News + Politics
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Leading marriage-equality supporters encourage acceptance of opposition
A prominent group of same-sex marriage supporters encouraged acceptance of those with opposing views in a statement published Tuesday. The nearly 60 signees include...
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City Fund Takes Flak
A coalition of LGBT advocacy groups and service organizations released a statement Monday evening expressing their disappointment that no LGBT-specific groups were named among 58...
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Assault Charges Dropped
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on Tuesday agreed not to press charges against the second of two women implicated in the...
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The marriage-equality movement’s fight for credit
In the spring of 2009, Jo Becker, a reporter for The New York Times, began working on a profile of Ted Olson. Olson had recently...
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Equality Endorsements, Round 4
Equality Maryland PAC, the political action committee for the Free State’s major LGBT-rights organization, released a fourth wave of candidate endorsements for those seeking office...
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Ding-A-Lings of Spring
The rain of ridiculous ravings from America’s political right continued unabated as spring took hold. Let’s look at a few examples. Last week, Chelsea Clinton...
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Federal lawsuit filed against Georgia’s same-sex marriage ban
Georgia became the latest state to face a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Lambda Legal filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday...
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USPS reveals design for Harvey Milk stamp
“Milk’s achievements gave hope and confidence to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in the United States and elsewhere at a time when...
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Robert Mugabe: Let Europe keep their homosexual nonsense
The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, affirmed his government’s opposition to LGBT rights in a speech which told European leaders to “keep their homosexual nonsense....
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Gill Action boycotts Brunei-owned Beverly Hills Hotel over anti-gay law
Due to the expected implementation of a Brunei law that would make homosexuality punishable by stoning, a major LGBT advocacy organization is relocating a scheduled...
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Next GOP generation pushing marriage-equality platform
Change was afoot in the Nevada desert Saturday. It was there, at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, that the Nevada Republican Party did...
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A Thought for Food & Friends
Roughly 12 years ago, I was toiling on the floor of a pal’s dining room, constructing a banner. I’d just begun dating the man I’d...
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Federal judge grants partial stay in Ohio marriage-ban ruling
A federal judge who struck down Ohio’s ban on recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states put his ruling on hold Wednesday pending appeal, but...
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Louisiana votes to maintain anti-sodomy law
Louisiana’s State House voted Tuesday to reject a move by Democrat Representatives to repeal the state’s anti-sodomy law. State Representative Patricia Smith (D., District 67)...
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Virginia Plaintiffs Respond to Defendants’ Marriage Appeal
Supporters of marriage equality seeking to overturn Virginia’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, along with the office of Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, filed appellate...
