News + Politics
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Four LGBT Candidates Claim Victory in Primary Wins
Four LGBT candidates claimed victory Tuesday night in a series of primary wins in Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut. While a success for the LGBT...
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Romney and Ryan: How Low Can They Go?
It's a reflexive statement that has effectively passed into cliché, but when gay Republicans say that gay people aren't ''single-issue'' voters they have a point,...
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Rep. Barney Frank Pulls GOProud Into Fight With Log Cabin Republicans
Less than a week after he equated Log Cabin Republicans to “Uncle Toms,” out gay Rep. Barney Frank reaffirmed his comments in a statement released...
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Marriage-Equality Opponent Denied Ballot Access
The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (DCBOEE) announced today that John C. Cheeks, an Independent candidate for D.C. City Council chair, will not appear...
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Groups Challenge Values Voter Summit
LGBT-rights organizations are taking aim at one of the conservative movement's most high-profile and controversial events of the year. Thousands of social conservatives will convene...
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Study Shows No Negative Impact After DADT Repeal
Almost a year after the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a new study has found that the end of the discriminatory ban on out...
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Catholic priest rebuked for role in same-sex wedding
“Archbishop Mansell informed Father DeVito that his participation in this ceremony was understandably perceived by many Catholics as an implicit endorsement of same-sex marriage, which...
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NFL player re-assures Maryland Del. Burns that gay marriage won’t turn him into a “lusting cockmonster”
“I can assure you that gay people getting married will have zero effect on your life. They won’t come into your house and steal your...
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Pelosi and 144 House Democrats File Brief Against DOMA
Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and 144 other House Democrats filed a brief on Friday arguing that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage...
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Transgender Delegation Makes DNC ''Especially Historic''
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 2012 Democratic Convention proved to be reflective of the country's ''melting pot'' moniker in multiple ways. The number of LGBT delegates...
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Obama Expresses Support for Gay Community in Convention Speech
With a speech that was both a call to arms to the Democratic base and a direct response to Republican critics, President Barack Obama brought...
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Burns asks Baltimore Ravens to silence Ayanbadejo's marriage-equality advocacy
Maryland Del. Emmett Burns Jr. (D-Baltimore Co.) has written a letter to Steve Bisciotti, the owner of the Baltimore Ravens football team, asking Bisciotti to...
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Poth Rejects Plea Deal in Barracks Row Stabbing
The Marine accused of fatally stabbing a fellow Marine in a possible hate crime in the District's Southeast Barracks Row neighborhood April 21 rejected a...
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Support for Gay Community on Display During Last Day of Democratic Convention
The Democratic Party wore their support for the gay community on their sleeve Thursday as the party’s national convention came to a close. On the...
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Julian Bond brings civil rights history to bear on Maryland marriage equality
Longtime civil rights figure Dr. Julian Bond is speaking out in favor of marriage equality in an op-ed in the Afro-American newspapers, which has both...
