News + Politics
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Catholic Conclave
A Catholic case for same-sex marriage took center stage in Baltimore during the weekend at a national conference where a church theologian advocated marriage equality...
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Obama's Adventures in Wonderland
On Monday, March 19 — and, in fact, on more than 20 occasions since September 2011 — first lady Michelle Obama told supporters that the...
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Standing Out for Equality
Ahead of the organization's Ninth Annual Commonwealth Dinner, April 14, Equality Virginia this week announced its 2012 OUTstanding Virginians, who will be honored at the...
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Liberia’s celebrated President wants to keep gay sex criminalized
In a videotaped interview with The Guardian news agency, the much lauded President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, told a reporter that she and her country...
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MPD Updates Stein Club on Anti-LGBT Crimes
Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Peter Newsham and Capt. Edward Delgado of MPD's Special Liaison Unit, which includes the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU),...
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Michelle Obama: Supreme Court Picks Will Impact Whether Americans Can “Love Whomever We Choose”
At multiple events in New York City on Monday,...
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Supreme Court Turns Down Christian Fraternity and Sorority’s Appeal
The Supreme Court today denied review in a case brought by Christian student groups against San Diego State University, declining consideration of the question of...
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MPD Reports Reveal More Anti-LGBT Attacks
As seasonal temperatures rise, attacks with some indication of anti-LGBT bias are also apparently increasing. A shooting at a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant and a...
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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...
