News + Politics
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Circle Celebration
D.C.'s 16th annual Youth Pride celebration went ahead as planned Saturday, April 28, with periods of cloudiness and sunshine, but none of the showers that...
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BLAG Seeks Intervention to Defend DOMA in SLDN Lawsuit Seeking Equal Spousal Benefits
The House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today sought to intervene, as expected, in the challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act and related laws brought...
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Romney’s Out Gay Spokesman Quits, Says Focus on “Personal Issues” Diminished Ability to Do the Job
The Washington Post‘s Right Turn blog reports that the Romney campaign’s high-profile gay spokesman, Richard Grenell, has resigned today. Grenell was named on April 19 as...
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EEOC Commissioner Feldblum Calls on Obama, Senate to Keep EEOC Fully Staffed
On Friday, April 27, Stuart Ishimaru stepped down from his post as one of five commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The bipartisan panel...
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Lauper's D.C. Date
She won't be belting out her signature songs, but Cyndi Lauper is heading to Washington nonetheless. It will be a visit for the kids. ''I...
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Ground Shifts Quickly Beneath White House on Federal Contractor Executive Order Issue
Within two weeks of President Obama’s April 11 decision not to pursue an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual...
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LGBT Advocates Praise Senate Passage of LGBT-Inclusive VAWA Reauthorization
Today, on a 68-31 vote, the Senate acted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act — a bill that has, in the past, been enacted...
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Backward Glances
Some large portion of the collective Democratic mind will always see the world as if it's still 1993. That's when the backlash against President Bill...
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Sister Courage
The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) used to be called the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. That...
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Chief Lanier Wows D.C.'s Log Cabin Republicans
With a mix of blunt honesty, cheerfulness and quick-witted humor, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier charmed the members of the DC Log Cabin Republicans...
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Anti-Bullying Bill on Track for Vote in D.C.
On April 20, as students around the country recognized the Day of Silence to remember LGBT students who lost their lives due to bullying or...
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McDuffie, Day Net Ward 5 Endorsements
It's endorsement time in the Ward 5 race. With less than a month remaining before the May 15 special election to replace former Ward 5...
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News Analysis: As Campaign Heats Up, Obama Campaign Presents Differing Messages on LGBT Issues
Today, Rolling Stone published its cover interview with President Obama. In it, Jann Wenner asked Obama about marriage equality. From the interview: Wenner: You’ve shied...
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UPDATED: Marine Killed in Possible Hate Crime
A Marine from Camp Lejeune, N.C., was fatally stabbed in Southeast Washington early Saturday, April 21, following an altercation with another Marine who allegedly used...
