News + Politics
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Pride Parade Switching Paths
The local blog Borderstan reported Monday that Capital Pride has proposed a route change for this year's Capital Pride Parade. The proposal was submitted at...
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D.C. Moves To Protect Transgender Residents from Insurance Discrimination
The District's Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) has issued a bulletin prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity or expression by insurance companies who...
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Brother, Help Thyself Board Takes Office
The new executive board of Brother, Help Thyself Inc. (BHT), a community organization providing support to nonprofits that serve the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities in...
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D.C. Celebrates ''Sheroes''
As part of Women's History Month, the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs will honor five women who have made a significant contribution to the LGBT...
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Hillary Clinton: “I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed same-sex marriage today in a video released by the Human Rights Campaign. “LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our...
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RNC chair praises Portman as GOP report calls for gay inclusion
In an expansive “autopsy” of the GOP, the Republican National Committee released a report today providing a path forward for the party, one that includes...
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At CPAC, conservatives wrestle with gay inclusion and the GOP’s future
The conservative movement’s attempt to grapple with gay rights was on full display during the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference as leaders...
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Rhode Island Senate committee to consider gay marriage, referendum bills next Thursday
The Rhode Island State Senate’s Judiciary Committee announced yesterday that it will hear two bills March 21: one that would grant marriage equality in the...
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Rob Portman becomes first Senate Republican to support same-sex marriage
Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman announced his support for marriage equality shortly after midnight Friday, saying that his reversal on the issue came after his...
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GLAA Rates D.C. Special Election Candidates
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan, nonprofit political organization advocating for LGBT equality since 1971, released ratings Wednesday for...
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Stein Club Fielding Forum Questions
The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club is now accepting your questions. In a recent email blast, the Stein Club, among D.C.'s most prominent local political clubs,...
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Boy Scouts send out a survey with gay-related questions
“Bob is 15 years old, and the only openly gay Scout in a Boy Scout troop. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for the troop leader...
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Keeping Games Out of Will & Grace-land
Confession time: I never really watched Will & Grace. There are a number of small reasons for this — including the fact that I wasn't...
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Forgiving Bill Clinton
Gay opinions on Bill Clinton were always mixed. On election night in 1992, Washington's Shoreham Hotel – where gay activists had zapped the American Psychiatric...
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Maryland Gender-Identity Bill Killed
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee failed Thursday to pass SB 449, the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2013, which would have prohibited discrimination...
