News + Politics
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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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Twin Birthdays
Celebrating my husband’s birthday last week, there were a couple unintentional themes at play. I’d taken him to Puerto Rico for a long weekend, a...
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Courts nationwide poised for next round in marriage-equality fight
For the first time since the challenge to California’s Proposition 8, starting one week from today numerous federal appeals courts will begin to hear oral...
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Mississippi lawmakers approve ‘religious freedom’ legislation
Mississippi lawmakers approved “religious freedom” legislation Tuesday that advocates warn could allow discrimination based on religious objections against any group of people, including the LGBT...
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Gay porn producer: I think bareback porn is hotter
“I personally think that condom-free porn is hotter, yes. Yes, you can make hot porn with condoms, and we have made a lot of it....
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OkCupid suggests to Firefox users that they consider an alternative browser
“Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure.” — Part...
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Virginia judge stays gay-marriage suit pending 4th Circuit decision
A federal judge in Virginia on Monday stayed the case of Harris v. Rainey, one of two cases challenging Virginia’s voter-approved constitutional amendment banning any...
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Maryland conservatives weighing challenge to transgender-rights bill
The conservative political site MDPetitions.com is asking visitors to the website to fill out a survey on whether they would support gathering petition signatures aimed at...
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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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