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Patio Politics
As the maxim has it, when it rains, it pours. Alan Goodwill and Latif Guler, the owners of Jack's Restaurant and Bar, would likely tell...
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Pretty In Punk
The Dresden Dolls emerged like a lightning bolt in 2003, fulfilling demand for a rock band merging the gay-popular counter-culture musical genres of cabaret and...
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Piano Gal
By the time she was only 11, Rachael Sage decided she wanted to be a singer-songwriter. Namely, a female Billy Joel. ''Why not? He was...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: In myths, Power usually chases and seduces Beauty. This time there's some role reversal. Do what it takes to land Prince Charming. Go...
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Brotherly Love
The scene: A very handsome, young Colonial man writing a letter inviting his ''dearest beloved'' to meet him at Independence Hall at the stroke of...
