News + Politics
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Village People
There were barely enough chairs to go around Sunday, Nov. 23, as about 25 people -- possibly a capacity crowd for the D.C. Jewish Community...
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Professor of Pride
For the past few years, Nan Hunter's annual Thanksgiving party at her vacation home in Rehoboth, Del., has become something of a tradition. ''Some folks...
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Thanksgiving Table Tableau
Sometimes America takes a breather. Barack Obama heralds one of those eras. It's not that America completely disengages from the rest of the world, but...
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Eagle Anniversary
The D.C. Eagle, downtown at 639 New York Ave. NW, may call the nation's capital home, but not so for the brand-spanking-new Mr. D.C. Eagle...
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Gay Adoption Ban Overturned by Florida Court [video]
”With that stage set, it’s clear that this 30-year-old ban that was based strictly on politics and hate has to fall before the science, before...
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City Paper looks at life & death of Logan Circle gay man shot by DC police
”You could see that they really did love each other. Near the end, it wasn’t just my brother’s problems and Paul’s. I think it kind...
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Transgender Mayor’s supporters crowd out Hate Church protesters
”Discrimination of any sort should be intolerable in the United States…. I’m fed up with it… The bottom is a little...
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Boy George accused of beating male escort
”As soon as I saw the other guy they were both jumping on me. They held me down and beat me. I could not move....
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California minorities begin to worry that they’re next
”The entire purpose behind the constitutional principle of equal protection would be subverted if the constitutional protection of unpopular minorities were subject to simple majority...
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Tammy Baldwin appeals to Barack Obama
“In the eyes of the law, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans are not yet equal to their fellow citizens, and simply put, this cannot...
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eHarmony begins Gay Dating site, Settles gay man’s lawsuit for $5,000
”It’s very frustrating and it’s very humiliating to think that other people can do it and I can’t,” he said. “And the only reason I...
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Terry's Turn
PreventionWorks, a 10-year-old, local, nonprofit organization working in HIV-prevention and health advocacy, announced Nov. 13 that Philip Terry will be serve as the group's new...
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New Blood
Equality Maryland has announced that Kate Runyon, of Ann Arbor, Mich., will be taking over as the GLBT-advocacy group's new executive director. The former interim...
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Guilt Confirmed
The Washington Metropolitan Police Department announced Nov. 12 that 19-year-old Virginia resident, Ruddad Abdulgader, originally from Sudan, has pleaded guilty to two criminal counts before...
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Stein Successors
Members of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, a gay organization and among the most influential in District politics, elected the club's 2009 officers at a...
