News + Politics
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Boy George going to prison for abusing male escort [video]
”This offence is so serious that only an immediate sentence of imprisonment can be justified for it.” Judge David Radford during the sentencing hearing of...
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Fenty, Lanier Meet with GLOV
Chris Farris and Todd Metrokin, co-chairs of the newly re-formed Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), met with D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Metropolitan Police...
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No Wone Murder Charge
Following a status hearing regarding the Robert Wone murder case, U.S. Attorney Glenn Kirschner confirmed on Friday, Jan. 16, that the U.S. does not plan...
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Oprah stunned: ‘Gay is a gift from God.’ [video]
”Well, you’re the first minister, I ever heard say being gay was a gift from God, I can tell you that.” Oprah Winfrey looking rather...
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Obama supported same-sex marriage in 1996
”I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.” From a 1996 survey submitted by Barack Obama to Outlines, a gay...
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Obama representative promises they’ll get rid of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
”You don’t hear politicians give a one-word answer much. But it’s ‘Yes.”’ Obama administration spokesperson Robert Gibbs responding to a question from Thaddeus of Lansing,...
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Prouder than Bombs
Here it is, some 60 years since the Israeli Declaration of Independence, and the bombs are still falling. Hamas is firing rockets into Israel and...
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Lobby Days Loom
Equal rights organizations in Maryland and Virginia both bid farewell to their longtime leaders last year, making way for two new leaders to head the...
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Quarter-Century Contest
Most reunions are bittersweet affairs, occasions to strengthen and celebrate bonds, and to reminisce and remember those absent. Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, running Jan. 16 to...
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Gay bishop, Gene Robinson, invited to speak Sunday at Obama’s Inauguration kickoff [video]
”I am writing to tell you that President-Elect Obama and the Inaugural Committee have invited me to give the invocation at the opening event of...
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Gay video game players celebrate ‘Fable II’
”There is a history of GLBT characters appearing in video games, but it’s few and far between. Assuming that we continue to develop games that...
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Florida conservatives using scare tactics against transgender restroom rights [video]
”We just want to live our lives with the basic civil rights that everyone else has.” Donna Lee, 60, a MTF post-op transgender woman who...
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PBS tucks away Sir Ian McKellen’s full-frontal performance
”If it’s a distraction of that sort, it’s not worth the candle…. Every night, when I’d take my clothes off, you know what I used...
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Proposition 8 contributors ask California court to hide their shame
”Several donors have indicated that they will not contribute to committee plaintiffs or similar organizations in the future because of the threats and harassment directed...
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Eleven gay bars receive bioterrorist threats in Seattle
”It’s probably nothing, but the economy is really screwing all the bars right now, and the last thing we need is something ramping up the...
