News + Politics
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Utah sued for blocking recognition of married same-sex couples
The state of Utah is facing a new lawsuit for its decision to place state recognition of same-sex marriages “on hold” earlier this month. In a...
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Spanish cardinal labels homosexuality as deficient
“With all due respect, I say that homosexuality is a deficient way to manifest one’s sexuality, because the latter has a structure and a goal,...
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Every one of the 30 NHL teams now has a You Can Play video
In a 2009 article published by ESPN.com, John Buccigross detailed the plight of a young team manager for the Miami-Ohio University Hockey Club. As the...
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Protester arrested while waving rainbow flag at Olympic torch relay
”Hosting the games here contradicts the basic principles of the Olympics, which is to cultivate tolerance.” — Pavel Lebedev, speaking with the Associated Press by...
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Wheeler Drops Out of Ward 1 D.C. Council Race
Beverly Wheeler, one of three candidates challenging out gay D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) announced Monday that she is withdrawing from the race and...
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Polls Offer Mixed Bag for D.C. Elections
While two recent polls show D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) benefiting from a split field of Democrats, there are also indications Gray could face a...
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Obama’s executive order problem
Prior to a meeting with his cabinet earlier this week, President Obama made a threat. With a portrait of George Washington looking down at him,...
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Israeli zoo’s female couple join list of same-sex penguin pairings
“They’re living together, they have their own nest. We even saw them trying to mate a few weeks ago. They’re also acting as if they...
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LGBT enthusiasm out in force for Clinton’s undeclared candidacy
The Iowa caucuses, which have long been the start of the presidential-nomination process, are more than 700 days away, but it felt like the height...
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IHOP Shooter Gets 6 Years
LaShawn Carson, a 29-year-old mother of two young children, was sentenced Thursday to a total of six-and-a-half years in prison on a charge of aggravated...
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Misdirection
The popular inability to distinguish fantasy from reality is not a new phenomenon. Snake-oil salesmen have long relied upon their marks' eagerness to believe in...
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U.S. sounds the alarm over anti-gay Nigerian law
The State Department and human rights advocates are voicing concerns over a new law in Nigeria that not only outlaws same-sex marriage, but LGBT organizations...
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Mizeur Wins More Endorsements
Heather Mizeur, the Montgomery County delegate seeking to become the first female governor of Maryland – and first out lesbian governor of any state –...
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McBride Gets 10 Years for Non-fatal Attack on Transgender Woman
A Washington man who pleaded guilty in October to a charge of aggravated assault while armed for stabbing a transgender woman last June was sentenced...
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Federal judge strikes down Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban
Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge Tuesday. “The Court holds that Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples...
