News + Politics
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Talking Transmission
A panel of LGBT advocates specializing in health and social welfare, moderated by MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, met Thursday, Nov. 21, as part of a webcast...
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Obama signs bipartisan bill lifting ban on HIV-positive organ transplants
President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill lifting the ban on organ transplants between people who are HIV-positive. The HIV Organ Policy Equity...
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Holiday Blue Notes
The holidays are approaching, but events are making it hard to get in the festive spirit. Not only is a friend spamming me with polls...
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D.C. Marks Transgender Day of Remembrance
More than a hundred District activists, members of the LGBT community and others rallied at the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, Nov....
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Walling Wins Victory Fund Endorsement
Kevin Walling, the out gay man running for Maryland's 16th District in the House of Delegates, has been endorsed by the Gay & Lesbian Victory...
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Obama honors Bayard Rustin and Sally Ride with Medal of Freedom
Two of America’s gay heroes, civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and astronaut Sally Ride, were posthumously awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor by President Barack...
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Scottish Parliament passes first stage of Bill to legalize same-sex marriage
Scotland, the small country that sits on top of England, has given the world many things, including television, refrigerators, the United States Navy, penicillin, Forbes...
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Evan Glass Launches Montgomery Co. Council Race
A Silver Spring man seeking to become the first openly gay person elected to the Montgomery County Council announced his candidacy for the Council's 5th...
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Mary Cheney slams Liz Cheney’s stance on gay marriage
– Mary Cheney, lesbian daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, responding to her sister, senatorial candidate Liz Cheney, who stated on Fox News that...
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ENDA movement doesn’t eclipse push for Obama executive action
With landmark legislation that would outlaw anti-LGBT workplace discrimination having hit a wall in the House of Representatives, the White House is once again deflecting...
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Gay scientist Jack Andraka receives Vatican Award
“It’s really amazing to be recognized by the Vatican, especially as a gay scientist. I mean this would be unheard of just a few years...
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Mary Cheney Gets Contrary
It's hard being the family gay. When you're the first in your family to come out — meaning the active choice to live your life...
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Angela Peoples, Supporting Slate Win at Stein
Angela Peoples, the current vice president for political and legislative affairs for the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's main LGBT political organization, won her...
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Fundraising for the Philippines
D.C. LGBT clubgoers will have the chance to donate to a cause larger than themselves this Friday, Nov. 22, at Cobalt. Andrei Smith is organizing...
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UPDATED: Creigh Deeds Stabbed, in Critical Condition
Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath, Alleghany, Rockbridge, Nelson, Albemarle counties, Covington, Lexington, Buena Vista, Charlottesville), a longtime legislative ally to the LGBT community,...
