News + Politics
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Obama continues executive actions, but not on LGBT workplace discrimination
President Barack Obama continued to act on his promise to make 2014 a year of action, signing two executive actions Tuesday seeking to narrow the...
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Georgia’s same-sex marriage ban will “institutionalize discrimination against LGBTI people”
“The amendment serves no purpose but to institutionalise discrimination against LGBTI people. As equality is the defining element of a civilised and inclusive society, I...
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Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson stars in gay-marriage ad
“Live and let live. It is very simple,” says former Sen. Alan Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming, in a new national television ad supporting same-sex...
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The ”Sore Winners” Fallacy
Several prominent gay writers deplored the furor that brought down Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla Corp. last week for supporting California’s anti-gay Proposition 8....
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GLOV Co-Chair Leaving
The local Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) group, a program of The DC Center and one of the key community partners in combating area...
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Supreme Court declines to hear arguments in LGBT discrimination case
The U.S. Supreme Court will not address whether businesses have a right to discriminate after declining Monday to hear arguments in an anti-LGBT discrimination case...
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Newt Gingrich blames Mozilla’s CEO troubles on ‘new fascism’
“This is just the most open and blatant example of the new fascism, which says if you don’t agree with us 100%, we have the...
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Federal Judge to strike down Ohio’s ban on recognition of same-sex marriages
“For the second time Judge Black has affirmed that the marriages of committed and loving same-sex couples must be recognized by the state of Ohio.”...
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Liberty Counsel: ENDA hasn’t passed because it “degrades morality”
“Congress has not passed ENDA because including accommodations for gender-confused adults in these types of laws and regulations violates privacy, degrades morality, and censors free...
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By 2020, HIV vaccine research will reach a defining moment
“By the end of this decade I believe we will have reached a defining moment in the history of HIV vaccination research.” — Professor Jonathan...
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OHR Launches ”#safebathroomsDC”
The D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) today launched a new public-awareness campaign, ”Safe Bathrooms DC,” aimed at making it easier for transgender people in...
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Next Gen Nominations Open
The Next Generation Leadership Foundation (NGLF), the D.C.-based, national nonprofit aimed at encouraging and mentoring LGBT youth leaders, announced Thursday that it has opened nominations...
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Australian High Court permits ‘non-specific’ gender option
Australia’s High Court has ruled that a mononymous gender campaigner should be permitted to adopt a neutral gender, The Guardian reports. The ruling ends a...
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Recently out Arizona senator told “be more gay” by colleague
“She questioned my integrity. She said she was glad I came out, but that I should be more gay. I’m more offended that she questioned...
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Bowser Beats Gray for Dem Nomination
District voters went to the polls April 1 to select nominees from each of the city’s four major political parties for various offices in this...
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