News + Politics
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Bill Clinton pens strongest support yet for ending his DOMA law
Former President Bill Clinton took his biggest step yet in distancing himself from the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that bears his signature, writing in...
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Spa World Policy Remains Muddy
Spa World, the suburban Centreville, Va., Korean-style spa at the center of a public-relations storm in recent days following news surfacing of a November incident...
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Pro-gay panel coming to CPAC despite GOProud ban
While GOProud remains banned from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference organized by the American Conservative Union (ACU), that won’t stop one sponsor of CPAC...
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Obama signs LGBT-inclusive VAWA back into law
President Barack Obama signed the Violence Against Women Act back into law Thursday, which for the first time includes explicit protections for LGBT victims of...
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Whitman-Walker Honors Tammy Baldwin
Whitman-Walker Health, the local nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV-related and LGBT care, announced today that it will present Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)...
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Of Meteorites and Marriage
About 20 days ago, a blazing meteorite tore through our atmosphere and exploded over Russia. This was a minor rock, relatively speaking, didn't even see...
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Artists back away from Superman and Boy Scouts due to anti-gay controversies
An illustrator for DC Comics says he will not work on a new Superman project due to controversy associated with one of its authors, Orson...
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Valerie Harper, actress and 2009 Capital Pride Marshal, diagnosed with brain cancer
”I don’t think of dying. I think of being here now.” Actress Valerie Harper, 73, as quoted by People magazine regarding her diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. ...
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The Naked Truth
Whether it's because of ancient locker-room nightmares or present day fluctuations in my weight, I have body issues. A few years ago, when I was...
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Senate confirms nation’s first gay Asian-American federal judge
The U.S. Senate confirmed the nation’s first out gay Asian-American federal judge Monday evening. Pamela Ki Mai Chen was swiftly confirmed with little opposition by...
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Spa World Controversy Still Simmering
A Korean-style spa in Centreville, Va., popular with many D.C.-area residents, including members of the LGBT community, continues to receive heat from activists who feel...
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House Republicans try again to ban same-sex weddings on military bases
A handful of Republicans on Capitol Hill are again attempting to write discrimination into U.S. military code with a bill introduced in the House of...
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Spa World Clarifies Policy
A Korean-style spa in Centreville, Va., popular with many D.C.-area residents, including members of the region's LGBT community, is clarifying its policy regarding discrimination after...
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Poll shows 60 percent of Rhode Islanders support gay marriage
The results of a poll of Rhode Islanders released Thursday shows that a strong majority of voters support extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. The...
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Obama: Administration was obligated to take Prop. 8 position
President Barack Obama elaborated on the Supreme Court brief filed by his administration yesterday in the Proposition 8 case, telling reporters today that same-sex couples...
