News + Politics
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Allegations Aimed at Anne Arundel Police Chief
Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman launched an investigation last week into allegations that the county's top law enforcement officer, Chief Larry Tolliver, used homophobic...
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Alan Gendreau “not part of the NFL draft.”
“Just an FYI. I am NOT a part of the NFL draft. I am training right now with hopes of landing a tryout at a...
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Exercise prevents homosexuality, claims UK politician
“ released boys tensions and thus avoided homo-sexuality (sic)” So says a UK councillor candidate, John Sullivan, member of the UK’s right-wing UKIP party....
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SF Pride retracts unauthorized announcement of Bradley Manning as parade marshal
UPDATE: On May 7, 2013. San Francisco Pride updated its Facebook page with regards to Bradley Manning being selected as Grand Pride Marshal. In part, the group...
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Family Research Council posts videos of Corkins shooting, interrogation prior to sentencing
The conservative Family Research Council (FRC) this week posted two videos of accused shooter Floyd Lee Corkins II to its YouTube page pointing the finger...
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Log Cabin Republicans issue warning on LGBT exclusion
Log Cabin Republicans are making their message to party leaders clear: Support equality for LGBT Americans or risk extinction. In an ad published in Politico...
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HIV-vaccine trial halted after review board finds no effect
“These results do not change the fundamental view that an AIDS vaccine remains critical to any long-term strategy to end the AIDS epidemic.” Matthew Rose,...
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LGBT groups warn of shortcomings as ENDA reintroduced
Today’s reintroduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in the Senate and House of Representatives has largely been greeted with cheers, but some are expressing...
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Good Times for Bad Boys
Long story short, I found myself cruising around the Tidal Basin in the back of a black limousine with famed porn director Chi-Chi LaRue, a...
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Preventing a Mob
On April 19, after the arrest of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (hereinafter ''Johar''), residents of Boston's Watertown neighborhood applauded the police and chanted, ''USA! USA!''...
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Allies on the Ice
As far as the D.C.-area hockey community is concerned, the time to end any stereotypes of hockey as a virulently homophobic sport filled to the...
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As ENDA returns to Congress, Obama’s White House remains a key component
When the White House puts its full weight behind a piece of legislation it wants to see become law, that push is hard to miss....
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Mark Bingham’s mother takes on 9/11, Boston bombing conspiracy theorists
“I’ve come to the conclusion that you really can’t talk to those folks. You cannot reason with them, because they are so invested in the crazy...
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R.I. Senate passes gay-marriage bills, 26-12, sending them back to House for final vote
The Rhode Island State Senate overwhelmingly approved amended House and Senate versions of a marriage-equality bill on a 26-12 vote Wednesday evening, sending the measures...
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Latest ENDA effort greeted with both optimism and skepticism
Hopes are high as the long-stalled Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) will see reintroduction in the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday. After years of...
