News + Politics
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Riled Over Rules
In the months-long debate between the District and the transgender community regarding the treatment of gender-variant detainees in District jails, the ongoing dialogue seems to...
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Playing Out
At James Madison High School in Vienna, Va., being the gay member of an all-male swim team was ''rough'' enough, says Dan Martinelli. The feelings...
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Guarding Our Gains
The value of a coordinated effort by many people was never more evident than in the current battle against a proposed rulemaking by the D.C....
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Judicial Jousting
Equal-rights advocates in Maryland say they are disappointed, but not discouraged, following a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge's July 24 ruling in favor of Citizens...
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McCain’s befuddled “position” says something about being against gay adoptions — Huh? [video]
”My position is: It’s not the reason why I’m running for president of the United States, and I think that two-parent families are best for...
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Virginia female impersonators “pumped” with risky silicone procedures
”We call it ‘pumping’ because that’s just a signature name that we came up with our own language. They get pumped because they want to...
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Several shot, 1 dies at gay-friendly Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church [video]
”I don’t understand why anybody would do this. All we know right now is that the suspect was not connected to the church in any...
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Museum of Sex hosts exhibition of queer animal models
”The Sex Lives of Animals at The Museum of Sex presents an uncensored story of the natural world, moving animal sexuality beyond the confines of...
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Nike to withdraw negative crotch-to-face advertising campaign
”Nike is strongly opposed to discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting athletes regardless of their sexual orientation. The advertisement in...
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M2F Transgender, Angie Zapata, killed in Colorado home [video]
”She was always happy,” said Alicia Portillo, one of Angie’s friends. “She loved music. She didn’t care what people thought of her. She always just...
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George Michael interviewed on GMA [video]
” was a huge relief and it took me about a year to admit to myself that I’d done it — deliberately…....
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Montgomery County, MD judge allows voter referendum on transgender rights bill
”We’re disappointed, but the court concluded that we were right, but were too late in filing…. ‘If I didn’t think we had a strong chance...
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Snickers’ Mr T. commercial pulled; HRC claims victory over gay stereotypes
“Following conversations between the Human Rights Campaign and senior Mars representatives, the company has agreed to pull its most recent ad using stereotypes of gay...
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Militias threaten gay Iraqis with rape, death
”They told me to take off my clothes to rape me or they would kill me immediately. This moment was the worst moment in my...
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Congress debates ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ military policy [video]
”Now if there is misconduct, there are regulations to deal with that misconduct. But we’re talking about orientation — not misconduct, here. And that is...
