News + Politics
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Labor Pains
It's sort of official: Mary Cheney, the vice president's lesbian daughter, and partner Heather Poe are going to have a baby. In Virginia. The pregnancy,...
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Change at BHT
Several months from now you may not find Larry Stansbury of Brother Help Thyself working from his office on 14th Street NW. You may not...
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Fenty Moves Forward
Democratic Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty won't take office until Jan. 2, but his transition machine has been churning efficiently for weeks. Several cabinet-level appointments have been...
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Unfettered Access
Trey Watkins is modest. The second-year, gay grad student at George Washington University's School of Public Health is quick to point out that he's not...
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Tina Time
A full spectrum of anti-crystal-meth groups, from the grassroots on up, turned out at Whitman-Walker Clinic for a local recognition of National Methamphetamine Awareness Day,...
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A Night of Vigilance
''There is a killer on the loose.'' That was the message from Rev. Dyan Abena McCray at the World AIDS Day Candlelight Vigil at Freedom...
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One More Step
No one knows how long it will take Maryland's Court of Appeals to reach a decision on the fate of a 1973 state law that...
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Words of Wisdom
When it comes to making positive life changes, Sally Michael wrote the book. The 61-year-old lesbian's ongoing recovery from a stroke she suffered six years...
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A Time to Remember
When Earline Budd and Brian Watson of Transgender Health Empowerment (THE) first discussed plans to commemorate the eighth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, they originally...
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Historic Controversy
If Peter LaBarbera had his way, there would be a caution sign next to all of Franklin Edward Kameny's 70,000 artifacts documenting the gay rights...
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Temple Bound
It's been more than a month now since the Academy of Washington's weekly events came to a halt when Club 55, the venue that hosted...
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Without a Trace
Michele Anne Riley's 7-year-old son cannot understand why his gay uncle disappeared. ''I told that Donald is missing, that he's disappeared,'' says Riley,...
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Cherry Date
The wait for Cherry just got longer. The Cherry Fund announced Tuesday, Nov. 14, that its signature fundraising party will move from spring -- the...
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Youth Movement
''Not Gay is also OK.'' ''Change is possible!'' ''You don't have to be gay.'' Those are just a few slogans that so-called ''ex-gay'' groups are...
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Home-Grown Victories
On Election Day 2006, two states leapt to the forefront with two pro-GLBT victories: Arizona became the first state to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment...
