News + Politics
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Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, ENDA Co-Sponsor, Is Not Seeking Re-Election
Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) will not be seeking re-election, meaning the loss of one of the most pro-LGBT equality members of the Senate Republican...
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MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts: Christie-Capehart Debate Made Mom Take My Twitter Away
This past week, in the midst of marriage equality votes in Maryland and a day after the heated back and forth on MSNBC’s Morning Joe...
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LGBT Activists Reject Marion Barry, Yvette Alexander
If elections were solely decided by the LGBT community, some incumbent councilmembers would be serving on borrowed time. Incumbent Councilmembers Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and...
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With West’s Promotion, Out Gay Lawyer Delery to Take Helm of Justice Department’s Civil Division
Today, the Department of Justice announced that the lawyer who argued against the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in court this past December,...
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Zimbabwe President Mugabe Denounces U.K. Support For Pro-Gay Constitutional Protections
During his 88th birthday celebration this past Saturday, Feb. 25, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said “to hell with” British Prime Minister David Cameron over comments Cameron...
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Opponents Begin Push for Maryland Marriage Equality Referendum on November Ballot
The bill hasn’t been signed yet, but opponents seeking to overturn Maryland’s recently-passed marriage equality bill are already organizing in preparation for an expected referendum....
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New York Lawmakers Say “It Gets Better”
Joining many others — and coming a few days after MTV showed its “It Gets Better” special — members of New York City’s Congressional Delegation...
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House GOP Leadership Appeals DOMA Ruling
In a brief filing today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group has announced that...
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BREAKING: Maryland Senate Passes Marriage Equality 25-22, Bill Heads to O’Malley for Signature
The Maryland Senate passed HB 438, a bill legalizing marriage equality in the Free State, by a 25-22 margin after its third reading Thursday afternoon,...
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Marriage Equality Bill Weathers Amendments in Maryland Senate; Afternoon Vote Expected
The Maryland Senate resumed debate today concerning amendments to HB 438, a bill to legalize marriage equality, just a day after opponents were able to...
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Obama’s Decision Not to Defend DOMA, One Year Later
A year ago today, the announcement about the Defense of Marriage Act came by way of a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to House...
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Romney’s Veiled Reference to Gay Adoption Was GOP Debate’s Only LGBT Mention
The Republican presidential debate in Arizona on Wednesday night, Feb. 22, featured no...
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Rocky Reckoning
It must've been the summer of 1979, because I remember specifically that people were talking about American Airlines Flight 191. The ill-fated DC-10 lost one...
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Baltimore County Passes Gender-Identity Bill
The Baltimore County Council passed a transgender rights bill prohibiting discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression on a...
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Reflections on Black History Month
Since 1926, February was known for the celebration of black American history. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard Ph.D., initiated ''Negro History Week,'' which it...
