News + Politics
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VT Governor uses economy to deflect moves toward gay marriage
”I believe marriage, as our statute says, is a union of a man and a woman…. I want to be sure every Vermonter, regardless of...
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Virginia Rep. Jim Moran ramps up effort to defeat military ban on gays
”How many more good soldiers are we willing to lose due to a bad policy that makes us less safe and secure?” Portion of a...
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Gay bowling night’s success results in shut down by CA police
”When we go over there at 2 in the morning, expecting to find 30 or 40 people bowling, and instead we see … velvet ropes...
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Rachel Maddow on ‘The View’ [video]
”I definitely get hate mail. But I have ever since I started doing radio in 2000, so it’s been, I guess, 9 years since I’ve...
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Adam Lambert stirs up ‘Idol’ admiration with glam rock performances [video]
From VoteForTheWorst.com ”While we didn’t want to hurt his chances in the competition by scaring the fundie frauen away from him, Adam Lambert apparently has...
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Clinic Counters
First -- depending on how one measure's a local tempest -- came the layoffs in December, including the dismissal of two GLBT community pioneers, Barbara...
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Status Quo on 17th
(Note: An update to this article is available at ANC Consensus) An urban corridor synonymous with gay D.C., 17th Street NW, is about to get...
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The New Victims
There are certain clichés about ''liberals,'' ''progressives,'' ''lefties,'' what have you. As a longtime spy in that house of love, I can tell you that...
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ANC Consensus
(Note: This is an update for an earlier article: ''Status Quo on 17th'') The Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2B) voted unanimously at its...
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Pride Appointment
The board of directors of the Capital Pride Alliance announced March 10 that Dyana Mason has been appointed as the executive director of the organization,...
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Gay marriage debate causing religion to lose its luster?
”More than ever before, people are just making up their own stories of who they are. They say, ‘I’m everything. I’m nothing. I believe in...
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Daily Show features discussion on gays in the military [video]
”I came to this trying to figure out if there were people who had a real concern about unit cohesion, or if it was...
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Author E. Lynn Harris: Black gay men abandoning my books because of mainstream status
”I still continue to write about because I see a whole new generation of these young men…. I found out from reading...
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Census determined to ignore the ‘lifestyle’ of gay families
”This is all about the numbers. This not about lifestyle or anything else.” U.S. Census spokeswoman Cynthia Endo speaking with Contra Costa Times which states...
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New poll finds California gay marriage debate still evenly split
”Opinions haven’t changed much since November. The closeness of the divide suggests it would depend on the quality of the campaigning and voter turnout.” Field...
