News + Politics
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Poll shows majority of Virginians support same-sex marriage
A new poll by Quinnipiac University finds that half of all Virginian voters support allowing same-sex couples to marry, with marriage equality supporters leading opponents...
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Obama administration will recognize Michigan’s legally married same-sex couples
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that the Obama administration will recognize the more than 300 same-sex couples legally married in Michigan before the intervention...
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Maryland House passes transgender-rights bill
The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill to prohibit discrimination against transgender people in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations by a vote of...
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Andrew Barnett’s Goodbye
After nearly a decade, Andrew Barnett is bidding the organization he has worked for goodbye. The 31-year-old Barnett, who started as an intern and later...
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The Universe in Us
Carl Sagan, host of the original 1980 Cosmos series, said we are made of star stuff, because our atoms were created billions of years ago...
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NGLF Camp Applications Open
For some youths, summer camp provides all the traditional offerings of canoeing, cabins and popsicle-stick crafts. For the select 20 who will spend a June...
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Amid House intransigence, Democrats could attempt to force ENDA vote
With congressional Democrats seeking to force a vote on immigration reform in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives through the use of a discharge petition, the...
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Maryland Republicans signal fight on transgender-rights bill
A bill that would extend protections to transgender Marylanders by prohibiting various forms of discrimination based on a person’s gender identity passed its second reading...
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Michigan suspends recognition of legally married same-sex couples
Same-sex couples legally married in Michigan, prior to the intervention of a federal appeals court, had any rights associated with their nuptials suspended Wednesday. According...
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LHP Ceremony Celebrates Women
The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) will offer its third annual ”Mujeres en el Movimiento” awards ceremony and networking happy hour Friday, March 28, honoring...
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Federal appeals court orders halt to same-sex marriages in Michigan
Same-sex marriages were placed on hold indefinitely in Michigan by a federal appeals court Tuesday. In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Maryland House committee approves gender identity bill
The Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee passed SB 212, a bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations based on...
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Charge Against Sahle Dropped
A D.C. Superior Court judge last week disposed a case against one of two women accused in the June beating a local drag performer in...
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Obama administration takes action against Uganda for anti-LGBT law
The Obama administration confirmed Monday a series of cuts in aid to Uganda in response to the recent enactment of an anti-LGBT law by the...
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Biden labels LGBT discrimination ‘barbaric,’ but mum on executive order
Vice President Joe Biden urged Congress to outlaw LGBT workplace discrimination in a speech Saturday while making no mention of actions the Obama administration could...
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