News + Politics
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Spinning its Wheels
Capital Pride Parade co-chairs Steven Walker and Eric Reader had watched every float and contingent kick off from the parade's starting point at 23rd and...
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Cross-Border Skirmishes
Let's say you and your partner live in D.C. and are thinking of trading in your domestic partnership for a California wedding. Your heart says:...
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Ebbin Joins SLDN
Del. Adam Ebbin of the Virginia General Assembly, the Alexandria Democrat who has the distinction of being the first -- and only -- openly gay...
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Gay leaders leaving behind transgenders
”Sexuality is a tricky question…. You get into transgender—it embraces all of that—and you have people’s fear and dislike of things that are different. Nobody...
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9th Graders are so gay
”I came out to my parents, and they were OK…. Nobody stopped being my friend. Sometimes, when I’m around something, like ‘That’s so gay,’ will...
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Killer of transgender claims 3rd bullet was an accident
“ was in the wrong place at the wrong time…. He became a victim of that defendant’s machismo and utter disregard for...
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Gay Wedded Bliss [video]
”I think for me, I feel like we’ve been married spiritually a long time. But to have the state recognize the marriage, it just feels...
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Children of same-sex unions eligible for Social Security inheritance benefits
You have asked whether the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), Pub. L. No. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419 (1996), would prevent the Commissioner of Social Security...
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Olson & Tyler: Just Married … At Last! [video]
”I now pronounce you spouses for life in the sight of God, the Jewish community and all people.” Reform Rabbi Denise Eger officiating over the...
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Some California religious institutions offer same-sex marriages
”I believe the family is a cornerstone for a strong society, and I’m all in favor of everything we can do to build up the...
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Teenage lesbian severely beaten by grandmother
”The granddaughter had just finished having sex with another 16-year-old girl and was in an upstairs bedroom. Beddell walked in and found them together. The...
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Lesbian couple of 55 years to be among first to marry in California [video]
”We have to remember to say, ‘I do.’ OK?” Phyllis Lyon, 83, speaking to her lesbian partner, Del Martin, 87. The couple are to be...
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Small study claims gay and lesbian brains similar to opposite sex heterosexuals
”This is a very interesting study demonstrating a possible neurobiological relationship in brain size between gay men and straight women.” Paul Sanberg, professor of neurosurgery...
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Clinic Currency
The Whitman-Walker Clinic on Tuesday, June 17, announced that the organization's 1407 S St. NW administrative building has been sold to JBG Companies for $8...
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Another Xbox ‘gay’ name controversy for Richard Gaywood
”In accordance with Xbox LIVE policy, the gamertag RichardGaywood is no longer allowed. Please change your gamertag before playing Xbox LIVE.” A message that was...
