News + Politics
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Whitman-Walker Touts Growth, Fiscal Health
Whitman-Walker Health, the local community health center specializing in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and LGBT health care, announced Monday that it is projecting an operating...
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If gays can marry, “how can we deny the same right to two siblings?” says Euro MP Roger Helmer
“Cardinal O’Brien makes the point, quite reasonably, that once you start to tamper with the institution of marriage, you get into some very murky water...
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DOJ Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against MN School District; Settlement Proposal With DOJ, Students Follows
Following an investigation that began in November 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a federal lawsuit against the Anoka-Hennepin School District, the Minnesota...
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Trevor Thomas, Out Gay Michigan Congressional Candidate, Gets Former Gov. Granholm’s Backing
Today, out gay Michigan congressional candidate Trevor Thomas (D) announced the support of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) and former Lt. Gov. John Cherry (D)...
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Kirk Cameron calls homosexuality “destructive” to “civilization,” GLAAD fights back
In an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN, actor Kirk Cameron, best known for his role as Mike Seaver on the show Growing Pains, once...
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Rise of the Griffin
''I truly believe, unlike any other issue, whatever it takes to win we will do, and we will not cut a single corner,'' Chad Griffin...
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Two Coasts, Two Visions of Equality — for AFER and SLDN
[Photo: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network co-founder Michelle Benecke speaks at SLDN’s 20th annual dinner, where the plaintiffs of the organization’s ongoing lawsuit seeking equal spousal...
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HRC’s Incoming President, Chad Griffin: “This is the grandest, most exciting opportunity of my life.”
On his way to the airport to return to Los Angeles from DC, the incoming president of the Human Rights Campaign, Chad Griffin, spoke with...
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Cendana Shooting for Charlotte
The 2012 Democratic National Convention may be half a year away – kicking off Sept. 3 in Charlotte, N.C. – but the time for D.C....
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BREAKING: Chad Griffin Named HRC’s Next President, Prop 8 Foe to Take on the Nation
The Human Rights Campaign today announced that Chad Griffin, the force behind the challenge to California’s Proposition 8,...
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Final Farewell
[UPDATE: Organizers of the planned March 3 service for Frank Kameny announced today, March 2, that the service is “on hold in deference to the...
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Prop 8 Perry Plaintiffs Say Ninth Circuit Should Deny Full-Court Review
Responding to the Feb. 21 decision by the proponents of Proposition 8 to seek expanded review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
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In Midst of Chick-Fil-A Protest at NYU, Student Government Reiterates Opposition to Ban
Although students gathered outside Chick-fil-A at New York University today to stand in opposition to the restaurant’s substantial contributions to anti-LGBT groups, the university’s student...
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BREAKING: Gov. O’Malley Signs Marriage Equality Bill, Making Maryland Eighth State (Plus DC) to Do So
[Image: Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), flanked by Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller (D-Calvert, Prince George’s counties), left, and House Speaker Michael Busch (D-Anne Arundel...
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LIVE: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley Signs Marriage Equality Bill
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