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Howard Theatre Stabbing Suspect Sentenced
A D.C. Superior Court judge Friday sentenced Ali M. Jackson, 20, of Washington, to eight years in prison and three years supervised release after pleading...
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Baltimore Shooting Case Delayed
{Joseph Alexander “Alex” Ulrich, Jr (Photo by File photo)} The trial of a Baltimore man accused of killing a gay man in a shooting in...
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Obama believes DOMA ruling should apply to same-sex couples nationwide
Follow @JustinCSnow Describing yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as a “victory for American democracy,” President Barack...
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Transgender Woman Shot in NE
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a shooting involving a transgender woman that occurred Thursday morning in the 6000 block of Eads Street NE,...
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DOMA Goes Down
It's not often you get to see a wave of joy wash across the Internet, so the first few minutes after the Supreme Court announced...
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My Dreams Matter
I am an American. I speak and write English. I've gone to American schools, grown up with American friends, and pledged allegiance to the American...
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Federal government moves to implement DOMA ruling
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, the federal government is moving rapidly to implement...
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Supreme Court pushes nation one step closer to full marriage equality
In what was a watershed moment Wednesday for the gay-rights movement, pushing the nation closer than ever to full marriage equality, the Supreme Court ruled...
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Archdiocese of DC rages against marriage ruling with ”homosexual aberrations, sexual sins” vs. ”the children”
Charles Pope, the longtime voice for the Archdiocese of Washington‘s blog, fired off another angry, anti-gay rant in reaction to the Supreme Court‘s marriage-equality rulings. Today,...
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Obama applauds Supreme Court decisions on marriage equality
While aboard Air Force One en route to Senegal, President Barack Obama prasied the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act...
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BREAKING: SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN DOMA, DISMISSES PROP. 8 ON STANDING
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act defining marriage as between a man and a woman...
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Google adds an extra dimension to “gay” searches
Google just added a special rainbow to its search results for terms like “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, LGBT, GLBT” and even “queer.” June is traditionally...
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Suspect Arrested in Stanton Road Stabbing
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today that an arrest has been made in connection with the stabbing attack of a transgender woman...
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UPDATED: Competency Contested in Deoni Jones Case
On the day that a D.C. Council bill named in memory of the murdered transgender woman Deoni Jones unanimously passed the first of two required...
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House Democrats seek to expand housing protections to LGBT people
Democrats on Capitol Hill are seeking to extinguish LGBT housing discrimination with legislation introduced today that would amend a key provision of the Civil Rights...
