News + Politics
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LHP Announces Honorees
The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) will honor three local activists for their efforts on behalf of the Latino LGBT community at the organization's 8th...
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FCC’s Commissioner Pai delivers keynote at LGBT Tech Partnership forum
“A few statistics illustrate the importance of broadband to LGBT teenagers in the United States. Gay teens spend an average of five hours online each...
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Montgomery Co. Police Searching for Trans Teen
Montgomery County Police are asking the public to be on alert for a missing transgender teen, asking for any information related to the teen's disappearance....
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AGLA Welcomes Fairfax Pride President
The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) will host a community forum Sunday, featuring guest speaker Brian Reach, president of Fairfax Pride. The event will...
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Pennsylvania judge orders halt to same-sex marriage licenses
A Pennsylvania judge Thursday ordered a county clerk to cease issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, declaring the clerk’s actions as outside the scope of...
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Three Steps to the Future
It's an old saw of journalism that if you can string together three related instances you have a trend or, at least, a think piece....
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Virginia's 2013 Battlefield
Many in Virginia's LGBT community are steeling themselves ahead of what they expect to be brutal fall campaigns, the outcomes of which could deeply impact...
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Whitman-Walker Readies 2013 AIDS Walk
Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV/AIDS and LGBT-competent care, launched its latest campaign for the 2013 AIDS Walk Washington last...
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Four-Day Affair
You might think it's a reunion of Creating Change, the annual conference affiliated with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Task Force Executive Director...
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Russian lawmaker: Gays should have their children taken away
“It occurred to me that since we have a law explicitly prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality among minors, the Family Code should be amended in...
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UK Deputy PM: Same sex marriage sends a “powerful message”
“It’s important that we continue to raise our voices in solidarity with those people around the world for whom this struggle remains an ongoing fight...
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Turkish court bans Grindr as a “protection measure”
“We are very upset to hear that the Istanbul Anatolia 14th Criminal Court of Peace blocked Grindr as a ‘protection measure.’ Grindr was created to help...
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AFL-CIO doubles down on ENDA support, calls on Congress to act
The nation’s largest labor federation reaffirmed its backing of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a seemingly unanimous vote Wednesday calling on Congress to act. Submitted...
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Gay vote fractures as Christine Quinn loses New York City mayoral race
It wasn’t the ending Christine Quinn had hoped for. Taking the stage of what was intended to be her victory party at a Chelsea hotel,...
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Mizeur touts endorsements from key areas, straw poll victory
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), a gubernatorial candidate from Maryland seeking to become the first woman governor of the Free State and the first out...
