News + Politics
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Advocates slam proposed protections for marriage foes as anti-gay ‘Trojan Horse’
LGBT-rights groups were out in force Thursday blasting a bill introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to “protect freedom of conscience” of those...
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Little federal response to states blocking same-sex military benefits
Oklahoma became the latest state to stand in defiance of a Pentagon order by halting the processing of requests for benefits from members of the...
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Bipartisan push begins for federal domestic-partner benefits
A bipartisan effort is underway on Capitol Hill to secure equal benefits for the domestic partners of federal civilian employees. While the Office of Personnel...
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Quarter-Century Sentence for Corkins
Floyd Lee Corkins II, the 29-year old Virginia gay man who pleaded guilty in February to committing the August 2012 shooting at the Family Research...
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Change Is Good
My Facebook identity needs a change. For weeks, my profile photo has been the Trayvon Martin stylized black-and-white hoodie. My cover photo is Evgeny Feldman's...
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Meeting NoVa Health Needs
Due in part to the state's historically conservative tilt and anti-gay policies that have been enacted in state law, Virginia is often viewed as having...
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D.C. Sets First Bi Pride Day
The District will celebrate its first officially recognized Bisexual Pride Day on Sept. 23 as part of a grassroots effort to be celebrate the bisexual...
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Federal government to recognize married same-sex couples under private pension plans
Legally married same-sex couples will be recognized by the federal government when it comes to private employee-benefit plans no matter where they live, the Labor...
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Simmering divide over ENDA’s broad religious exemption set to boil
Congress has returned to Washington after its month-long summer recess, and as a historic Senate vote draws nearer on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, lingering divisions...
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Comfortably Numb
One of my instinctual reactions to bad news or worse people is humor, which is why I've always enjoyed writing about Ken Cuccinelli, Rick Santorum...
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British couple make history in first double trans wedding
“This is the first day of the life I always wanted to lead – as the right sex with the right person by my side.”...
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Biden: Marriage equality is ‘the issue of our day’
Vice President Joe Biden stood firm behind his decision to endorse same-sex marriage in May 2012, describing marriage equality as the civil rights issue of...
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Russia pressured to reword Olympic Truce after ignoring LGBT equality
Russia will “promote social inclusion without discrimination of any kind” during its 2014 Winter Games. After pressure from the international community and the United Nations,...
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Dallas Pride cracks down on “indecent exposure”
“In accordance with the city of Dallas public nudity ordinance, parade participants must not expose genitalia, buttocks, or female breasts.” In an effort to make...
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Report surfaces of Sept. 11 anti-gay attack in Russia
“We made him sit on a bottle so that he repents for his sins and comes to reason. We did this to protect the dignity...
