News + Politics
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Shia LaBeouf apologizes for gay slur
“The videotape that is currently being circulated is several years old and captures Shia playing a game among friends in which he uses a derogatory...
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Businesses welcome gay marriages [video]
”We try to make a reflection of them and their lives, so when they walk into the celebration they say, ‘Gosh, this looks just like...
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Lawson and Order
On most nights, particularly the pleasant ones, Hank's Oyster Bar at the corner of Q and 17th Streets NW is packed. The patio bustles with...
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Making Change
Whenever I'm faced with the task of providing biographical information about my life, I have a bit of a language problem. Namely, while I want...
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The Happy Homo
A few weeks ago, I wrote a Mother's Day tribute to women who, aside from my mother, have had pivotal, maternal influence on me. I...
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Battlefield Montgomery
Equality Maryland announced June 10 that it has raised $50,000 to support Basic Rights Montgomery, a coalition formed to preserve the county's transgender anti-discrimination law....
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Parental Rights
Equal rights advocates in Virginia praised the Virginia Supreme Court's Friday, June 6, decision securing a non-biological mother's visitation rights to her 6-year-old daughter. The...
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Making a Splash
Expect to see much more than just water sports at the 2008 International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships (IGLA) in Washington, from June 18 to...
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Pregnant man has 4 weeks till baby delivery
”I’m 36 weeks now and almost due but I feel fantastic. Every day Nancy and I think about how we just cannot wait to hold...
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Men of Lesbos sue Greek gay group over use of ‘Lesbian’
“Our case is an attempt to end the insult that our island is suffering, both in Greece and internationally…. The name Lesbian has been distorted...
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Linda Ketner: first gay South Carolina candidate for Congress
“It’s the difference between the same-old, same-old, and a new path for South Carolina and the country…. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to shine...
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Trial to begin soon for teen killer of gay classmate, Lawrence King
”They day that the were painting a child had written on their’s — ‘Kill’ or ‘Die….’ And so one of...
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Barack Obama supports LGBT Pride
”I am proud to join with our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered brothers and sisters in celebrating the accomplishments, the lives, and the families of...
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32% of NYC gay men carry herpes STD
“Genital herpes alone will not cause serious problems for most people…. But some people will have painful genital sores and the infection fosters the spread...
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‘Brokeback Mountain’ to be made an opera
“Ever since encountering Annie Proulx’s extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it…. It gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and...
