News + Politics
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Legal Leadership
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's executive director, Kevin Cathcart, marvels at the changes in the law and the legal world since he began running...
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National LGBT Briefs: Protest, Praise and 'Ex-Gay' in Oregon
North Carolina’s Rev. Worley Warmly Welcomed It was May 13 when Pastor Charles Worley of Maiden, N.C.'s Providence Road Baptist Church told congregants how to...
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Global LGBT Briefs: Moscow Melee, Malaysia Book-Banning
Orthodox Christians Rough Up Moscow Pride Following an ongoing trend in Russia, dozens of gay-rights protesters were arrested May 27 for attempting to hold two...
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Lambda, ACLU Lawsuits Claim Same-Sex Couples’ Marriage Inequality Violates Illinois Constitution
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the ACLU each filed a lawsuit today seeking equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Illinois, as Metro...
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Kameny Home Sold
The house of Franklin E. Kameny, a leader in the gay civil rights movement who died in 2011 at age 86, has been sold, according...
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Committee Approves Beninda, Budd
The D.C. City Council's Committee on Aging and Community Affairs today approved the nominations of two well-known transgender women, Alexandra Beninda and Earline Budd, to...
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Lambda Legal, ACLU to File Lawsuits Seeking Marriage Equality in Illinois
Lambda Legal Defense and...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Foes Submit Referendum Signatures, Proponents Ready Campaign
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition seeking to uphold the Free State’s recently passed marriage equality law, issued a statement on May 29 outside the...
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DC Black Pride Goes Back to School
With attendees filtering in and out, about 150 people filled the schoolyard of the Francis-Stevens Educational Complex Sunday, May 27, at any given time, all...
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Green Lantern to be the newly revealed gay DC Comics character, blog reports
The DC Comics character who is going to be revealed as gay...
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Federal Judge Rules DOMA, Tax Code Force Unconstitutional Treatment For Same-Sex Couples
On Thursday evening, a federal judge in California held that the Defense of Marriage Act and a provision of tax law unconstitutionally limit same-sex couples...
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GLAA Issues ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies''
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., (GLAA) issued its ''Manifesto Against Religious Bullies'' today, just as the DC Black Pride weekend is...
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Carson Hearing Postponed
A scheduled May 22 status hearing for LaShawn Carson, accused of shooting a gay man at a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant, has been postponed. A...
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State Department Releases Annual Report on Human Rights, Details LGBT Mistreatment
The State Department this morning released its 2011 Annual Report on Human Rights, the 36th such annual report. Marking the release, Secretary of State Hillary...
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New Poll Shows Voters Support Maryland Marriage Equality Bill, Buoyed By Increased Black Voter Support
A strong majority of Marylanders would vote to uphold Maryland’s recently passed marriage equality law if it is taken to a referendum in November, a...
