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Mulling Over Marijuana
It's the one area of public policy that still prompts giggles and bad jokes about junk-food cravings, but the push to reform the nation's laws...
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The Pot's in the Kitchen
Cooking and cannabis have a long history together. It was long used in Cambodian cooking, for example, with Westerners returning home with tales of ''Happy...
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Joint Effort
Earlier this month, Congressman Jared Polis extended a headline-grabbing invitation to President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In a Jan. 23 letter...
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BHT Offers Cash and Kudos
Brother, Help Thyself Inc. (BHT), a local LGBT organization offering support to local nonprofits for the past 36 years, awarded more than $75,000 in grants...
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Delta safety video is like totally awesome
Virgin America got a lot of buzz last year with the release of its Glee-ed up safety video, and now Delta has released a new...
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Milestones and In-Fighting
It was a week of milestones and petty in-fighting in the automotive world this past week. As one of the potential future directions of the...
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West Winging It
Given my nation of birth, Britain, it could be expected that my personal politics would be heavily influenced by the ethical socialism that proved popular...
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T Time
It’s not much of a secret these days. To get to the size and strength level of many professional athletes, PED’s are necessary. An acronym...
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UPDATED: Dana Beyer Running for Maryland Senate
Dr. Dana Beyer, a transgender-rights activist who serves as the executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, announced Thursday morning that she plans to run for...
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Masque of the Red Death
Actress Goldie Hawn had no idea what she was wading into last week when she tweeted from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ''Met...
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Supportive Synagogue
A year ago Gil Steinlauf, leader of the oldest and largest Conservative synagogue in Washington, took a stand for gay rights. Writing in the Jewish...
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White House insists ENDA a priority despite no State of the Union mention
The White House insisted Wednesday that President Obama’s failure to call on Congress to pass federal legislation prohibiting LGBT workplace discrimination during his State of...
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Obama criticized for omitting LGBT nondiscrimination from State of the Union
President Obama invoked the ire of LGBT-rights advocates Tuesday night as he failed to mention LGBT workplace protections during a State of the Union address...
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Disney Channel makes history with first gay couple
The Disney Channel made history Sunday night in an episode of family sitcom Good Luck Charlie. The sub-plot of the episode revolved around daughter Charlie’s...
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Equality Maryland issues second round of General Assembly endorsements
Equality Maryland PAC, the political action committee for Maryland’s major LGBT-rights organization, today released a second round of endorsements, 21, for General Assembly candidates, making...
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Ugandan President won’t sign anti-gay law unless it’s proven people aren’t born gay
“Unless I have got confirmation from scientists that this condition is not genetic, but a behaviour that is acquired, I will not sign the bill“...
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Obama takes executive action on wages, absent on LGBT nondiscrimination
After vowing earlier this month to take executive action on key issues if Congress won’t act, President Obama will sign an executive order raising the...
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Comfortably Numb
Clichés get a bad rap because they beat dead horses until the cows come home with all the originality of the wall of books Barnes...
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McAuliffe rejects request for special counsel to defend Virginia’s gay marriage ban
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) on Monday refused to appoint a special counsel to defend a state law prohibiting recognition of any form of same-sex relationship...
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Classic album revisited: The Fixx “Phantoms”
The Fixx has always been a bit outside the lines. They never fit neatly into any particular genre, falling somewhere between new wave, post-punk and...
