News + Politics
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Model legislation introduced for banning conversion therapy
Whether you call it cookie-cutter politics or a paint-by-numbers approach to legislating, proponents of ending sexual orientation change efforts are offering up model legislation aimed...
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Germantown man arrested in slaying of transgender woman
The man accused of shooting a transgender woman multiple times in a service alley behind the Montgomery Village shopping center in Gaithersburg has been held...
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Hillary Clinton: Most people my age had to evolve on marriage equality
Hillary Clinton thanks "personal relationships" for helping her evolve on the issue
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Houston Texans owner drops $10K to defeat HERO ordinance
Opponents of LGBT rights are having everything seemingly go their way in the closing weeks of their campaign to repeal the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance...
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Hate group urges Fairfax voters to oust all Democrats from school board
The Traditional Values Coalition (TVC), which has been classified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group for its long record of anti-LGBT...
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Transgender woman shot in head in Gaithersburg
Witnesses told reporters that the shooting sprang from an altercation between the victim and the shooter
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Obama administration report calls for end to conversion therapy
Conversion therapy — also known as “ex-gay” therapy — is not an appropriate therapeutic approach to treating youth who experience feelings of same-sex attraction or...
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Gay Virginia man launches discrimination complaint against Catholic diocese after firing
Claim filed with EEOC alleges termination from Catholic-owned facility in Richmond violates Title VII
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Rand Paul advises LGBT people to stay in the closet
Rand Paul argues no employment protections needed because "plenty of places" will hire gay people
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HIV Heroes Walk to Better Health
Danny Pintauro to be honored at Whitman-Walker Health's 29th annual Walk to End HIV in DC
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Debatable Success: Clinton versus Sanders at the first debate
CNN’s Democratic debate was the perfect antithesis to the circus antics of the prior two GOP affairs
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Jack Black on brother’s death from AIDS: “It was devastating”
"We all saw the deterioration. He was only 31."
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Chelsea Clinton pushed Hillary to support same-sex marriage
Chelsea told Ellen DeGeneres that her own marriage cemented her support for marriage equality
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Hillary Clinton: Jail is exactly what Kim Davis deserved
"She violated the law, and therefore she was arrested," Clinton said
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A lot of UK gays didn’t use a condom the last time they had sex
Those who consider themselves HIV-negative really hate using condoms
