News + Politics
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Obama campaign holds LGBT Conference Call
” the night of June 3rd, I burst into tears. I was so upset. It was a painful moment…. It’s a heartbreak in Hillary losing…....
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Cuba joins Brazil in offering free sex-change operations
“It was just approved. The operations will begin to be carried out as soon as the Cuban medical team is ready to start…. We see...
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Gay baby causes audience walk-out of Bruno’s new talk show
“I will say this. He made a lot of people very mad. But at least it gave us something to talk about. We’re still talking...
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Virginia Supreme Court restores power of Vermont in lesbians’ civil union, child custody battle
“I’m relieved that this tug-of-war with my daughter is over…. This has been a very long four years. My daughter and I need some time...
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Parliament member tells gay bashing victim to seek ex-gay therapy
“As far as I’m concerned they’re scum…. It’s enough to take a life – there were three of them on me and I was left...
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Attack on gay model by Muslim teens fuels Dutch anti-immigrant sentiment
“This shows how strong the Islamic gay bashers feel they are…. The Dutch nationality of the gay bashers of Rembrandt Square should immediately be taken...
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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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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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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....
