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Hawaii lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage
The Hawaii state Senate voted 19-4 Tuesday to recognize same-sex couples’ right to marry, all but legalizing marriage equality in the Aloha State. The Hawaii...
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WWH Secures Federal Recognition
Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center specializing in HIV/AIDS and LGBT-sensitive health care, was recognized Nov. 8 as a Federally Qualified Health Center by...
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Activists Applaud DOC
The D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) has amended its policy to permit transgender female inmates to shave, even when other inmates may not be permitted...
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Rounding Out Stein's Slate
The two executive committee officers running for re-election to lead the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the District's largest LGBT political organization, have announced three newcomers...
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Mizeur Wins Progressive Neighbors Endorsement
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), seeking to become Maryland's governor – which could give the state its first female governor and the country its first...
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Republican support, critical to ENDA’s Senate passage, remains key in House
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake had just concluded a speech urging his colleagues to find ways to reduce the nation’s budget and deficit when Sen. Jeff...
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LGBT Outlook on Virginia's Special Elections
Just hours after Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Mathews, Accomack, Northampton counties) declared victory in the race for lieutenant governor of Virginia Tuesday night,...
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Obama applauds Senate passage of ENDA as tribute to progress
Immediately after the Senate voted 64-32 to approve landmark LGBT-rights legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination, President Barack Obama issued a statement praising the Senate...
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Senate approves ENDA with bipartisan vote
The United States Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a 64-32 vote Thursday afternoon. The vote on the landmark LGBT-rights bill comes 17 years...
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Senate set for final vote on ENDA today
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has cleared its last hurdle before a final vote by the U.S. Senate. The Senate has voted 64-34 to proceed to...
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It's the ENDA the World (as We Know It)
About five years into Barack Obama's socialistic — or fascistic, depending on which side of the bed congressional Republicans woke up on this morning —...
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A Pox on Purity
In political advocacy, as in statecraft, purity is a luxury an effective practitioner cannot afford. The tea party's aggressive push for ideological purity has yielded...
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Millennials Moving Beyond Marriage
They've been called the ''Me Generation'' by Time magazine. They're steeped in social media and technology. They're possibly the most educated generation, according to Pew...
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Sculpture Dedicated in Memory of Whitman-Walker Clinic
The JBG Companies, a real-estate development firm, dedicated a piece of public art Monday afternoon to the Whitman-Walker Clinic and the health workers who provided...
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Ireland’s PM pushes for a referendum on marriage equality
“We hope that the Irish Churches will embrace the message of inclusion, which is shared by many Christians, and will not oppose the extension of...
