News + Politics
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Emergency Responders
Police remove Larry Bryant from Pennsylvania Avenue (Photo by Todd Franson) As Larry Bryant and Keith Holder, both HIV-positive, lay on Pennsylvania Avenue in front...
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Vermont Senate votes to approve same-sex marriage bill
”The consequences are there, politically. But I’m not choosing votes based on what’s politically correct. My vote is going to go to what I think...
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Barney Frank calls out Justice Scalia as a homophobe
”As much as I dislike — I led the fight against it — I don’t think that it’s appropriate to...
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College wrestler talks about motivation, aftermath of appearing on gay porn site
”I didn’t do anything illegal. I didn’t hurt anyone. I don’t think I did anything wrong. Who should I apologize to?… I am straight, but...
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Bachelorette parties: A growing insult at gay bars after Proposition 8
”The women are a hoot, and some can be just delightful. But because not everybody can get married, watching them celebrate, it’s such a slap...
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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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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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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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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...
