News + Politics
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Reasons for the Season
So, four seasons, 12 months and 52 issues later, here we are again at Pride weekend. Sometimes it feels like a holiday, with all the...
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Home Front and ''Heroes''
Wallace Corbett knows HIV better than most. As co-chair of the DC Community Coalition (DCC), a cross-section of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS...
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The Zombies of Summer
Signs of the End Times: A naked man in Miami looked up from eating another man's face and growled at the police officer, then resumed...
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National LGBT News Briefs: Good and Bad in Minnesota
Feinberg Arrested in Protest Supporting Cece McDonald Transgender activist and author Leslie Feinberg was arrested June 4 in Minneapolis for participation in a protest action...
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Global LGBT News Briefs: From Soccer to Sodomy
AllOut.org Effort Targets Ukraine Anti-Gay Bill The global LGBT-advocacy organization AllOut.org is turning its attention to Ukraine, where the Parliament is considering a bill, Law...
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HRC Releases “Groundbreaking Research” on LGBT Youth, Marking Start of Griffin’s Tenure
Today, the Human Rights Campaign is releasing what it calls “groundbreaking research” involving “more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17.” The national LGBT political organization...
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Council Passes Anti-Bullying Bill
The D.C. Council unanimously passed a comprehensive anti-bullying bill Tuesday adding the District to the list of 15 states that have passed anti-bullying laws with...
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Another Federal Judge Finds DOMA Marriage Definition Unconstitutional, Now in Widow’s Case
Echoing several other recent court opinions, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones today ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act’s federal definition of marriage is...
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Full Council Approves Beninda, Budd
The D.C. City Council unanimously confirmed the nominations of two transgender women to the 15-member D.C. Commission on Human Rights during a June 5 legislative...
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Passes on Further Review of Prop 8 Case, Setting Up Appeal to Supreme Court
The federal appeals court hearing the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 passed on taking another look at the ruling. The decision today by the U.S. Court...
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Glee’s Darren Criss to Replace Pink at Obama LGBT Event on June 6
Pink was slated to perform at an Obama re-election fundraiser targeted to LGBT supporters set for June 6 in Los Angeles. But, the singer is...
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IHOP Shooting Suspect Rejects Plea Deal
A woman accused of shooting a gay man inside a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant in March rejected a plea deal this morning, sending her case...
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Court Filing Expected in Prop 8 Case on Tuesday: What Could Happen?
The U.S. Court of...
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2012 Pride of Pets Canceled
The popular Pride of Pets ''fun dog show,'' traditionally held late-June in Dupont Circle, has been canceled this year due to a scheduling conflict, the...
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Town Hall Tackles Youth Homelessness
Representatives of both local and national D.C.-based nonprofit groups shared their experiences of working with homeless LGBT youth Thursday night, May 31, at the ''LGBT...
