News + Politics
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Global LGBT Briefs: Lebanon and Language
Beirut Authorities Raid Gay Movie Theater The Box Turtle Bulletin blog is reporting on a July 28 raid of a Beirut cinema reputed to screen...
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National LGBT Briefs: Rust Belt Horror, Suspect Sermon And Teen Shabbaton
Two Women Accused in Pennsylania Killing Of Ex-Girlfriend Testimony at a July 25 preliminary hearing is revealing horrific details in the May 17 murder of...
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Growing Support for Maryland Marriage Equality
A majority of Marylanders say they would vote to uphold Maryland's recently passed marriage-equality law, according to a new poll. Currently, supporters of the law...
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Playing Chicken
Based on my television, Web browsing and Facebook feed — the 21st century trinity of staying ''informed'' — the entire world appears to have to...
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Cops vs. Condoms
One message emerging from last week's AIDS 2012 conference in Washington was that an AIDS-free generation is within sight, if only we muster the will...
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Constitutional Countdown
On the same day that a federal judge in Connecticut became the latest to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, supporters...
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Tea Party and Bengal Tigers
Right Wing Watch, part of People for the American Way, is bringing attention to an email from Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips sent today...
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House Democrats Urge DHS To Recognize Same-Sex Couples
Democrats on Capitol Hill today urged the government to recognize binational same-sex relationships in deportation cases. In a letter sent to the Department of Homeland...
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Support For Marriage Equality Unchanged Since Obama Endorsement
Although gay-rights advocates greeted President Obama’s historic declaration of support for marriage equality with jubilation in May, a new poll suggests his support has had...
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Chef Art Smith Challenges Chick-fil-A in Chicago Sun-Times
When we cook for people our intention is to nourish them, not to give them our opinions or judge them. As I always say,...
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Maryland Signatories Subjected to Spotlight
Bernard Bundy Jr. had a bad feeling in his stomach the morning of July 25. Bundy, who lives in Alexandria but was raised in Maryland,...
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Another Court Rules Against DOMA
Another federal judge has ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act. An appointee of President George W. Bush, U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Bryant today...
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Partisan Pride?
For the first time since the end of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'' active-duty servicemembers were granted permission to march in full uniform in an LGBT...
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Democrats Take Big Step Toward Marriage-Equality Platform
The Democratic Party is poised to officially adopt marriage equality as part of their national platform at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., in...
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Cheney Says Support for Marriage Equality Has Never Changed
Despite running on the Republican Party platform in 2004 that supported a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Dick Cheney told ABC News that he supported...
