News + Politics
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Gay Republicans support nominee for Vice President, Sarah Palin; HRC disagrees [video]
”I am pro-life and I believe that marriage should only be between and man and a woman.” Selection from the 2006 election website Alaska Governor...
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Early polls indicate anti-gay marriage ballot not well supported in CA
”It’s early in the campaign season, and in the end the vote on this measure … could be hard to predict. Overall views on gay...
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NBC Olympics apologizes for omitting background of gay diver, Matthew Mitcham [video]
”We regret that we missed the opportunity to tell Matthew Mitcham’s story. We apologize for this unintentional omission.” Gary Zenkel, President of NBC Olympics, in...
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Janice Dickinson trumps thankless Tyra Banks’ transgender inclusion [video]
”I did it on my show first with Claudia. But you know what? There’s not going to be a moment where Tyra’s not going to...
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Pioneering lesbian, Del Martin, dies at 87 [video]
”Ever since I met Del 55 years ago, I could never imagine a day would come when she wouldn’t be by my side I am...
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Why California plans to prevent gay inmates from marrying
”We’re still developing our official policies and procedures for complying with the court ruling. We have never permitted inmates to marry other inmates in the...
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Fighting Back with Love
As curious onlookers passed, in the early evening of Sunday, Aug. 24, a crowd of about 40 people sang as they held hands in a...
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Media Muddle
Some forms of media bias I can appreciate. For example, someone at The Washington Post got carried away in the August 21 issue with color...
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Club Kudos
Extending the celebration of the just-ended Democratic National Convention -- and not likely to worry about missing its Republican counterpart, Sept. 1 to 4 --...
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Arrested Development
For the past three-and-a-half years, local transgender activist Earline Budd has volunteered her time on Wednesdays, visiting transgender inmates at the D.C. Department of Corrections'...
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Transgender vets face additional discrimination
”We did our time. What happened to us after we got out doesn’t have anything to do with whether we deserve care. We are aware...
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Barney Frank speaks out on Obama vs. McCain
”If Obama wins and we have a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate, we will see legislation that will remove some of the...
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Lesbian kicked out of Federal building due to ‘Lesbian.com’ T-shirt
”As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven’t been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination … but this is just shocking.” Lapriss...
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Ban on gay adoptions & fostering broadened to affect all non-married parents in Arkansas
”Arkansas needs to affirm the importance of married mothers and fathers. We need to publicly affirm the gold standard of rearing children whenever we can....
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Talking street fashion and techniques with transgenders of NYC’s ‘sidewalk runway’
”I would describe it as ‘Take me.’ … My friends say my sense of style is bitch.” — Shawn Rachel, 28 ”Today is classic and...
