News + Politics
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ExxonMobil shareholders again reject workplace protections for LGBT employees
For the 14th consecutive year, ExxonMobil shareholders voted overwhelmingly today to reject a resolution that would have protected LGBT people from workplace discrimination. During their...
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Michele Bachmann announces retirement from Congress
Rep. Michele Bachmann announced early Wednesday she will not run for re-election in 2014. In a nearly nine-minute YouTube video posted to her website, the...
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Weekend incident in New York possible anti-gay hate crime
New York’s ninth reported anti-gay attack happened over the weekend when Eugene Lovendusky, co-founder of the grassroots equality organization Queer Rising, was allegedly assaulted not...
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Milwaukee mom keeps son home during “Gender Bender Day”
Expect a flurry of students in Milwaukee to come out of the closet soon – apparently one school’s “Gender Bender Day” during School Spirit Week...
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DC Front Runners Launch Pride Event
After a couple of false starts, things are finally running smoothly for the DC Front Runners, D.C.'S LGBT running club, as it prepares to host...
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Capital Pride Names 2013 Heroes
Capital Pride will honor five individuals as ''Pride Heroes,'' as well as recognize a number of other community members for their various efforts on behalf...
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Anti-gay leaders predict doom for the Boy Scouts
While the Boy Scouts of America finally closed the door on discrimination against gay youth yesterday, anti-gay leaders have said lifting the ban will be...
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Boy Scouts vote to lift ban on gay youth
The Boy Scouts of America will end its longstanding ban on gay youth while maintaining a ban on gay adult leaders after a historic vote...
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Black Pride Reckoning
Around this time, I generally find myself reflecting on recent events that have impacted the black LGBT community, not only in Washington, but around the...
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The Crazy Uncle Party
New York novelist Dawn Powell wrote on the cusp of World War II, ''Civilization stood on a ledge, and in the tension of waiting it...
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White House playing quiet on role in Leahy’s amendment decision
White House press secretary Jay Carney declined to say what role the White House played in convincing Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy to withhold...
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ExxonMobil accused of LGBT discrimination in legal complaint
As one of the last Fortune 500 companies to not adopt an LGBT antidiscrimination policy, ExxonMobil is facing renewed pressure to do so after a...
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Highest percentages of same-sex couples raising children tend to be in red states
Mississippi. North Dakota. Idaho. Montana. Wyoming. That other Dakota. They’re not exactly known as bastions of gay rights, but when it comes to raising children...
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Anger after Democratic senators abandon immigration amendment for gay couples
Tuesday evening witnessed an increasingly rare defeat for the LGBT-rights movement after Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) was successfully pressured by members of the Senate Judiciary...
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Sen. Patrick Leahy withholds gay-inclusive amendments from immigration reform
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy withdrew two amendments to immigration reform that would have provided protections for binational same-sex couples Tuesday evening. At the...
