News + Politics
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Sen. Bob Casey latest Democrat to support same-sex marriage
Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) announced his support for same-sex marriage today, becoming the latest in a floodof Democratic senators to declare their support over the...
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Groups challenging Medicare ban on gender-reassignment surgeries
“Medicare’s categorical exclusion of this care lacks any scientific basis. Study after study has shown that these surgeries are the only effective treatment for many...
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Singapore’s homophobic culture forces Element, a new mag for gay Asia, to publish as digital only
“Not many gay men would pick up a copy of a magazine like this on a newsstand — that’s just the culture here.”...
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English football player Robbie Rogers explains his decision to come out and leave soccer behind
“I started feeling very different and it was a case of, ‘All right, I’m good at football and I get attention from girls. Why don’t...
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Choi Found Guilty
A U.S. magistrate judge Thursday found former Army Lt. Dan Choi, a gay rights activist who became famous for being discharged under the military's ''Don't...
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Marriage equality, the Supreme Court and America’s embrace
It’s easy to forget that it wasn’t even 11 months ago President Barack Obama remained opposed to same-sex marriage. “I believe that marriage is the...
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Rearguard Actions
To be honest, it's daunting at this point to write about the Supreme Court and marriage equality because we're in one of those cultural moments...
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Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court zinger
In one of the most memorable moments during today’s Supreme Court arguments on DOMA, Justice Elena Kagan shut down one of the key arguments being...
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Supreme Court justices question constitutionality of DOMA
Is DOMA dead? That was the question many were asking after the Supreme Court concluded two hours of oral arguments Wednesday in the case challenging...
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Supreme Court releases transcript and audio of today’s DOMA arguments
The Supreme Court heard arguments today in the case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans federal recognition of same-sex marriage. Read Metro Weekly’s report...
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Marriage Demonstrators Hit the Streets
The sidewalk on both sides of First Street NE was packed with people Tuesday morning as the U.S. Supreme Court heard the first of two...
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A Leading Latina
The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP), a D.C.-area organization, will honor local activist Letitia Gomez at its second annual Women's History Month celebration, ''Mujeres en...
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Supreme Court, Day 1: What the Justices said on same-sex marriage.
“Suppose a state said, because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we’re not going to give marriage anymore to...
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For Proposition 8 opponents, it’s now wait and see
It’s been a long time coming, but on Tuesday morning opponents of California’s ban on same-sex marriage finally got their day in the nation’s highest...
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Supreme Court justices cautious of sweeping Prop. 8 ruling
The Supreme Court justices approached the Proposition 8 case with caution Tuesday morning, indicating apparent trepidation to a sweeping ruling that would bring marriage equality...
