News + Politics
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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...
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Dignity’s gay Catholics respond to Pope Francis’ past rhetoric with hope
Daniel Barutta, the President of Dignity/Washington, went on WUSA-9 to speak about the choice of Cardinal Bergoglio to be the new leader of the world’s...
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AFA urges followers to pray to head off any SCOTUS marriage headway
“We know from Scripture, common sense and research that homosexual behavior is immoral, unnatural and unhealthy. We should not normalize this behavior by enshrining it...
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Obama cannot imagine Supreme Court upholding gay marriage bans
President Barack Obama elaborated further on his administration’s decision to file a brief in the Proposition 8 case, telling George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in an...
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Bolling drops Virginia gubernatorial run, leaving McAuliffe v. Cuccinelli
The field has narrowed in Virginia’s 2013 gubernatorial election after Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Republican, announced Tuesday he would not pursue a third-party candidacy,...
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Colorado Legislature passes civil unions bill
The Colorado House of Representatives voted 39-26 today to approve legislation that would permit civil unions for same-sex couples, all but assuring gay couples in...
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ENDA and executive order unmentioned in Senate Dems’ meeting with Obama
President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats met behind closed doors on Capitol Hill today to discuss a list of legislative priorities ranging from the budget...
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Allyson Robinson stresses post-DADT goals at OutServe-SLDN dinner
The leader of the nation’s largest LGBT military organization set her sights on complacency Saturday night, telling an audience of nearly a thousand that the...
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to sign charter in support of gay rights and gender equality.
“We are implacably opposed to all forms of discrimination, whether rooted in gender, race, colour, creed, political belief or other grounds.” — Britain’s Commonwealth Charter,...
