News + Politics
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Virginian-Pilot Endorsement of Herring Makes Democrats 3 for 3
“Obenshain has developed a reputation in the Senate during the past nine years as a legislator who favors ideology over the common interest… has increasingly...
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Stein Club Announces Award Recipients
The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the District's largest LGBT political organization, will honor four local leaders who have made a contribution to the D.C. area's...
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Hawaii governor calls special session to consider marriage-equality legislation
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced Monday he would call a special session of the state Legislature beginning Oct. 28 to consider marriage-equality legislation. Speaking to...
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Marriage public education campaign launches in battlefield Ohio
Same-sex marriage supporters are adopting a new approach to securing marriage equality in Ohio, they announced Monday. A new campaign backed by some of the...
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Debasing the Peace Prize
If President Obama launches the missile strikes he proposes against Syria, with or without authorization from Congress, he should send his Nobel Peace Prize back...
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Gay Korean director and partner hold public, symbolic Seoul wedding
“Now people cannot but call us as a married couple as we have had a wedding. It is important whether or not we become a...
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Arlington's Sweet Sunday
The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) will host an ice-cream social tomorrow, Sunday, Sept. 8, at the Aurora Hills Community Center, at 735 18th...
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Obama meets with Russian LGBT activists, calls work ‘critically important’
President Obama concluded his visit to St. Petersburg for the G-20 summit by meeting with several Russian activists Friday, including representatives of Russia’s LGBT community....
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D.C. Joins Russian Embassy Kiss-In
LGBT activists in cities across the world, including Prague, Stockholm and Brussels – as well as Washington – are planning to hold a global ''kiss-in''...
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Equality Virginia Pushing License Plate
If Equality Virginia has its way, in about a year drivers in the commonwealth will be seeing cars bearing pro-LGBT license plates along Virginia's roads....
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NCLR launches ‘Stop LGBT Hate in Russia’ campaign
“Russia’s appalling treatment of LGBT people has taken a shocking turn with the passage of these horrific laws. In the wake of these laws, discrimination...
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Obama scheduled to meet with Russian LGBT activists
President Obama will meet with LGBT activists during his trip to Russia for the G-20 summit this week, a White House official confirmed to Metro...
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USAO Considering Bias Enhancements for June Assault
The U.S. Attorney's Office advised D.C. Superior Court Judge Juliet McKenna Thursday that it will possibly pursue bias enhancements – also known colloquially as ''hate-crime...
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Obama administration to extend full veterans’ benefits to same-sex military families
At the direction of the president, the Obama administration will no longer enforce portions of United States Code that deny veterans’ benefits to same-sex military...
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County clerks at the forefront of marriage battles in two states
Following the Supreme Court’s sweeping decision striking down the federal government’s definition of marriage as between a man and a woman, county clerks in two...
