News + Politics
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Girl Talk
Looking back at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League's annual fall brunch event over the past several years, Betsey Pursell noticed something missing: women. ''It...
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The Color of Pride
It's been days since DC Black Pride's Pure Love Unity Festival wrapped up with a performance by Crystal Waters, but organizers of the annual event...
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Captive Audience
On Sunday evening of DC Black Pride weekend, African-American Collective Theater (ACT) presented a sneak peek at Play Ball, a new play by director/writer Alan...
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Trial Date Set
At this point, a murder trial in the murder of Robert Wone seems unlikely. It's been more than three years and no one has been...
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Correction
In the May 21 profile of Aisha Mills, ''Woman on the Verge,'' Mills' partner, Danielle Moodie, was incorrectly identified as a public-relations professional. Moodie works...
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California keeps Proposition 8: Anti-gay marriage law remains, but so do marriages performed before November [video]
”Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Chief Justice Ronald George writing for the California Supreme Court which...
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Provincetown: Bizarre hate crime leaves residents in emotional upset
”Patten was screaming biased, anti-gay language. We took him into custody as quickly as possible, so he would not incite the large crowd that was...
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US State Department moving toward equal benefits for ‘domestic partners’ of Foreign Service
“Historically, domestic partners of Foreign Service members have not been provided the same training, benefits, allowances and protections that other family members receive. These inequities...
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So You Think Gays Shouldn’t Dance: Confused judge insults male couple; apologizes [video]
”This is the first time we’ve had two guys Samba for us…. Your styles were good, if I just stick with the dancing. I think...
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Sneak attack: Anti-gay marriage banners show up on gay-friendly web sites
”It’s a totally wholesome way to build family bonds while exercising your God-given right to be a bigot against the maricones.” From a Comedy Central...
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Ward 8 Dems vote in favor of gay marriage; Ward 5 does not
”For our society to continue to discriminate against people because of how they were born is unfair, unjust and profoundly inhumane. I did not reach...
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Texas Mayor quits to be with gay Mexican lover
<p>”In my mind it came to the decision of if I pursue a promising political career or, frankly, sacrifice my humanity, and I felt I...
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Miss California’s curious family: More gay juice squeezes out
”I did date her. I’m not going to deny it, but I’m not going to say anything else.” A quote obtained by ABC News from...
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Adam Lambert loses ”Idol” to Kris Allen; Remains coy about gay speculation
”It’s not dangling over my head. It may be dangling over yours, but it’s not over mine. Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really...
