News + Politics
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DC’s gay Leather Weekend gets ABC News’ coverage
”Let’s just say it’s likely the president-elect will be occupied with many other activities.” Linda Douglass, spokesperson for Barack Obama, telling ABC News that the...
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Cleveland ministers seek to put new domestic partner registry up for vote [video]
”There are so many things they could be doing. Why are they not putting their energies on real issues that affect families like health care,...
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29 sue Arkansas to block voter ban on gay adoptions
We are good parents and more than capable of deciding who we should trust to care for our children, without the state’s assistance. It is...
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Growing Grassroots
Paquita Wiggins Paquita Wiggins feeds off of adversity. Even before the 31-year-old Chicago native came out as a lesbian, she was advocating for gay equality...
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Mayor Sets Meeting
The recently re-formed Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) is ending a seemingly violent 2008 with a commitment from Mayor Adrian Fenty to meet with...
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Religious Overload
When I was 7, my family was in Ireland during the St. Patrick's Day weekend. We went to Blarney Castle and I ate my first...
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Cut Without Cash
On Dec. 16, Whitman-Walker Clinic, founded in 1973 as a gay men's STD clinic and today serving a diverse population of clients while maintaining GLBT...
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Playstation’s beautiful new ‘Home’ filters out ‘gay,’ ‘lesbian,’ ‘bisexual’
”I can understand if they’re filtering out profanity, but if feel like it’s discrimination. By blocking a word like ‘gay,’ which is a preferred term...
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Tammy Baldwin named honorary co-chair of Obama Inauguration
”Every Inauguration holds special significance, but the swearing-in of Barack Obama as president marks a turning point in American history. It’s a privilege to have...
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Rick Warren’s West Hollywood stunt fails, Saddleback removes anti-gay language for ‘clarity’ [video]
”He kind of just wanted me to know that his church had given a lot of money to people with AIDS, and not to believe...
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Etheridge’s wife, Tammy Lynn, thinks Rick Warren ‘LOVES gays’ [video]
rick is not a televangelist. rick is not falwell. rick spoke of some “stupid” things he’s said (his word, not mine), some missquotes that were...
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Campbell’s ads in The Advocate have conservatives boiling mad
”We support all types of families, regardless of how they’re defined, for more than 100 years. We advertise in a variety...
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Gay-rights leaders come forward with mixed-feelings on Barack Obama
“We are prepared to hold feet to the fire on the issues that are critical to our community.” — Darlene Nipper of NGLTF. ”We have...
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Warren further belittles gay people; Denies meaning what he’s saying; Blames God and media [video]
”I have been accused of equating gay partnerships with incest and pedophilia…. I believe no such thing. I never have…. You know I believe that...
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Melissa Etheridge meets with ‘Pastor Rick’ – Charmed, I’m sure
”On the day of the conference I received a call from Pastor Rick… he told me what a fan he was. He had most of...
