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“I’m not gay-bashing”
”I’m not gay-bashing. But according to God’s word that is not the right kind of lifestyle.” — Oklahoma state legislator Rep. Sally Kern (R), defending...
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” will be arrested and executed”
”If I return to Iran I will be arrested and executed.” — Mehdi Kazemi, a 19-year-old Iranian who had applied for and was denied asylum...
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“he’s standing up one more time and showing people the way”
”In his absence, he’s standing up one more time and showing people the way.” Thatcher Bailey, a high-school classmate and friend of Ric Weiland, a...
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“references to sexual activity”
”Gay is approved for copy and preferred over homosexual, except in clinical references or references to sexual activity.” — Erik Wemple, Washington City Paper editor,...
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“It was a tough movie to watch.”
”It was a tough movie to watch. I’ve been with my partner for 30 years and it’s always been an issue: What if one of...
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“You have to be either a man or a woman”
”I am Iranian. I want to live here and this society tells you: You have to be either a man or a woman.” — Negar...
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“tell all Nepalis that we have equal rights”
”We are standing in the elections to fight the discrimination against our community. This is a very symbolic approach to tell all Nepalis that we...
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“I’m going to take something you love from you”
”You take something you love from me and you can damn well bet I’m going to take something you love from you, too.” — Jimmy...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: It's a brand new, beautiful day. There's a shift in perspective being born every minute, but this cycle is especially powerful in...
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Namasté
Through much of South Asia, from India to Nepal to Sri Lanka, hands pressed together with fingers pointed skyward is a gesture of respect and...
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Wages of Sin
It's unlikely that anyone was more surprised than I when I found myself agreeing with Maggie Gallagher last week. Granted, her pro-marriage views tend not...
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Fighting to Keep Equality
A group of Montgomery County residents, backed by Equality Maryland, filed a lawsuit March 14 against the County Board of Elections for certifying petitions from...
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Old Timers
More than 3,000 people are expected in Washington for the 2008 Aging in America Conference, scheduled for March 26-30, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel...
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PEN Dinner
The Potomac Executive Network (PEN), D.C.'s GLBT chamber of commerce, which works to promote the success of gay-oriented businesses and their allies in the metropolitan...
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Do Tell
It was almost embarrassing to be an American at a recent Georgetown University Law Center panel titled, ''Sexual Orientation and Military Preparedness: An International Perspective.''...
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Strained Glass
It was like a bad case of dĆ©jĆ vu. Walking into the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C. (MCCDC) on a Saturday morning only to...
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Twisted Sister
There are a lot of surprises in store for readers of Christopher Rice's new novel, Blind Fall, not the least of which is that it's...
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Web Singer
Apparently, cherry blossoms weren't enough. It seems everyone wants his own festival. The Kennedy Center is spending the month of March cozying up with August...
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White Hot
Once again, Woolly Mammoth courageously enters the realm of black-white relations, this time via up-and-coming playwright David Adjmi's new play Stunning. Much like The Unmentionables,...
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The Damned
In a recent metro-area school production of Don Quixote, parents were shocked and dismayed when teenage members of the audience greeted a fellow classmate's performance...
