News + Politics
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Michael Steele: Small businesses can’t treat gay spouses equally; It costs too much
“Now all of a sudden I’ve got someone who wasn’t a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as...
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Moscow police forcibly arrests gay rights seekers [video]
”Today, they are not only fighting for lesbian and gay freedom here in Russia. They are also fighting for the soul of Russian democracy…. If...
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Uruguay lifting military ban on gays. Why hasn’t Obama done it here? [video]
From Huffington Post: ”The defense ministry confirms that Minister Jose Bayardi has signed a decree lifting the ban imposed by the 1973-85 military dictatorship. The...
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Bad Shepherd
''Every single person who voted for this, they're gone,'' shouted Rev. Anthony Evans, associate pastor of D.C.'s Mount Zion Baptist Church, into a news camera....
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Anti-Tumor Team
Cancer, in a twisted sort of way, has the power to bring people together. It might be researchers working on the frontiers of the cancer...
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The Gay Outdoors
For those unfamiliar with Adventuring(www.adventuring.org/cgi-bin/main.idc), last weekend's Virginia hike from Bootens Gap in Shenandoah National Park to Hoover Camp, President Hoover's rural retreat, might have...
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GLOV Gears Up
Five months have passed since Pedro Martins' gay twin brother, Durval Martins, was shot and killed at the corner of 11th and Q Streets NW...
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Bringing Safety Back
Washingtonians share their District with a virus that refuses to leave. HIV is still here. It can still be fatal. And it's spreading at a...
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Blame it on Obama: Trump lets Prejean keep title, Past queens work positive spin [video]
”We had a little bit of a dilemma with Carrie, who’s here, who’s lovely, and who gave a very, very honest answer when asked a...
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Seth MacFarlane: Big champion of gay rights [video]
”Despite what ‘Family Guy’ would have you believe, I’m not gay…. This is one where it’s okay for the people who have made that leap...
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NPR cut gay politicians’ names from review of ‘Outrage’ movie
”I asked that my name be removed in protest of NPR’s policy of not ‘naming names’ of closeted or rumored-about politicians – even those who...
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Update: Military policy on inclusion of gay soldiers [video]
”We have had preliminary discussions with the leadership of the Pentagon, Secretary Gates, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, this is, as you know, George,...
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Wanda Sykes stuns Washington with roast of President Obama & DC elite [video]
Wanda Sykes, comedian and Hollywood actress who recently came out as a lesbian, taking on the politics of DC at the 2009 White House Correspondents...
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It’s the Prejeans! Your all-American broken home (Thank goodness they’re ”not gay”) [video]
”The gay and lesbian community has been supportive of Carrie. It’s just been overwhelming…. I’m not gay…. Just this past Sunday ...
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Massachusetts’ 5th Marriage Anniversay: All’s well! (mostly)
”I was out of work for eight weeks, spent a week in the hospital. That was the first time I really felt thankful for the...
