News + Politics
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k.d. lang: Won’t mix music and politics, but will protest China
“I don’t use my music to voice my politics – I don’t think of myself as a political person…. I have passions that become political...
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Rosie O’Donnell, T.R. Knight put off legalized wedding bells
“We’re going to wait until it’s legal everywhere, because otherwise, I said to Kelli, we’ll be going around touring the country on the marriage tour...
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Star Trek cast to attend George Takei wedding, but not William Shatner
We knew that the Supreme Court was going to be coming down with their ruling. (We’d heard) that it was probably going to be positive....
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California gay weddings get final OK to start June 17
“The California Supreme Court today filed an order in the marriage cases, denying requests to stay its decision until after the November 2008 election and...
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Furmansky's Farewell
For the past five years, Dan Furmansky has served as the leading voice of Equality Maryland, the primary organization advocating for GLBT-equality in the state....
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Gay and Green
In the local GLBT community, volunteering has a color: burgundy. Since its forming in 2001, Burgundy Crescent Volunteers have infused themselves into nearly all aspects...
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Budding Prides
Unity might be key in celebrating Capital Pride. There is, however, also something special about celebrating what might set a group apart, says SaVanna Wanzer,...
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A Day at the circus
There I was late Saturday in Washington's historic Wardman Park Hotel -- once used as a set for the film Advise and Consent -- waiting...
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Bye Bye Birdie
The only thing flying high today is the price of gas. I don't feel that pinch immediately or directly, as I don't own a car....
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John McCain vows “fight” against gay marriage [video]
“I just believe, frankly, in the sanctity and unique status of marriage between man and woman. That’s what I believe. And that’s what I support....
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Howard Stern interview with Rosie O’Donnell [video]
“You can count of two hands how many people I’ve been with…. I was one of those late bloomers. I had sex for the first...
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Cyndi Lauper tells Howard Stern of lesbian experience [video]
“When I was a teenager, all my friends came out . And then I figured, ‘Okay, me, too!’ And then, afterwards, it was like, ‘Oh,...
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‘Sodomy’ charges in North Carolina
“I didn’t allow anything…. They knew it and turned it around and arrested me. I have never been so humiliated in all my life. It’s...
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Greek mayor performs two gay weddings
“The ceremony took place this morning…. Two couples were married.” Anastasios Aliferis, Mayor of Tilos, a small Agean island, confirming that he had officiated over...
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Miami-Dade approves domestic partnership health rights
“We think this is good policy for the county. We’re really pleased that the County Commission took this step. This is going to be good...
