News + Politics
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Where's the wedding?
The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, which opposes gay marriage, has just issued a new report finding that relatively few gay couples are getting...
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Rough and Tumble
The tumbleweed, it turned out, was a harbinger. I was a passenger in a car traveling down a small highway in Idaho and the tumbleweed...
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Be Bar scores a victory
The seven members of the district's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon, May 3, to seat only ANC 2F as a protestant of...
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Pulse of the People
Ranging from alarm to hope, a panel of D.C.'s black gay leaders strove to outline what they saw as the state of their community as...
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Borderline Crazy
I remember watching that Richard Linklater movie, Slacker, in 1991 and thinking to myself, ''These people are pathetic.'' I was 13 and had no concept...
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Traditional Values
The headline of the lead story in last week's Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's gay newspaper of record, said it all: ''Gay Families Join Easter...
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A Bee in My Bonnet
As far as I know, I am allergic to bees. When I was a child, wandering barefoot through the grassy expanses of my home state,...
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GLAA Marks 35 Years
When the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance celebrates a milestone, it's a bit like the tortoise making his victory lap to the hare's chagrin. Steadily,...
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Youth Pride Festival Rescheduled Due to Weather
Citing a weather forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for substantial rain Saturday, April 22, the Youth Pride Alliance board members have decided...
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Gay Families on a Roll
Though the rain slowed at times, it refused to go away, making for a soggy time at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. But...
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Gays in Eurabia
Four years after the assassination of gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, his warning of the threat posed to the rights of European gays and women...
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Growth Spurt
Marking its 10th year, the stage is set for Youth Pride Day in Rock Creek Park at the corner of P and 23rd streets NW...
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Be Bar Faces Off with Opponents
Opponents and supporters of the proposed Be Bar at 1318 Ninth St. NW , which would cater to the gay community with a lounge and...
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Perking Me Up
Our relationship began in the early '90s, when I was still living in Des Moines and she was in New York City. I'd never been...
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D.C. Coalition Coalescing
About 50 people joined the D.C. Coalition at a reception Sunday, April 9, introducing the community to the group's new board members, elected last month....
