News + Politics
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Jack Evans: No Super Bowl for Arizona
Mayoral candidate and incumbent D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) is calling on the National Football League to move the 2015 Super Bowl from Arizona...
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RuPaul rings NASDAQ closing bell as Wall Street rises sharply; New ‘Drag Race’ begins
Wall Street stocks rose quite a bit higher today, perhaps aided by an extra set of high heels. Drag superstar RuPaul Charles rang the closing bell...
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Anti-gay law prompts U.S. review of Uganda relations
The signing of an anti-gay law by Uganda’s president drew harsh criticism from the United States Monday, prompting an internal review of U.S. relations with...
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McCain, Flake call for veto of Arizona’s anti-LGBT bill
Both of Arizona’s U.S. senators have voiced their opposition to a controversial state bill that critics say would provide businesses with a “license for discrimination.” ...
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Jason Collins signs with Brooklyn Nets to become the first openly gay athlete in the NBA
“The decision to sign Jason was a basketball decision. We needed to increase our depth inside, and with his experience and size, we felt he...
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Poth To Ask for New Trial
The legal team for the former Marine convicted of stabbing a fellow Marine while uttering a homophobic epithet has been granted additional time to file...
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UHU To Unveil New Mobile-Screening Unit
Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc. (UHU), the local support group for HIV-positive black gay men, will unveil its new mobile health-screening unit Friday,...
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Pizzeria reserves “the right to refuse service to Arizona legislators”
“Funny how just being decent is starting to seem radical these days.” — A post on the Facebook page of Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizzeria in...
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America ranks 40th for gay-friendliness of armed forces
A new index released by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies in Holland has ranked 103 of the world’s armed forces based on their openness...
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Federal judge orders same-sex marriages to begin immediately in Illinois county
Same-sex couples in one Illinois county will be able to marry effective immediately following a federal court ruling handed down Friday. According to the decision...
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Maryland Senate committee approves gender identity nondiscrimination bill
The Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee passed along a party-line vote Thursday a nondiscrimination bill that would extend protections in employment, housing, credit and public...
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New study: homophobic people die earlier
“Anti-gay prejudice is associated with elevated mortality risk among heterosexuals, over and above multiple established risk factors for mortality.” — The findings of a study...
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Greg Zehnacker's Death Hits Beyond Green Lantern
Greg Zehnacker, co-owner of the gay bar Green Lantern and a longtime fixture in the D.C. area's nightlife scene, died in his sleep Tuesday morning,...
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From Feral to Forever
One of the knocks on the door last Halloween was not trick nor treat. It was a representative from the Humane Society holding the downstairs...
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Mixed Messages
Leave it to Virginia to throw a wrench in my wedding plans. This was to be the year that my husband, Cavin, and I took...
