News + Politics
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Sean Eldridge, husband of Facebook co-founder, eyeing House run
Sean Eldridge, an activist, investor and husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, is expected to challenge Rep. Chris Gibson (R) in 2014 for New York’s...
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Citing Supreme Court cases, Indiana lawmakers postpone vote on same-sex marriage ban
Indiana lawmakers postponed a vote today on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in the state until next year, The Indianapolis Star reports. ...
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Member of Phelps family leaving Westboro Baptist Church
“We know that we can’t undo our whole lives. We can’t even say we’d want to if we could; we are who we are because...
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Obama Federal Appeals Court nominee could be a gay first
President Barack Obama nominated two justices to the bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today, including one who could become...
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Obama shies from same-sex marriage support at National Prayer Breakfast
Barack Obama continued the presidential tradition of speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning, marking the president’s fifth appearance at the annual event and...
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The Petty and the Vile
Crossing Twitter with gigantic cultural events can always be counted on to bring out the worst in the already bad. Two Super Bowl tweets were...
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Super Bowl Swine and Moving the Ball
As usual, the Super Bowl passed me by this year. As much as I don't want to be the gay cliché, I am. World Series?...
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Beloved Bartender's Death Rocks Tracks Community
For some Washington-area residents, Tracks, the iconic Navy Yard gay nightclub that closed its doors in 1999, is a venue that will be with them...
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Deoni Jones's Legal Legacy
It's been a year since transgender District resident Deoni Jones was fatally stabbed in the face at a Northeast D.C. bus stop. But the prosecution...
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Banner Year
Madonna might have urged us all to ''strike a pose'' and ''vogue,'' but the women of Casa Ruby have taken that instruction to heart, creating...
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Corkins Pleads Guilty in FRC Shooting
Floyd Lee Corkins II, the suspect in the August shooting at the Family Research Council (FRC) headquarters in Washington, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court...
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Boy Scouts delay consideration of lifting national gay ban
The Boy Scouts of America will not consider lifting the organization’s long-standing ban on gay members and leaders until May, the group announced today. In...
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With all sides moving on immigration reform, same-sex couples enter the line of fire
With immigration reform once again taking center stage on Capitol Hill, advocates are cautiously optimistic that protections for same-sex families articulated by President Barack Obama...
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Carson Charged
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia has filed an indictment against LaShawn Carson, the woman arrested following a two-week investigation into the...
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Robinson Trial Date Rescheduled
A man accused of attacking a transgender woman in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood in August had his trial on a charge of simple assault pushed off...
