News + Politics
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Obama’s State of the Union address receives praise from advocates
President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress, making brief reference to the LGBT...
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Virginia House subcommittee kills employment-nondiscrimination bill
A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee voted Tuesday to table SB701, a bill that would prohibit discrimination in public employment based on a person’s sexual...
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Senate approves LGBT-inclusive Violence Against Women Act
The Senate approved an LGBT-inclusive Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Tuesday afternoon, sending the bill to the House of Representatives where it faces an uncertain...
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Sen. Tom Harkin: “We’re going to move ENDA this year”
The chairman of the Senate committee overseeing one of the last major pieces of LGBT-rights legislation today promised movement on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. During...
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House version of bill allowing student discrimination passes Va. Senate
The Virginia Senate today passed the House version of a bill to allow student groups and organizations at higher-educational institutions to discriminate with regard to...
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Pentagon announces extension of certain benefits to same-sex military families
Same-sex military families will begin to receive a number of benefits previously denied to them as early as this summer, the Department of Defense announced...
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DC Eagle Celebrates Scarlet's
The DC Eagle is playing host this weekend to the 42nd annual Scarlet's Bake Sale, with members of the leather community and allies contributing an...
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Jim Graham “not resigning” after ethics board finds conduct violations
D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), one of two out gay members of the D.C. Council, issued a statement Friday saying he will not resign,...
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Late PFLAG founder to receive presidential honor
President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Citizen Medal to the late Jeanne Manford, the White House announced today. Manford, who died in January at...
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Three NoVa Dems help pass Virginia student pro-discrimination bill
The Virginia Senate, in a 22-18 vote Tuesday, passed a bill that would allow student groups at higher-educational institutions more easily discriminate in who they...
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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...
