News + Politics
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Corporations Opposing LGBT Discrimination Funding Boy Scouts
Some of the biggest corporations in America have donated millions of dollars to the Boy Scouts of America, including those with policies against giving to...
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Head of PG County NAACP Endorses Question 6 as Pro-Equality Forces Continue African-American Outreach
Bob Ross, president of the Prince George’s County, Md., branch of the NAACP, has filmed a Web ad showing his support for Maryland’s Question 6,...
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D.C. Launches First-in-Nation Transgender Ad Campaign
The D.C. Office of Human Rights officially unveiled its first-in-the-nation government-sponsored transgender ad campaign Sept. 13 before a packed room at a local bar, Mova....
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Barrett Brick Honored for Immigration Efforts
Immigration Equality, the national organization working toward equality for LGBT and HIV-positive people under U.S. immigration law, with offices in New York and D.C., honored...
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Romney and Ryan Address Anti-Gay Conference
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan addressed the Values Voter Summit today, aligning their candidacy with the strict social-conservative positions of the Family Research Council. Echoing...
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Rep. Barney Frank Supports Democratic Opponent of Gay Republican
Out gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) continued his campaign against gay Republicans yesterday when he voiced his support for the Democratic opponent of a gay...
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Latest Advocate features Zac Efron interview
“I started doing local theater so young — I was 12 — so to me, being gay was just another way that you can be....
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Cameroonian man fighting for freedom after gay text message
“I’m very much in love w/u.” For sending this text message to another man, Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé of Cameroon has already spent a year in...
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Metro Weekly Boxes Targeted for Vandalism
Someone has been disposing of issues of Metro Weekly in bulk and vandalizing the magazine's distribution boxes by filling them with everything from rotting food...
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HHS Secretary Sebelius Remarks at HRC Event Violated Federal Law
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was found in violation of a federal law on Wednesday for comments she made at a Human Rights...
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Marriage-equality camp makes proactive push against past NOM strategies
As the saying goes, the best defense is a strong offense. The Marylanders for Marriage Equality campaign today issued a memo to media outlets that...
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FRC’s Tony Perkins Equates Gay People to Drug Addicts
In remarks delivered on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the National Press Club, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins kicked off one of the most high-profile...
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Hack at Thee, Partisan!
Things are looking up for Democrats, whose national convention presented strong speeches by Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, San Antonio Mayor Julián...
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Community Questions Council
Facing a passionate and at times boisterous crowd of District residents and activists Sept. 9, seven incumbent D.C. City Council members were grilled over their...
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Groups Raise Money for Young LGBT Immigrants
More than 40 LGBT organizations and leaders have joined the fight for immigration reform in a fundraising effort to help pay for work permits for...
