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DC’s gay superhero will use Grindr, kick ass
DC's gay superhero will use Grindr, kick ass
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Alberta makes gay-straight alliances mandatory
— Kristopher Wells, with the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies at the University of Alberta, in a statement after the Canadian province’s Progressive Conservative government today...
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Ted Cruz sounds off on threat posed by marriage equality rulings
Senator Cruz says marriage equality rulings are a “real danger to our liberty”
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Social Security Administration sued for recouping same-sex benefits
The Social Security Administration allegedly discriminated against same-sex couples
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Poll finds record support for marriage equality
Poll indicates support for same-sex marriage has hit an all-time high
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Senate shuffle may open up opportunities
LGBT candidates could seek promotion in wake of Mikulski retirement
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Dan Savage to Ben Carson: “Choose to be gay yourself.”
“If being gay is a choice, prove it. Choose it. Choose to be gay yourself.” — Dan Savage, advice columnist and founder of the It...
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AG Racine urges Supremes to support gay marriage
D.C.’s Attorney General Karl Racine on Friday joined a growing chorus of voices calling on the Supreme Court to legalize marriage equality via a nationwide...
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Suspect in Deoni Jones slaying to undergo further mental observation
Gary Niles Montgomery, the man accused of stabbing transgender youth Deoni Jones in the face as she waited at a Northeast D.C. bus stop in...
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Sen. Shaheen urges Veterans Affairs to halt “discriminatory policy”
Veterans Affairs is being asked to suspend a policy in which it recoups same-sex couples' benefits
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Obama links gay rights and civil rights movements in Selma speech
— President Barack Obama marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches during a speech at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. “We’re...
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Army increases authority level needed to discharge transgender troops
The U.S. Army made it more difficult to discharge transgender servicemembers
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Obama administration presses Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans
The Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of marriage equality nationwide
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Congressional Democrats urge Supreme Court to rule in favor of marriage equality
More than 200 Democratic members of Congress urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down state bans on same-sex marriage in a brief filed with...
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Biden invokes civil rights movement during LGBT-rights speech
Biden draws parallels between the LGBT-rights movement and the civil rights movement of the 1960s
