News + Politics
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PFAW's Gay Ambassador
It's time for yet another Washington gala, replete with awards, entertainment and pricey tickets. And with Tim Gill, the gay founder of the Quark software...
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Inside Outing
Mike Rogers of blogActive.com has been riding high since he was proved right in his charges that anti-gay Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (R) was seeking...
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Marriage Blow to Maryland
Mere hours after the Maryland Court of Appeals announced its decision Tuesday to uphold a 1973 state law defining marriage as a union between a...
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Boykin's Election Trail
Boykin Keith Boykin, one of the leading national figures in the gay-rights movement, particularly as the movement intersects the African-American community, will be in Washington...
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Virginia Vetting
Four equal-rights groups in Virginia have joined forces to host two discussion forums for State Senate and House candidates running for office in Fairfax County...
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Permanent Position
Mayor Adrian Fenty's (D) office announced Sept. 7 that Christopher Dyer, who has served as interim director of the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs since...
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Calling All Kings — and Queens
Brother Help Thyself -- the local alliance of leather, Levi, drag, bear and fetish communities, that for nearly 30 years has been helping gay-related charities...
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A New Honor
The Center-Home for GLBT in Metro D.C. has announced it will be holding its annual fall fundraiser Sept. 19 to honor the five co-founders of...
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Under One Roof
Nearly 150 gay and gay-friendly exhibitors will be on display on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Washington Convention Center for the third annual Gay Life...
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A Pioneer Passes
Just a year after the closing of the nightclub Ziegfeld's, one of the founders of the famed club has died. Christian Jansen III, known to...
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PFOX's Tall Tale?
A well-known gay activist who has been exposing the ''ex-gay'' movement for the past several years is calling on the executive director of a local...
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Last Word
Please share your memories of Cheryl Spector below. ''Cheryl and I met in the early 1990s during the days of Queer Nation and ACT UP....
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His Lifer Story
Russell (not his real name) is a closeted, conservative priest whom I have known for 30 years. He is active with an anti-abortion ministry. I...
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Back to School
GenderPAC, the D.C.-based, human-rights organization working to eliminate gender stereotypes, released its 2007 GENIUS Index, tracking efforts in academe to promote awareness of and prohibit...
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Match Point
When Walker Chaffin, tournament director of the Capital Tennis Association (CTA), asked attendants of last year's Capital Classic Tournament, via e-mail, how things could be...
