News + Politics
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A Progressive Pushes Back
Karen Gautney has always been a fighter. And bullies – whether neighborhood troublemakers or legislators in Richmond – don't scare her. A lesbian resident of...
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World LGBT Briefs: Women on the Verge
Liberian Legislature Takes Up Anti-Gay Bills While the Liberian House of Representatives considers a bill to make sex between people of the same gender a...
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National LGBT Briefs: Heartland Horror, Massachusetts Mensch And Marriage Money
Apparent Lincoln Hate Crime Stirs Community Community members are rallying around a Lincoln, Neb., woman following a Sunday, July 22, home invasion during which, she...
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Gay Weddings Generate $259 million for New York City
A year after New York legalized gay nuptials, the money is rolling in. According to a statement released by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,...
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Petitions Challenging DOMA Piling Up
Last week the Supreme Court received its fourth petition in less than a month asking the high court to review the constitutionality of the Defense...
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BREAKING: Mass. Attorney General Urges Supreme Court to Uphold DOMA Rulings
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office filed a brief on Tuesday urging the Supreme Court to uphold rulings by lower courts that have found the Defense...
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Sally Ride survived by female “partner of 27 years”
“In addition to Tam O’Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years, Sally is survived by her mother, Joyce; her sister, Bear; her niece, Caitlin, and...
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The Florida Family Associations Decries Lady Gaga/Office Depot Collaboration
“The one million dollar pledge from Office Depot to the Lady Gaga Born this Way Foundation will influence many teens to embrace homosexuality for their...
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Video Coverage of “Keep the Promise” Rally and March
Sunday afternoon, July 22, ahead of the evening’s opening session of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, thousands took to D.C. streets...
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Gay Couple Attacked in Eckington
A local gay couple was attacked just after midnight Sunday, July 22, as first reported by NBC4. The attack occurred in the Eckington neighborhood of...
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Panel: Men’s Engagement Crucial To Stemming HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Outreach to and the engagement of men – particularly heterosexual men – is an essential part of combating HIV/AIDS, according to a panel of experts...
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Stigma Takes Center Stage at HRC Panel
Saturday evening, ahead of today’s opening of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) here in D.C., the Human Rights Campaign hosted an event focusing...
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Human Rights Watch Decries Condom Confiscation
The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch released a report July 19 that claims police in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington...
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Rapper Murs supports gay rights with his new video “Animal Style”
“‘Animal Style’ is a song I did for many reasons. The first was to be an advocate for people close to me who are out,...
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Health Benefits To Be Extended to Children of Gay Federal Employees
The Obama administration moved to expand a key provision of the Affordable Care Act to the children of same-sex couples today. A new rule proposed...
