News + Politics
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Sentencing Delayed in Family Research Council Shooting
A U.S. District Court judge this morning rescheduled the sentencing of Floyd Lee Corkins II, the Virginia man who pleaded guilty in February of attempting...
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NBA’s Jason Collins comes out in SI interview
“I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay. … I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a...
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Not enough openly gay and lesbian MPs in Parliament says Britain’s Yvette Cooper
“The truth is we don’t have enough openly gay and lesbian MPs being selected for parliament; just as we don’t have enough black and minority...
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D.C. Leaders Show Support for Jason Collins
Jason Collins, a National Basketball Association (NBA) free agent who was traded by the Boston Celtics to the Washington Wizards in February, came out as...
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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...
