News + Politics
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Rare bit of gay recognition from country musicians
”We actually have some gay people that work with us, and we have a lot of friends that are gay, too, and I know that...
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Corrections
In the March 12 issue of Metro Weekly, the story ''Clinic Counters'' included a sentence with phrasing that read, ''Chinn's and Hawkins' contracts did entitle...
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Mountain State Milestone
Regardless of what the superstitious might say, Friday the 13th was a very lucky day in West Virginia. ''Today, in the State Senate, we passed...
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Taxes for Tyrants
I recently excerpted the HIV/AIDS-related items from the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008. The grim survey ranges from Russia, where...
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Mendelson Urges Recognition
City Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At large) has offered the latest word in the push to have Mayor Adrian Fenty recognize same-sex partnerships of other jurisdictions...
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Marriage Push in Maryland
Michael Lacey used to be a private person. On Wednesday, March 11, speaking in front of a crowd of about 30 people in a meeting...
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Prince William's Party
Gail Dickert is not the only person who is enthusiastic about the first annual gay-friendly prom, titled Shatter the Silence 2009, to be held in...
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Emergency Responders
DC Fights Back (DCFB) staged a protest Friday morning, March 20, demanding Mayor Adrian Fenty develop an emergency plan to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in...
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US shows interest in United Nations’ pro-gay rights declaration
”The United States is an outspoken defender of human rights and critic of human rights abuses around the world…. As such, we join with the...
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Houston ‘Guerilla Gay Bar’ attendees kept waiting in the rain
”The gay community tends to stay in traditional gay bars, and part of the problem is our community is too insular. This is more to...
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RNC’s Michael Steele tells GQ of conflicting views on gays and marriage rights
”I have been, um, supportive of a lot of my friends who are gay in some of the core things that they believe are important...
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Anti-gay hate crimes up in California county due to coverage of Prop 8 issues
”My belief from having done this work for many years is that surges in types of hate incidents are linked to the headlines and controversies...
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Vermont debates the timing of another gay marriage debate [video]
“The only thing our gay and lesbian friends can get from this is potentially additional social acceptance… All of this was sprung in a fashion...
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NBC ‘Kings’ to take alternate path around Biblical gay bond of Jonathan & David [video]
”What would I give for a playboy, who couldn’t keep it in his pants and runs through women. But what I have, is a son...
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Misguided in Maryland: Don Dwyer continues battle against equal rights for gays
”I think that is a travesty to the citizens of the state of Maryland…. I can tell you that I have met many a former...
