News + Politics
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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...
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Now Hiring
The Capital Pride Alliance has announced that the search is on for an executive director to plan, manage and execute Capital Pride 2009, in what...
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Good-Bye Girls
Barbara Chinn (Photo by Patsy Lynch) Despite the anticipation of the Jan. 20 change in presidential administrations, generally much welcomed by the GLBT community, there...
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Dancing With Obama
For months, Rick Garcia has been dealing with people who portray President-elect Barack Obama as ''at best half-hearted'' on GLBT issues. ''These are generally gay...
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No-Go for Rodeo
As images of the infamous Dust Bowl of the 1930s served as a backdrop to the Great Depression, D.C.'s GLBT community now has its own...
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‘Real World: Brooklyn’ features bisexual MTF transgender geek, and gay Latino dolphin trainer [video]
”I’m one of those really bisexual types — I can never make up my mind…. If I had my own daytime show it would be...
