News + Politics
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Actress Kelly McGillis confirms that she is gay
”Yes, I am single…. No, definitely a woman. I’m done with the man thing. I did that. I need to move on in life. That’s...
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North Carolina Rep. Foxx: Matthew Shepard hate crime was ‘a hoax’
”We know that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay. The bill was named for him,...
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Meet Carrie Prejean, your new Anita Bryant: Gay marriage goes against ”my children’s children”
”This vision of marriage is not hateful. It’s not discriminatory. It’s good…. Unless we bring men and women together, children will not have mothers and...
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Keeping the Faith
Not every preacher, not every church, not every congregation opposes the rights of GLBT people -- but far too many people believe that's the case....
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Schroer awarded $500K in transgender discrimination lawsuit against Library of Congress
”They are hugely underemployed, at best. If they are fortunate enough to get something, it’s well below their capabilities. It’s not just about money, it’s...
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New Hampshire, Maine take significant steps toward gay marriage
”I am moved to tears thinking about what this means to so many Mainers who have been denied this basic right for far too long....
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Controversial ”Miss California” in D.C. to launch new anti-gay marriage political campaign with Maggie Gallagher
National Organization for Marriage (www.nationformarriage.org) news conference featuring Miss California Carrie Prejean to announce the launch of “No Offense,” the second of NOM’s previously announced...
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Storefront Stand
If Brad Allison was a bully, he'd be one to hide from. At an inch shy of 6 feet, weighing in at 240 pounds, and...
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Distinguished Honors
The Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA) honored four people and three organizations during the group's 38th annual anniversary celebration Wednesday, April 22, at the...
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Strange Fruit
The recent suicides by hanging of two 11-year-old boys in response to anti-gay bullying -- Carl Walker-Hoover in Massachusetts on April 6 and Jaheem Herrera...
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Gay and Gone
It would be hard to argue that Clark Ray, the highest-ranking openly gay member of Mayor Adrian Fenty's administration and its only department head, was...
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Roundtable, Round Two
D.C. City Councilmember David Catania (I-At large) continued his probe into management decisions of Whitman-Walker Clinic under the leadership of Donald Blanchon, on Monday, April...
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Rallying Against Equality
''There are a lot of issues that we agree on, there are some that we don't agree on, but...we have to say no to same-sex...
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No gays in Star Wars?
”As I have stated before, these are terms that do not exist in Star Wars. Thread closed.” SeanDahlberg, a Community Manager for the Bioware gaming...
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Marion Barry: I’m a moral politician… No gay marriage in DC! [video]
(Metro Weekly has published a more detailed update to this event. — 4/29/09 2:10am) ”You are the moral leaders of this community. Politicians out to...
