News + Politics
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Out-of-state same-sex marriages now recognized in Oregon
“Oregon agencies must recognize all out-of-state marriages for the purposes of administering state programs. That includes legal, same sex marriages performed in other states and...
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Post endorsement of Northam, Herring knocks Republicans, gives Democrats clean sweep
“Where Mr. Northam, a fiscal conservative, is measured and moderate – Republicans tried to persuade him to switch parties in 2009 – Mr. Jackson is...
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Phallocentric Fallacy
Earlier this month, The Washington Times printed some commentary by Matt Philbin of the Reston, Va.-based Media Research Center. Essentially, he's disturbed by transgender self-identification,...
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Stein Dems Prepare for Club Elections
Martin Garcia, president of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the District's largest LGBT political group, and Angela Peoples, the group's vice president for political and...
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Stephen Fry visits the controversial world of gays “Out There”
“ollywood is a pretty accurate reflection of the way most of the world is looking. And the fact that they can have actors who are...
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Airline passenger has “I Am Gay” slapped on his bag
“I am a white heterosexual male. This trifecta of privilege means that I’m not routinely subjected to prejudice. But for a few minutes I...
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Ford's Finds a Way
Ford's Theatre this afternoon announced that thanks to a donation from Ronald O. Perelman, a member of the Ford's Theatre Society board of trustees, it...
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Times-Dispatch op-ed blasts Tech PAC’s backing of Cuccinelli
“Many of us perform balancing acts when making political endorsements. Yet this begs the question: What positions should disqualify a candidate entirely from consideration? What...
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At Values Voter Summit, signs of a morphing Republican Party
There was no surer sign that even the most conservative wings of the Republican Party are aware change is afoot in the United States than...
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Virginia Readies for Election Day
The Virginia governor's race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Libertarian Robert Sarvis has been grabbing most of the political headlines, but the...
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13 Virginia Races to Watch in 2013
In Virginia's elections for the House of Delegates, 44 seats have candidates running unopposed, while 56 seats are being contested. The following list includes some...
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Oregon dad killed while honoring bullied, gay son with cross-country walk
“It’s wrong, you know, we can’t have this anymore in our society…. Feeling like I wanted to die myself, and knowing I couldn’t — I...
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Carson Found Guilty in IHOP Shooting
A D.C. Superior Court jury today found 28-year-old Lashawn Carson guilty of aggravated assault while armed and related weapons charges for shooting a gay man...
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Government, Cheesed
In the summer of 1991 I scraped together some coins from my rapidly depleting change bowl and hopped on the 14th Street bus that took...
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Garrison Gibbons Rises Above Hate
The night started like any other performance at Ole Miss. The house lights dimmed, the stage lights came up, and our production of The Laramie...
