News + Politics
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DC Center Gets $10,000 PrEP Grant
The DC Center, the District’s major LGBT community center, received a $10,000 grant Wednesday from the George Washington University (GWU) through the Learning by Giving...
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An Amazing Journey
I’m not the man I used to be. If you look at a picture of me from 20 years ago, you’ll recognize me even though...
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”Witness for Love” Arrives in Arlington
A group of about 30 people, including faith leaders of various denominations, gathered outside the Arlington County Courthouse on Friday afternoon, April 25, to protest...
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Education Department moves to protect transgender students from discrimination
Transgender students are protected from discrimination under the same federal law that prohibits sex discrimination, the Department of Education announced Tuesday. According to guidance issued...
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Amnesty International: Northern Ireland politicians are “trying in vain” to block same-sex marriage
Amnesty International have called on Northern Ireland politicians still opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage to stop holding back “the tide of equality”, the BBC reports....
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Dolly Parton: Let gay couples marry so they can suffer like heterosexuals
“I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.” — Legendary country singer Dolly Parton, in an interview...
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How corporate America became the LGBT community’s most powerful ally
Brendan Eich was CEO of Mozilla for just over one week before public pressure became too much. Eich, who invented JavaScript and helped found the...
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Updated Pentagon ‘Human Goals Charter’ includes gay, omits transgender
Top military officials Monday attached their signatures to the Defense Department’s updated Human Goals Charter that for the first time is inclusive of gay servicemembers,...
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GLOV Names New Leadership
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), a program of The DC Center for the LGBT Community, has announced election results for its 2014 leadership positions....
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Williams Institute Makes Virginia Estimate
A report released Tuesday by the Williams Institute, an LBGT-focused policy think tank at the UCLA School of Law, says that extending marriage to same-sex...
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Gay NBA athlete Jason Collins one of TIME’s ‘100 Most Influential People’
“Jason has always maintained he’s first a basketball player. He is. But he’s also a leader and an inspiration. For Michael Sam, Derrick Gordon and...
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Maryland Coalition Launches ”Stand for Fairness” Campaign
The Maryland Coalition for Transgender Equality (MCTE) — a bloc of more than 50 political, social-justice, religious and community groups advocating on behalf of transgender...
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Finding Hope at Youth Pride Day
In my early teenaged years as I navigated adolescence and high school, it was hard to imagine what my future would hold. Where would I...
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Columbia Heights Murder Charge Dismissed
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on Wednesday filed a motion in D.C. Superior Court to dismiss without prejudice the case against...
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Alexandria’s Rainbow Tuesdays Adds Services
The Rainbow Tuesdays Clinic, a semimonthly testing clinic aimed at reaching the LGBT community in Northern Virginia, announced last week the expansion of its HIV/STD...
