News + Politics
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Iran has no gays?! What was that crazy Iranian President trying to say? [video]
”I didn’t say don’t exist. I said, not the way they are here. In Iran it is considered a very unlikeable and abhorrent act....
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Swimsuit jitters sink Isis on ‘Top Model,’ Elina loses control [video]
”Until I have my gender reassignment surgery, there’s some things I have to do extra that the other girls don’t have to. I have on,...
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Ellen Degeneres on Proposition 8: ‘No’ means ‘Yes’
”The wording of Prop 8 is tricky. It’s like if someone asked you, ‘You don’t want dessert, right?’ But you do want dessert so you...
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Gay video game players fire back at homophobic rhetoric [video]
”Anonymity on the web can be a really good thing in some ways but, by and large, I think it creates an atmosphere where those...
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Muffins for Minors
The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League's (SMYAL) 11th Annual Fall Brunch, the organization's main fundraiser, is scheduled to kick off with a silent auction at...
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Anti-Crime Encore
A recently launched, grassroots effort to respond to violent attacks against members of the GLBT community made notable progress Monday evening, Sept. 22. Two weeks...
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Honoring Hunter
On Sunday, Sept. 28, local GLBT community activists, as well as family and friends of Tony Randolph Hunter, will gather where he was brutally beaten...
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Stay and Fight
When the stakes in an election are high and our chances of victory are quite good, we can become so invested in winning that we...
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Nipper Nabs National Job
Darlene Nipper, head of Mayor Anthony Williams' Office of LGBT Affairs from 2005 to 2007, returns to a leadership role beginning Oct. 1 with the...
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New Day
The National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA), based in Silver Spring, launched the National HIV Testing Day more than 15 years ago. Now it...
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DC Clinic finds shocking increase in HIV; City Admin points at committed couples avoiding condoms
”. In the same period this year, we’ve seen 266 new HIV cases....
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Clay Aiken is gay! Who knew?
”New Dad Clay Aiken: Yes I’m Gay. The ‘Idol’ star opens up about his emotional decision to come out: ‘I cannot raise a child to...
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Legendary gay nightclubs, G-A-Y and Heaven, combine in London
”Despite much speculation about the future of Heaven, it is my priority to make sure not only will Heaven be the new home for G-A-Y,...
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N’Sync singer Lance Bass debuts on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ [video]
”I think it’s so important for me to do this,” he says. “But my biggest concern is I just hope it doesn’t hurt the gay...
