News + Politics
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Changing Rabbis
Growing up in Chicago, Rabbi Toby Manewith thought she was going to be a lawyer. ''I sort of always wanted to be a lawyer,'' the...
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Tackling Transphobia
Nightlife in D.C. is not as transgender-inclusive as it ought to be. At least, not according to Equality, Campus Style, a coalition of local GLBT...
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Wilson's Return
It was just about this time last year that members of DC Black Pride (DCBP) got the news that Daryl Wilson would be running a...
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Turning Point
I listened to my boyfriend Patrick on the overseas call as he tried to wrap his French-African voice around the unfamiliar word, ''Iowa.'' The gay...
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Marriage and Money
Michael Crawford has been hearing ''I do'' quite a lot lately. Mainly, it's when he's volunteering as a member of DC For Marriage, asking D.C....
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University of Virginia anti-gay hate crime: 5 young men assault 2 others [video]
”Based upon the facts as we currently know them, we believe this to be a bias-motivated crime, in that the perceived sexual orientation of the...
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National boycott of Jamaica due to rampant violence against gays set to launch in NYC
”If you love your gay friends and family members, you won’t visit Jamaica. If you care about the human rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and...
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Lindsay Lohan pokes fun at herself with mock eHarmony profile [video]
”I’m recently single … I think.” Actress Lindsay Lohan appearing on FunnyOrDie in an eHarmony-style personal profile. She mentions many of the infamous things she’s...
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Maryland votes to remove ‘gay tax’ on property; sidesteps transgender issue
The Associated Press is reporting that Maryland the legislature has passed a revision to existing inheritance laws that benefits same-sex couples. The bill still needs...
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Beltsville, MD preacher calls for national fight against DC Council’s pro-gay marriage vote [video]
”There was only one item on the agenda that had to do with gay rights according to the printed agenda. For this reason, I was...
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Social work indeed: Gay dean, black professor squabble at OSU
”In effect, it’s going to take a seven-figure settlement to get me to drop this case. I will likely retire immediately, leave Ohio State and...
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Gay conservatives launching 2nd group: GOProud
“If you pulled the lever for John McCain in 2008, then passing hate-crimes legislation or ENDA is probably not your priority. Most...
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11-year-old buried today after gay taunts drive him to take his own life
”They were always saying, ‘you’re gay, you must be gay, you act like a girl.” Sirdeaner Walker, mother of Carl J. Walker-Hoover, an 11-year-old 6th-grader...
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Texas Christian University reneges on deal to create gay student housing
“TCU will not launch any new living learning communities at this time. Instead we will assess whether the concept of housing residential students based on...
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Gay elephant riles Polish politician
”We didn’t pay 37 million zlotys ($11 million) for the largest elephant house in Europe to have a gay elephant live there.” Polish politician Michal...
