News + Politics
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Virginia Board Stands Firm Against Cuccinelli
Virginia's Board of Juvenile Justice this week re-endorsed a set of revised rules that protect LGBT youth. The move comes despite pressure from Attorney General...
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Days Go By
Soap operas were a kind of omnipresent force of entertainment during my youth. Many of them are long gone by now, distant memories for aging...
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Welcome to Missibama
As we move into the holiday season, imagine a Southern town square with a resplendent Nativity scene on some warm December evening. Nearby, lights shine...
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Maryland's Marriage Success
The dust is beginning to settle after Maryland voters approved Question 6, a referendum on the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which grants same-sex couples access...
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From Tuesday to Tomorrow
It wasn't long after the first polls closed on the East Coast on election night that Republicans knew something was wrong. First Michigan was called...
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Marking Transgender Day of Remembrance
Local LGBT activists are readying their annual observance of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. Sharing the same mission of mourning and education as other...
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No Nest Yet
As the saying goes, rumors of the demise of the DC Eagle are greatly exaggerated. Of course, there was that Facebook invitation to a Nov....
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Obama Nominates Gay African-American Judge to Federal Bench
President Barack Obama nominated seven judges to the federal bench today, including the president’s first out African-American nominee. Judge William L. Thomas was nominated by...
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Supreme Court Delays Marriage Equality Cases
Proponents of marriage equailty are facing another delay as the Supreme Court pushed back when it will consider which cases related to same-sex marriage the...
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Krysten Sinema Becomes First Out Bi Member of Congress
Krysten Sinema was declared the winner in the House race for Arizona’s 9th Congressional District on Monday. According to the Associated Press, Sinema, who will...
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Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, relieved that teen sex allegation has been retracted
UPDATE (Tuesday, Nov. 13, 9pm): Kevin Clash released a statement to the press which, in part, confirmed that he is gay: “I am a gay man. I have...
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‘Days of our Lives’ airs gay ‘sex scene’ between Will and Sonny
UPDATE (Wed., Nov. 14, 1:35 pm): Despite President Obama‘s press conference cutting into the East Coast broadcast, Will and Sonny did have their big moment today. ...
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Ugandan Speaker of Parliament pledges quick movement on “kill the gays” bill
“I will not accept to be intimidated or directed by any government in the world on matters of homosexuality.” Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga...
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FRC’s Tony Perkins Predicts “Revolution” After Marriage Equality Wins
The president of the anti-gay Family Research Council is predicting “revolution” following a clean sweep of historic victories for the LGBT-rights movement on Election Day. ...
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GLOE Makes the Guide
The Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center (DCJCC) announced yesterday that its Kurlander Program for GLBT Outreach & Engagement, aka GLOE, has been included in the...
