News + Politics
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What's in a Name?
In the late 1980s, epidemiologists adopted the expression ''men having sex with men'' to categorize routes of HIV transmission, to acknowledge that not all such...
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Rep. Barney Frank and Jim Ready Marry
More than 25 years after becoming the first gay man to voluntarily come out as gay while serving in Congress, and just months away from...
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Progressive Pocan
While Wisconsin's capital city, Madison, is often dismissed by conservatives, including the state's Republican governor, as a liberal bastion out-of-step with the rest of the...
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Gay Arizona Official Resigns in Protest of Gov. Brewer
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s attempt to deny benefits to state employees in same-sex relationships cost her a civil servant on Tuesday. Edwin Leslie, who until...
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Romney Vows to Defend Traditional Marriage in Speech to NAACP
Mitt Romney vowed to defend traditional marriage as president during a speech delivered to the NAACP convention today in Houston. Only briefly did the presumptive...
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Episcopal Church Votes To Sanction Same-Sex ''Blessings''
Leaders of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly July 9 to approve blessings of same-sex weddings and the church's general convention in Indianapolis, according to the...
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Hunting for Fair-Housing Violators
The D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) launched a campaign July 9 to educate District residents about housing discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation...
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation Challenges Obama on AIDS Conference Attendance, Policies
With less than two weeks until the kickoff of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, one key participating organization is expressing dismay...
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Losing Tim Lipka
July began with the worst possible news for family and friends of Petworth resident Tim Lipka, 25. ''It was a shock,'' says Lipka's close friend...
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One Stabbing Suspect Held, Two Released
A D.C. Superior Court judge this morning found probable cause that three suspects accused of participating in stabbing a teenage male while yelling homophobic slurs...
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The GOP's Grand Seizure
A fast-moving line of violent thunderstorms known as a derecho hit Washington after nightfall the day after the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable...
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Diaspora and Disparity
Education and awareness can prove powerful tools in the fight against HIV/AIDS. While that might seem obvious to some, it's especially important in underserved, poorer...
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National LGBT Briefs: LULAC, fil-A and Fundraiser
LULAC Comes Out for Marriage Equality The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) announced June 30 from the organization's national conference in Orlando, Fla.,...
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Global LGBT Briefs: From Sea to Sofia, and State
No Casablanca Date for RSVP Gay Cruise An RSVP Vacations gay cruise expected to visit Casablanca, Morocco, July 1, was reportedly barred from making the...
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DC GOP Adopts Inclusive Platform
The D.C. Republican Committee, the District's equivalent of a state party, has become the first Republican state party to endorse LGBT-inclusive language into its party...
