News + Politics
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Retrial nears end for Firefighters ‘harassed’ at Pride Parade
”The city’s best defense is, ‘Even if you were harassed, it was not severe or pervasive,’ The law is unclear, and the fact that this...
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Lesbians granted divorce rights in New Jersey after Canadian marriage
”To grant the divorce here is not against public policy. It’s consistent with the strong marriage recognition principles that have been practiced since the 1800s.”...
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Gay Marriage mash-up: VT maybe, NY not yet, WY shoots down constitutional ban
”This really is a great day and a part of moving forward to a time when all Vermont couples will be treated equally under our...
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Beau Breedlove talks to CBS News about scandalized gay Mayor Adams [video]
”I thought he was very handsome. I thought he was charasimatic…. He was surprised …. It was a kiss....
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Boston flustered over police escort for gay video stars [video]
”These are troubling allegations. The department is taking this matter very seriously and it will be fully investigated.”
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High school supports gay prom king against “God Hates” churchmembers
“I’ve been targeted for almost my entire life. I’ve been out since 14 and being really, really active in school, in the community, I’ve definitely...
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Maryland Governor proposes health benefits to partners of gay state employees
”This move is consistent with the governor’s goal to provide affordable, quality health care to more Marylanders rather than fewer. It’s absolutely the right thing...
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Attacker Sentenced
Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. on Feb. 6 sentenced Ruddad Abdulgader, originally from Sudan, to 30 months incarceration for participating in a bias-related hate crime...
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Friend says Mayor Adams had sex with Breedlove at age 17
”I just didn’t think too much of it at the time,” he said. “It’s not the first guy who he had sex with that was...
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Kelly Clarkson quashes girl crushes, but glad you’re gay
”I get that all the time. People are like, ‘Are you secretly a lesbian? Because I’d really love it.’ Lesbians tell it to me all...
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Landmark gay bookstore closing: Oscar Wilde Bookshop of NYC
”People are hemorrhaging, and we’re no exception…. Even if we were rent-free, it wouldn’t be enough for us to cover the bills we have…. This...
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Helping Hands
Raising money for Brother Help Thyself's 2009 grant recipients was far from easy. Actually, says JoAnn Kokindo, ''it was horrible.'' Kokindo, president of the community-based...
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After the Fallout
Ask Barbara Chinn and Dr. Patricia Hawkins if they would consider working again for Whitman-Walker Clinic (www.wwc.org), where they were employed for more than two...
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Unholy Warriors
Before Colorado Springs megachurch pastor Ted Haggard was ruined in 2006 by revelations of his involvement with a male hustler, he was interviewed for Oren...
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Washington Blade Parent in Receivership
The investment fund that owns the Washington Blade, the Southern Voice, Genre magazine and other gay publications has been forced into receivership by the federal...
