News + Politics
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Time To Talk
Whitman-Walker Health kicked off a new series of dialogues Jan. 26 titled ''Community Conversations.'' The first, ''New Year, New Start: Substance Abuse,'' will be followed...
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Virginia Adoption Bill Passed
The Virginia Senate today passed a bill that critics say indirectly bans LGBT people, and potentially other subgroups, from becoming adoptive or foster parents. All...
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Illinois Lawmakers Introduce Marriage Equality Bill, as Washington State’s House Passes Its Bill
While the Washington state House passed a Senate-approved state marriage equality bill that will soon be signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire (D), three...
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News Analysis: How the HHS Contraception Coverage Decision and Marriage Equality Are Related
Today, White House press secretary Jay Carney spent a significant amount of the White House press briefing defending the Health and Human Services Department’s decision...
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“Conscience Clause” Bill That Could Bar Gay Foster Parents Moves Forward in Virginia Senate
The so-called “conscience clause” bill that would allow private child placement agencies to discriminate against prospective adoptive or foster parents based on sexual orientation, family...
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Gay victim bravely condemns Atlanta attackers as “monsters”
Brandon White courageously came forward today at a press conference to address an assault that had been videotaped by alleged gang members and posted on...
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CNN suspends Roland Martin for “offensive” anti-gay Super Bowl tweets
Erik Wemple at the Washington Post reports this statement from CNN on Roland Martin’s Super Bowl tweets: “Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language...
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Remembering Deoni Jones
About 200 people gathered Tuesday evening at the intersection of East Capitol Street and Sycamore Road NE in the city's Benning Heights neighborhood for a...
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Gay man brutally beaten by Atlanta gang on video to step up and speak out
A terribly disturbing act of violence appeared on the shock video...
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Ellen Degeneres thanks JC Penney and blasts anti-gay group for trying to get her fired
Ellen Degeneres was recently chosen by retailer JC Penney to be the company’s new spokesperson. She took a few minutes of her talk show yesterday...
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Santorum Trumps Romney, Three Times Over
About 12 hours after the U.S. Court...
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The Village Voice’s Thrasher and Geidner Talk About Prop 8
Thanks to The Village Voice‘s Steven Thrasher, you have the ability to hear me talk about today’s Proposition 8 decision, in addition to reading about...
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Obama’s Press Secretaries and Romney (and the Others) Talk About Prop 8, With Very Different Takes
Although neither candidate supports marriage equality, today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Perry v. Brown striking down California’s...
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Olson and Boies Talk About Their Prop 8 Victory, With Slightly Differing Takes
One of the lawyers fighting Proposition 8 said that today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Perry v. Brown...
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Proposition 8 on Narrow Grounds
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today affirmed...
