News + Politics
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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
Watch live now as Marlyand...
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How Lady Gaga and Gay Students From the ’20s Overlap: A Secret Court, a New Foundation
On Wednesday, Feb. 29, a rally in support of nine Harvard students expelled for homosexuality in 1920 coincided with the launch of Lady Gaga’s pro-LGBT...
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HRC Endorses Dem Elizabeth Warren Over GOP Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts
The Human Rights Campaign announced today that it is endorsing Elizabeth Warren (D) in her challenge to unseat Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who won the...
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Andrew Breitbart, Right’s Hero and Unexpected Gay Ally, Has Died at 43
Andrew Breitbart died overnight, a fact first reported a little before 9 a.m. this morning at his site, Big Journalism, and confirmed to Metro Weekly...
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With Marriage Done, Maryland Gender Identity Bill Gets a Senate Hearing
With marriage equality out of the way, transgender Marylanders are hoping there is enough goodwill — and enough time left in the 2012 legislative session...
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Higher Dread
Whether you breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night when Rick Santorum lost in Michigan or a sigh of disappointment that he didn't take out...
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Capehart vs. Christie
The dirty secret about bullying is that it is more popular than most of us care to admit. Many adults believe that a bullying victim...
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Parker and Prosecution
Lesbian Judge Won't Marry Opposite-Sex Couples A Dallas County, Texas, judge has announced in February that she will no longer provide marriage licenses to heterosexual...
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Kato Honor, Banking Request
Award launched in honor of David Kato Jamaican gay-rights activist Maurice Tomlinson has been named the initial recipient of the annual David Kato Vision &...
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Trans Group Decries DC Police Chief for “Abdicating” Responsibilities, But Lanier Shoots Back
A local organization today accused Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier of “abdicating” her responsibility to keep transgender people safe, but Lanier retorted that the...
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Public Policy Polling: “Baldwin leads Thompson 46-45 in this month’s poll”
Public Policy Polling new polling released today shows Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) having improved in a match-up against her closest possible Senate competitor, former Wisconsin...
