News + Politics
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Capital Pride Hosts Interfaith Service
Even in the midst of chaos and activity, there's always time for quiet reflection. So, too, amid a flurry of Pride activities, is there an...
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Illinois AG Supports Marriage Equality Lawsuits, Raising Question of Who Will Defend Civil Unions
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) will be joining Lambda Legal and the ACLU in arguing that Illinois’s civil unions law does not meet the...
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Local Gay Legislators Win Fellowships
Two local LGBT legislators will be Harvard-bound this summer. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute, the educational and research arm of the Gay & Lesbian...
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News Analysis: The DOMA Decision Is A Narrow One — Which Could Be Key at the Supreme Court
The opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 31 striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in...
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Whitman-Walker Launches Transgender Legal Clinic
Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center specializing in HIV/AIDS and LGBT health care, announced today that it will provide a free, ongoing legal clinic...
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AGLA Awards 2012 Scholarships
The Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA), a nonpartisan LGBT organization in Northern Virginia, awarded two public high school seniors with $2,000 scholarships at the...
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BREAKING: DOMA’s Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal definition of “marriage” and “spouse” — is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court in Boston...
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God Only Knows
It can be a challenge, being the nonbeliever in a relationship with someone who's devout. If I believed in such things, I would have to...
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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...
