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Italian court orders city to recognize same-sex marriage
“This is a unique precedent for our country. It is thefirst time that a gay marriage has been recognized in Italy.” — Sergio Lo Giudice,...
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BlackBerry could stop making smartphones to stem further losses
BlackBerry has been on a steep, slippery slope for the past few years. The struggling phonemaker, formerly known as Research In Motion, has fallen from...
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Super Powered
There’s a reason we’re so infatuated with superheroes: power. Flight, fire, invulnerability, invisibility — whatever the special ability, we’re envious of and enthralled by it....
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Utah distances itself from anti-gay-marriage academic
Hours before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments in a case challenging Utah’s same-sex-marriage ban, defenders of the ban filed...
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Tour of Duty
Tom Goss is not bashful. Nor is he pushy. Put simply, he has a message to share and he’ll do what he needs to express...
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Chick-fil-A wants to take over New York, CEO still opposes same-sex marriage
“We don’t need bigots coming to New York City.” That’s the reaction from openly gay Councilman Daniel Dromm, upon reading the story in USA Today...
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Unhappy Campers
An ideal evening at the theater for precocious high schoolers and the politically curious, Lawrence Wright’s Camp David is a primer on President Jimmy Carter’s...
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Invitation to Indulgence
Think you know what to expect at a typical awards dinner? Great, but that’s not what you’ll find when the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian...
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Mercedes teases its Concept Coupe SUV
If you thought BMW’s X6 was a confusing blend of low-slung coupe and premium SUV, Mercedes-Benz has just announced their intentions to further add to...
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister distances herself from legalizing gay sex
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has further distanced herself from a 2011 election promise to legalize gay sex. The leader of the People’s National Party...
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D.C. GOP Commits to Full Slate
The D.C. Republican Party announced April 7 that it intends to place candidates who did not declare their intentions prior to the party’s April 1...
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Obama continues executive actions, but not on LGBT workplace discrimination
President Barack Obama continued to act on his promise to make 2014 a year of action, signing two executive actions Tuesday seeking to narrow the...
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Georgia’s same-sex marriage ban will “institutionalize discrimination against LGBTI people”
“The amendment serves no purpose but to institutionalise discrimination against LGBTI people. As equality is the defining element of a civilised and inclusive society, I...
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Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson stars in gay-marriage ad
“Live and let live. It is very simple,” says former Sen. Alan Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming, in a new national television ad supporting same-sex...
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The ”Sore Winners” Fallacy
Several prominent gay writers deplored the furor that brought down Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corp. last week for supporting California’s anti-gay Proposition 8....
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GLOV Co-Chair Leaving
The local Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) group, a program of The DC Center and one of the key community partners in combating area...
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Supreme Court declines to hear arguments in LGBT discrimination case
The U.S. Supreme Court will not address whether businesses have a right to discriminate after declining Monday to hear arguments in an anti-LGBT discrimination case...
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Newt Gingrich blames Mozilla’s CEO troubles on ‘new fascism’
“This is just the most open and blatant example of the new fascism, which says if you don’t agree with us 100%, we have the...
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Apple: Consumers want what we don’t have
As Apple and Samsung head back into the courtroom, some rather interesting documents are being released that give further insight into the inner-machinations of both...
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Movie Review: Captain America – The Winter Soldier is a stunner
Have you noticed how very boilerplate superhero movies have become? Everything is interchangeable — from the hero and his or her specific degree of angst,...
