News + Politics
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“references to sexual activity”
”Gay is approved for copy and preferred over homosexual, except in clinical references or references to sexual activity.” — Erik Wemple, Washington City Paper editor,...
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“It was a tough movie to watch.”
”It was a tough movie to watch. I’ve been with my partner for 30 years and it’s always been an issue: What if one of...
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“You have to be either a man or a woman”
”I am Iranian. I want to live here and this society tells you: You have to be either a man or a woman.” — Negar...
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“tell all Nepalis that we have equal rights”
”We are standing in the elections to fight the discrimination against our community. This is a very symbolic approach to tell all Nepalis that we...
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“I’m going to take something you love from you”
”You take something you love from me and you can damn well bet I’m going to take something you love from you, too.” — Jimmy...
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Wages of Sin
It's unlikely that anyone was more surprised than I when I found myself agreeing with Maggie Gallagher last week. Granted, her pro-marriage views tend not...
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Fighting to Keep Equality
A group of Montgomery County residents, backed by Equality Maryland, filed a lawsuit March 14 against the County Board of Elections for certifying petitions from...
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Old Timers
More than 3,000 people are expected in Washington for the 2008 Aging in America Conference, scheduled for March 26-30, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel...
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PEN Dinner
The Potomac Executive Network (PEN), D.C.'s GLBT chamber of commerce, which works to promote the success of gay-oriented businesses and their allies in the metropolitan...
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Do Tell
It was almost embarrassing to be an American at a recent Georgetown University Law Center panel titled, ''Sexual Orientation and Military Preparedness: An International Perspective.''...
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Strained Glass
It was like a bad case of déjà vu. Walking into the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C. (MCCDC) on a Saturday morning only to...
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Last Word
''First of all, no one's sexuality is anyone's business. It is not even my mother's business. I practice celibacy to give to my God.'' --...
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Lavender Legalese
It was more than a year ago that Lisa Kershner, a lawyer with a private practice in Calverton, Md., and others met with Dan Furmansky,...
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Cure Cycle
When Marty Rosen heard about Dr. Yuntao Wu's ''groundbreaking'' HIV research at George Mason University in Fairfax, she traveled from New York City to discuss...
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Sowing Scorn
In a recent op-ed, black lesbian commentator Jasmyne Cannick wrote, ''Charles Knipp is a self-described 45-year-old fat, gay white man who believes he's on a...
