News + Politics
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Wanda Sykes, comedian, comes out gay over Proposition 8, marriage equality [video]
Tuesday, on November 4th — I live in California — so 8:15 was the happiest moment in my life. I was so happy, I was...
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Protest against Proposition 8 in Washington, DC draws several thousand gays & supporters [video]
”Let’s not sit by and just chant. We need to count on each other to write letters to Obama, to write letters to Biden, to...
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Baltimore, Maryland to protest against Proposition 8 [video]
” Mormon Temple is suing the state to abolish all of the marriages that happened before hand. So, it’s...
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Duanna Johnson murdered: famed transgender well-known vicitim of police brutality [video]
”Duanna bravely confronted the Memphis Police Department officers who brutalized her while she was in police custody. At great personal cost, Duanna was the public...
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Mormons claim gays responsible for white powder ‘terrorism,’ BB gun holes, graffiti
”It is false to conclude that yesterday’s suspicious package came from gay protesters. Overwhelmingly, gay and allied Utahns have expressed their pain, frustration and commitment...
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Gay protests continue in California and across America against Prop 8
”I’m fed up and disgusted with religious institutions taking political stances and calling them moral when it’s nothing but politics. It’s hypocrisy. Meanwhile they enjoy...
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Legal same-sex marriages begin Connecticut [video]
”We decided that we wanted to hold out for the real thing. Parties are fun, but it’s not about the celebrating piece of this. It’s...
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UHU Turns 20
Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc., will soon mark 20 years of working to prevent HIV infections among black gay and bisexual men, and...
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The GLBT Beat
On election night, Nov. 4, Steven Kensinger and Zack Pesavento were just like so many other Washingtonians who poured out onto District streets to celebrate...
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Proposition 8 Challenge
In the wake of Californians voting to pass Proposition 8, a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages that trumps an earlier California Supreme Court ruling that...
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History's Heroes
With the recent election, I was hopeful that Proposition 8 would not pass. A former Floridian, I might've cared more about their similar Proposition 2,...
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Prop 8 Protest
''This is not a California issue. This is an issue of equality across America,'' states a release regarding planned Nov. 15 protests against California's newly...
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Schwarzenegger to gays: Never give up. Like weightlifting, be on it & on it [video]
”It’s not the end. I think this will go back to the courts. This will go back to the Supreme Court ...
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Gays push back: Thousands protest churches in California [video]
”In San Francisco, on Friday night, about 1,000 people gathered in the streets in protest. In Los Angeles, on Saturday, 12,000 people converged in the...
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Mickey Rouke apologizes after using gay slur [video]
”I want to sincerely apologize for the derogatory word I used. It was insensitive and inappropriate of me and I am deeply sorry that I...
