News + Politics
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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...
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Republican Congressman Moves To Ban Same-Sex Weddings on Military Bases
Nearly a month after two men became the first gay couple to marry on a military base since the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”...
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Gay troops given permission to march in uniform in San Diego Pride Parade
“It was absolutely thrilling last year to walk down the street. But this year — to be able to march in uniform — wow! I’m...
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Chef Art Smith Enters Chick-fil-A Fray
“As a gay southern man who found health and married Jesus, why would I eat at a place that serves poison and preaches it?“ Chef Art...
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HHS Commits Funds To End ADAP Waiting Lists
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the Obama administration will invest nearly $80 million in grants to increase access to...
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D.C.’s Own Aisha & Danielle Moodie-Mills Pen Response to Lt. Gov. Carroll
After it was suggested she had a lesbian relationship, Florida’s Republican Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carrol responded this week by saying, in part, “Usually black women...
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DNC Chair Says Party Platform Will Include Marriage Equality
Come this fall, the Democratic Party could officially endorse marriage equality. In an interview with Philadelphia Gay News, the chair of the Democratic National Committee...
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Campaign Challenges Romney’s Record on Gay Rights
A new campaign is taking direct aim at Mitt Romney’s record and agenda on LGBT issues. Announced on Wednesday and playing off of the wildly...
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True Talk
Back when I was still a young HIV-prevention worker in the long-ago 1990s, I came across a new campaign for gay men that had launched...
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International Flights
The end of America's HIV immigration ban has allowed the XIX International AIDS Conference to be held in Washington. This welcome change reminds me of...
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Teaching Acceptance
To hear Caitlin Ryan talk about her 40-year career helping families come to terms with LGBT children is to be reminded how much things have...
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Owens Leading Anti-Marriage Minority
An organ played ''God Bless America'' as Mitt Romney took the stage at the NAACP's annual convention in Houston July 11. The audience stood to...
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Managing Migration
Ted Clements and Peter Lloyd are hoping the fourth time will be the charm for the DC Eagle. The co-owners of the Eagle, the D.C....
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Head of Chick-fil-A clucks that gay marriage brings God’s judgment?
The head of Chick-fil-A restaurants appears to have stated again his personal opposition to gay marriages, and possibly alleged that God will be displeased with America...
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“Part of the community goes back into the closet” — How the St. Petersburg gay ban is impacting the community
“Part of the community just goes back into the closest and tries to hide even more than they did before. And, part of the community...
