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John Kerry announces post-DOMA visa policy for same-sex couples
In a policy change announced Friday by Secretary of State John Kerry, the United States will begin processing visa applications for same-sex couples effective immediately. ...
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Congressional bloc pushes prompt end to nation’s gay blood ban
A bipartisan group of 86 members of Congress urged Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to accelerate the reevaluation of the nation’s...
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HRC slams Sochi assurances following new statement out of Russia
“Within the past two days, two Russian officials have gone out of their way to contradict the IOC in no uncertain terms. The opinion of...
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ACLU, Lambda Legal Announce Virginia Lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal, and the law firm Jenner and Block announced today at a press conference...
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Wonder Women
They come from somewhat disparate backgrounds, yet share more common traits than differences. The most significant similarity is their success. They are the women of...
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Vodka Is No Tonic for Russia
Given that just a couple weeks ago I argued that LGBT people should avoid seeing the upcoming sci-fi film Ender's Game because it's based on...
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Stolen Republic
Benjamin Franklin said in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention had given America ''a republic, if you can keep it.'' We have struggled for 226 years...
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Writ Large
Some prefer sci-fi, while others crave spice. Or, maybe it's nonfiction all the way. E-book or traditional, there are plenty of options, and that's what...
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Creative Calculations
The first lines of The City of Devi detail the character Sarita haggling over the price of a pomegranate. That might seem relatively insignificant, except...
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Poet Rising
''It's odd that I am a poet,'' Niki Herd laughs, ''because I remember not caring for poetry very much in high school.'' Herd, who grew...
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Novel Approach
K. Murry Johnson secured a great quote from the noted African-American novelist James Earl Hardy for the book jacket of his self-published debut novel. ''An...
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Schedule for Outwrite 2013
FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Women Write Gay EroticaTC Blue, Ellis Carrington, Treva Hart, Marguerite Labbe6:30 p.m.The DC Center1318 U St. NW SATURDAY, AUG. 3 All Saturday...
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Curaçao offers LGBT travelers a free night’s stay, plans first Pride
While it struggles with its own LGBT-equality issues, the southern Caribbean island of Curaçao is hoping U.S. gay travelers, especially honeymooners, will take advantage of...
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Pride House International calls on IOC to host LGBT safe space in Sochi
“We challenge the IOC to demonstrate its good faith by hosting under its aegis a Pride House in Sochi, open to all, athletes and visitors,...
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ENDA’s Democratic holdouts part of new coalition’s push for bipartisan Senate support
As Congress prepares to leave town Friday for a month-long summer recess, advocates are undertaking a multimillion dollar lobbying campaign to secure Senate passage of...
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Ultra’s Altar
Electronic/dance music, or EDM, is a singles-driven genre, so you don't expect EDM artists to produce albums as regularly as you do those in other...
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Blood Feud
Flying back to the U.S. with her Danish wife in July, Mary Coble was welcomed – albeit politely – with some institutional homophobia. So many...
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Modern Marriage
''It's a musical I never thought I'd end up directing, that's for sure,'' says Jack Marshall of I Do! I Do! ''I actually avoided seeing...
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Madonna’s self-titled debut, 30 years later
Thirty years ago this week an album was released that would end up changing the course of pop music forever. It would have been impossible...
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Icona Pop to Return to Area with Stop at Virgin FreeFest
This year’s Capital Pride headlining duo Icona Pop are on a tear, striking while the iron — aka that little ditty called “I Love It”...
