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Carnival apologizes for ‘miscommunication’ surrounding drag cruise
In response to the growing outrage regarding a letter sent to guests booked on Carnival Cruise Lines’ Drag Stars at Sea Cruise informing them that...
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Maryland Trans Activists Make 2013 Plans
While Maryland made history on Election Day, joining three states in voting to advance the rights of same-sex couples – blocking an anti-gay marriage amendment...
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Carnival links drag to inappropriate behavior
UPDATE: Carnival apologizes for ‘miscommunication’ surrounding drag cruise An eight-day cruise with nearly 40 stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race seems like it should be a...
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Morgan Freeman Narrates HRC Marriage-Equality Ad
One of the country’s most acclaimed actors is lending his voice to the fight for marriage equality in a new ad produced by the Human...
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Parliamentary Committee Passes Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill
“The constitution will not allow the majority to oppress the minority.” Ladislaus Rwakafuzi, a human rights attorney, responding to news that the Legal and Parliamentary...
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Transgender travelers get a helping hand
As we enter the busy holiday travel season, the Washington, D.C. based National Center for Transgender Equality yesterday released tips and information to help transgender and gender non-conforming people...
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Family at Cliffside
The greatest contribution of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln is that it shows our 16th president not marching majestically toward Mount Rushmore, but deeply immersed in the...
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Uganda’s Mugisha Vows To Continue Fight Against Anti-Gay Bill
“This bill won’t stop us. We will continue to fight until we are free of this legislation. We cannot have oppression forever.” Frank Mugisha, executive...
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Scotland’s The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
The National Theatre of Scotland presents an international tour of its 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit play, performed in an actual pub. For the D.C....
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Rice Hails Vote To Retain LGBT in UN Resolution
“The United States will fight to ensure that the remarkable progress the UN has made on LGBT issues in the last four years is not...
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Organ Transplant
''An organ in a concert hall has to have balls,'' says organ consultant Jeff Weiler. ''And the old organ was just whistling Dixie.'' The Kennedy...
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North Pole Longing
{GMCW: Born This Way (Photo by Ward Morrison)} ''Mrs. Claus is going to be very classy, with maybe just a hint of Karen Walker,'' says...
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Remembering and Rallying
It was an evening of sadness, mixed with forgiveness and love, for the hundreds gathered inside D.C.'s Metropolitan Community Church Tuesday night. Called together to...
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GLLU Website Ceases
An external website for the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) is no longer operating, prompting some local LGBT activists to...
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LGBT-Rights Leaders Mark Transgender Day of Remembrance
Activists and LGBT leaders across the globe are marking the 14th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance today as a means to raise awareness of the...
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Congressman Calls for LGBT-Inclusive Immigration Reform
In a column published by The Hill this afternoon, California Rep. Mike Honda (D) called on his fellow lawmakers to pass broad immigration reform that...
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Nate Silver Credits His “Outsider” Status
“I’ve always felt like something of an outsider. I’ve always had friends, but I’ve always come from an outside point of view. I think that’s...
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Chamber Head Faces Misdemeanor
Following an Oct. 26 incident, Mark Guenther, the executive director of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, was charged Nov. 7 with...
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New Charges Possible in Howard Theatre Stabbing
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia says it expects superseding indictments to be handed down in the next two weeks for the...
