News + Politics
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Minnesota House advances marriage-equality bill poised to become law
Minnesota took a step closer to becoming the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage today. Just months after Minnesota voters rejected an amendment to the...
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Qween Amor Assaulted
Street performer, dancer and LGBT-rights advocate Qween Amor, a frequent fixture at Metro stations around the D.C. area, was assaulted and robbed while performing in...
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Charlie Crist comes out for marriage equality
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced his support for marriage equality on his Facebook page last night. “Some great news: On Tuesday, Delaware became the...
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Marking Obama’s one-year marriage anniversary
When Barack Obama sat down with Robin Roberts of ABC News on the afternoon of May 9, 2012, many knew what the president was going...
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Creating Space
It was just over five-and-a-half years ago that I first brought the idea of the Next Generation Awards to Metro Weekly. Because I happen to...
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A Star Is Born
Jason Collins is not the first active professional athlete to come out. Tennis star Martina Navratilova came out in 1981. Her courageous act, however, was...
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EV Advocates Entering Election Mode
It's the poll heard round the commonwealth. EV Advocates, a nonprofit affiliate of Equality Virginia that performs voter outreach and education, sent an fundraising email...
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Delaware governor signs gay marriage bill into law
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) today signed into law a bill allowing same-sex couples to obtain civil marriage licenses, making Delaware the 11th state to...
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Sen. Patrick Leahy files LGBT amendments to immigration bill
As promised, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, filed two amendments today that would amend the Senate’s immigration-reform bill to extend...
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DJ Peter Rauhofer dies at 48
Pioneering DJ and dance music producer Peter Rauhofer has passed away. It was announced in April that he had been hospitalized with a serious brain tumor. According to...
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Obama signals he would sign immigration bill that omits binational gay couples
President Barack Obama lowered expectations further for an LGBT-inclusive comprehensive immigration reform bill Friday evening, telling reporters he would not speculate on whether he would...
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Transgender Homicides in Baltimore and Elsewhere Raise Alarm
The New York-based National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and the D.C.-based National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) are calling for action after recent killings of...
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YouTuber Antoine Dodson: Not homosexual but still attracted to men?
Antoine Dodson, the flamboyant “YouTube sensation,” went on another media blitz this week to discuss his alleged renouncement of homosexuality and materialism. His many statements...
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Canadian bridal shop refuses to serve trans woman
“If you see a man trying on dresses, you’re going to feel uncomfortable.” So says the owner of Jenny’s Bridal Boutique in Saskatoon, Canada, to...
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Rhode Island governor signs gay marriage into law
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I) signed into law this evening two bills that legalize same-sex civil marriages in the Ocean State, making it the...
