News + Politics
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Scotland’s Cardinal O’Brien calls for a referendum on same-sex marriage
“Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way...
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Truvada Gets PrEP Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has approved the drug Truvada for daily use to reduce the risk of HIV...
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Elton John talks with Matt Lauer about his days of unsafe sex
“When you take a drug and you take a drink and you mix those two together, you think you’re invincible… I came out of this...
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Immigrant Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against DOMA
The Defense of Marriage Act has once again been challenged in court after an immigrant from the Philippines filed a class action lawsuit July 12...
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Hearing for Barracks Row Suspect Postponed
Michael Poth, the Marine accused of killing a fellow Marine following an incident where he allegedly called the victim a ''faggot'' after having earlier seen...
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Global LGBT Briefs: From Parliament to Pride
Ukraine Steps Back from “Gay Gag Rule” All Out, the international LGBT-equality organization, reported July 6 that the Ukrainian Parliament moved to shelved the proposed...
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National LGBT Briefs: Orbit, Arthur and La Raza Launch
Kameny Namesake Joins List of Heavenly Bodies While the late gay-rights pioneer Frank Kameny – a D.C. local who died Oct. 11, 2011, at the...
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Anti-Gay Group Uses Gay Couple's Photo
An anti-gay Virginia group has been slapped with a cease and desist letter after taking a gay couple's 2010 engagement photo from the Web and...
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Rev. Evans Asks Mayor Gray to Denounce Same-Sex Marriage
The president of a D.C.-based coalition of African-American and Latino churches, the National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), is asking Mayor Vincent Gray (D) to renounce...
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UPDATED: Remembering David Chung
If you set foot in Nellie's Sports Bar over the past four years, you knew David Chung. He may not have been the face of...
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Tea Party Leader Declares Frank-Ready Wedding a Mockery
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Jim Ready may still be celebrating their new lives as a married couple after exchanging wedding vows July 7, but...
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Log Cabin Republicans Call for Mayor Gray’s Resignation
The D.C. chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation’s primary LGBT Republican organization, is calling for the resignation of a District politician for the...
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Strategizing Ahead of AIDS 2012
A panel of experts on HIV/AIDS told a room full of journalists at Tuesday media briefing that the right federal policies could essentially end the...
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Networking for Women
Ahead of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), an Oakland, Calif.-based HIV/AIDS organization for women is partnering with the conference to advocate for research...
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Making a Supportive Splash
Swimmers will take to the Chester River Saturday, July 14, to raise money for both cleaner water and D.C.'s Metro TeenAIDS nonprofit organization at the...
