News + Politics
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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...
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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....
