News + Politics
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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...
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Get divorced or get out, South African lesbian couple told by child’s school
Kally and Samantha Mabe, a married couple in South Africa, have been told by their child’s school that unless they end their “lifestyle choice” their...
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Central Florida 8th-grader wins right to start Gay-Straight Alliance
“I’m just so happy that our club is finally going to be allowed to meet. There’s only about a month left of school, but that’s...
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LGBT-rights groups double-down on same-sex couples in immigration reform
Amid reports that comprehensive immigration reform could be derailed if protections for binational same-sex couples are included in the final bill, LGBT-rights activists are demanding...
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Annuals of Spring
Anyone familiar with my writings round these parts already knows that I am solipsism central, so I'll just jump right to the point and say...
