News + Politics
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Portland’s gay magazine closes after 28 years
Effective December 26, 2011, Just Out newsmagazine, serving Portland’s LGBTQ community since 1983, is no longer in business. Three years of recession have taken...
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George Michael has “best Christmas” after deadly pneumonia scare
Pop and standards singer George Michael, 48, sounded more upbeat on his Twitter feed this week after returning home from his hospital stay in Vienna,...
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Russell Simmons hits the Tweet button a little too fast over Taylor Lautner People “cover”
“Proud of Taylor Lautner for his bravery and his courage.” A tweet (since removed) by music mogul Russell Simmons, after the internet release of an...
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The Caucus Awaits
On Tuesday, Jan. 3, the race for the Republican presidential nomination will rack up its first scores on the race for delegates when the Iowa...
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CAGLCC Names 2012 Board of Directors
The Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CAGLCC), the local affiliate of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, elected a new...
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John Geddes Lawrence, of Lawrence v. Texas, Has Died at 68
John Geddes Lawrence, the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that declared sodomy laws unconstitutional across the country, died on Nov. 20, according...
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Tree Topping
It took us six years of searching to finally find a solution to one of our most vexing annual problems of the holiday season. Namely,...
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Amen, Hitch
Like countless others, I posted a tribute on Dec. 16 to writer Christopher Hitchens, who died the previous day at age 62. Someone on Facebook...
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Virginia Discrimination Reinforced
Virginia's State Board of Social Services voted 5-1 Dec. 14 to approve regulations on adoption that allow state-licensed private adoption and foster care agencies to...
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Baltimore County Grants Spousal Benefits
Baltimore County's Health Care Review Committee on Dec. 15 approved the county executive's recommendation to extend benefits to legally married county employees in same-sex relationships,...
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Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance Sets Agenda
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA), a nonpartisan political organization for the LGBT community and the oldest continuously operating one of...
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Furr Update
The U.S. government's case against Kenneth Furr, the Metropolitan Police Department officer who allegedly shot at a group of five people in a car, including...
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Just Not Working, HRC and GLAAD Up Campaign Against ABC’s New Sitcom
The new series, Work It, had already caused concern at LGBT organizations before ABC started promoting the series. But any behind-the-scenes worries broke out into...
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HRC Releases 2012 CEI UPDATED
In the D.C. area, LGBT-friendly corporate practices aren't just a sop to appease a special interest group. Rather, local businesses say it's a bargaining chip...
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Presidential candidates discover opinionated gays are everywhere [video]
This week brought about a number or quotes from gay people (and their supporters) who had close contact with the 2012 candidates for U.S. President:...
