News + Politics
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Choosing a Candidate
A month out from May's special election to replace former Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (D), Ward 5 residents are doing some candidate-shopping. The special election,...
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End of an Icon: Vann Chen
In various locales, every once in a while there comes a colorful personality that seems to add a splash of color or bit of panache,...
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SMYAL to host discussion panel on factors leading to LGBT youth suicides
The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), the D.C. organization advocating for sexual-minority youth, is partnering with ''1 Lyfe @ A Time'' to host a...
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LGBT National Briefs: Video Orators and Self-Haters
Mormon BYU Students Come Out in ‘It Gets Better’ Video Several Mormon university students have created an ''It Gets Better'' video in support of their...
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Praise for HRC's Donna Payne
Donna Payne, the D.C.-based associate director of diversity for the Human Rights Campaign, as well as a founding board member of the National Black Justice...
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White House Says No Federal Contractor Nondiscrimination Executive Order “At This Time”
President Obama does not plan to sign an executive order at this time banning federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or...
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New Campaign Manager, Rosy Polls Bolster Marylanders for Marriage Equality Heading into Referendum Fight
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of labor, religious, civic and political groups and organizations working to ensure marriage equality in the Free State, announced...
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White House Holds High-Level Meeting With LGBT Advocates to Discuss Workplace Protections
At 3 p.m. today, LGBT advocates went to the White House to...
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Privilege Matters
That I've had a lot of experience of casual racism doesn't come as much of a surprise given my rural Southern background. I grew up...
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Carson Hearing Rescheduled
The preliminary hearing for a woman accused of shooting a member of the LGBT community at an IHOP Restaurant in Columbia Heights was continued and...
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Rick Santorum Drops Out of Presidential Primary Race, Suspending Campaign
The presidential campaign of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) came to an end...
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Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking Marriage Equality in Nevada
Today, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took what one of its lawyers calls “a strategic step” in the national effort to advance marriage equality...
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White House on Egg Roll Couple Seeking Executive Order Action: No Updates
From today’s White House press briefing, press secretary Jay Carney was asked about the couple, Jarrod Scarbrough and Les Sewell, who attended today’s White House...
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Obama Campaign Weighs in to Oppose Minnesota Marriage Amendment
The Obama campaign has announced its opposition to the marriage amendment that will be on the November ballot in Minnesota that would restrict marriage only...
