News + Politics
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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...
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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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Proposition 8 to go before California Supreme Court on March 5
According to the Los Angeles Times, the California Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments against Proposition 8, the voter-approved initiative that banned gay marriage...
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First legally married lesbians in U.S. have filed for divorce
I wish I could talk them into staying together, but I don’t see how. They had a great thing going. I love Julie, and I...
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Lesbian tells of anti-gay taunts by young men on DC Metro system
”It makes me very frightened because homophobia — like racism, like sexism — it’s grounded in irrationalism. To think that we are in the 21st...
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Michael Steel appeals to gay Republicans
“I think that’s an important opportunity for us, absolutely. Because within our party, we do have those who have that view, as well as outside....
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Religious high school has right to expel lesbian girls, rules California court
”The whole purpose of sending one’s child to a religious school is to ensure that he or she learns even secular subjects within a religious...
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Crazy Ted Haggard and in-denial wife do worst example ever of explaining sexuality and gay desires [video]
”Now that we’ve processed this through, my current counselor says you’re a heterosexual with complications. And — and so I don’t think the boxes work...
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Prop 8 anti-gay marriage contributors denied request to hide their names
”If there ever needs to be sunshine on a political issue, it is with a ballot measure.” US District Judge Morrison England, Jr, in his...
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Washington state looking to accept ‘everything but marriage’ bill for same-sex couples
“I would say the most remarkable thing about this bill is that it is unremarkable. Instead of the cultural wars that we have seen year...
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First openly-gay world leader appointed in Iceland
”She is a senior parliamentarian, she is respected and loved by all of Iceland.” Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir, a fellow Alliance party member to Johanna Sigurdardottir, 66,...
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The Waiting Game
If you're confused about what has changed in D.C. jails since Virginia Soto, a woman who was wrongfully placed in a male facility for two...
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Welcome to Washington
Through all the barriers to immigration, all the legal wrangling that comes with manmade international borders, one institution has seemed superior: marriage. Even at the...
