News + Politics
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Outliers: Is Mold Infestation the Cause of the Ninth Circuit’s Prop 8 Opinion?
There has been much commentary in the past two days about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s opinion affirming the trial court...
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Chuckles for the Win
Perhaps my main disappointment in the Ninth Circuit decision finding California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional is that they couldn't wait a week to release...
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Partners on the Journey
In late January I had the pleasure of celebrating my mother's 80th birthday as we pulled away from Cozumel (all passengers accounted for, thank you...
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Honoring an Artist
Coming to Baltimore for the first time, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change, ''The National Conference on LGBT Equality,'' was bound to...
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News Briefs: Left to Right
Queer OWS Hits HRC in New York LGBT grassroots activists calling themselves the Queer Occupy Wall Street Caucus united outside of New York City's Waldorf-Astoria...
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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...
