News + Politics
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Virginia's 2014 Session Setbacks
As Virginia's 2014 legislative session comes to close, activists are taking stock. Equality Virginia, the commonwealth's major LGBT-rights organization, came into this year's legislative session...
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Celebrating D.C.'s ''Sheroes''
The Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs today announced the honorees of its third annual ''Sheroes of the Movement'' awards, given annually to lesbian, bisexual or...
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Gray Falls Short at Stein Club
Incumbent Mayor Vince Gray (D) fell four votes short of securing the coveted endorsement of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's largest LGBT political...
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House Democrats call on Labor Department to better protect LGBT workers
Labor Secretary Tom Perez was asked by House Democrats this week to clarify actions his department is taking on a number of issues to better...
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Santa Fe elects first openly gay mayor
“I stand before you humbled. I stand you before standing on the shoulders of people like Coss and my father and so many...
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Obama facing congressional pressure to sign LGBT executive order
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will urge President Barack Obama to sign an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination in a letter expected...
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Poll: 8 in 10 say gays can parent as well as straights, but only 6 in 10 support adoption
Despite 78 percent of Americans believing that gays can parent at least as well as straight parents, only 61 percent say they support allowing gay...
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Arizona State Senator comes out following veto of anti-gay bill
“I’m gay, I’m a Latino, and I’m a senator. And it’s okay.” — Arizona state Senator Steve Gallardo (D.), coming out to reporters in the...
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Finding Hope in Uganda
Not long ago, things were calm and somber in Uganda. But bigoted evangelical Christians from the U.S. seeking to promote a homophobic agenda led to...
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LGBT News Quotes: Whoopi, Rufus, Fox & Friends
“I have a message for the presidents of Nigeria and Uganda: You are on the wrong side of history.” — Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg...
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Locals React to Clarified Coverage
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) last week announced that the District of Columbia's Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking (DISB) would be advising health insurance...
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New poll shows same-sex marriage support at record high
“In a Post-ABC poll in March 2004, 38 percent said same-sex marriage should be legal, while 59 percent said it should not, the same percentage...
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Michele Bachmann “sorry” Jan Brewer vetoed Arizona anti-gay bill
“Religious liberties and the protection of our religious liberties is right. Right now, there’s a terrible intolerance afoot in the United States, and it’s against...
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Western conservatives make the case for marriage equality in court brief
A number of prominent conservatives from western states urged the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down state bans on same-sex marriage in a...
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Maryland Senate passes gender identity bill, 32-15
The Maryland Senate passed a bill Tuesday morning that prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations based on a person’s gender identity or...
