News + Politics
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Obama Campaign: “The President Does Not Support” North Carolina Marriage Amendment, Opposes Such Measures
“While the president does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed...
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Senator Inhofe denies knowledge of ‘kill the gays’ bill and its sponsor David Bahati
US Senator James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, went on Rachel Maddow‘s show on Thursday, March 15. He appeared on the show to promote his...
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PFLAG and PFOX Debate MCPS Fliers on News Channel 8
The ongoing debate regarding distribution of fliers by the group Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) to students at Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), countered...
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Michael Fitzgerald, Approved on 91-6 Vote, Will Be First Out LGBT Federal Judge Outside New York
Michael Fitzgerald, an out gay California lawyer, received overwhelming approval today from the U.S. Senate, with a 91-6 vote, for his nomination to serve as...
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New Attacks Alarm D.C.
Concerned members of the LGBT community have announced plans for a silent march and a fundraiser in the wake of two anti-gay attacks earlier this...
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Vote Set for Thursday for Out Gay Judicial Nominee Fitzgerald
It was announced today that, following an agreement reached between the parties’ leaders, the Senate will be voting in the coming weeks on 14 of...
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Grant Colfax, San Fran HIV Prevention Doctor, to Lead White House AIDS Policy Efforts
The White House today announced that President Obama is naming Dr. Grant Colfax as the new director of the White House Office of National AIDS...
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Losing a Loved One
In January, Jared Neff was back in his home state. He had a workshop to teach at the Missouri State Thespians state conference for students:...
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Ballot-Box Solidarity
When Rick Santorum talks of imposing his idea of God's Plan on his fellow citizens; when Rush Limbaugh calls a law student a ''slut'' and...
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Southern Living
In the days leading up to Rick Santorum's Southern twofer of Alabama and Mississippi, there was a minor contretemps among some pundits about the polling...
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U.S. Embassy “Strongly Condemns” Iraq Killings Targeting Young Gay Men and Others
Addressing the recent spate of “emo killings” in Iraq, in which young gay men and others with similar public presentation have been targets, the spokesman...
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Kameny Estate Dispute Leads to Lawsuits
Plans for a gravesite memorial service for Frank Kameny, a local leader in the national gay civil rights movement who died on Oct. 11, 2011,...
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Reid Seeks Senate Vote on 17 Judicial Nominees, Including Out Gay Nominee Fitzgerald
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he was filing a cloture petition to attempt to force Senate votes on 17 federal trial...
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Obama White House, Campaign Silent on Federal Contractor LGBT Nondiscrimination Policy Questions
Since Metro Weekly‘s exclusive reporting on March 8 that...
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Communion-Withholding Priest Suspended
A Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Washington who denied communion to Barbara Johnson, a lesbian, at her mother's funeral has been removed from ministry...
