News + Politics
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Rick Perry heckled at Iowa coffee shop
“Why are you demonizing gay and lesbian people?” An unidentified heckler at an Iowa coffee shop following remarks by Governor Rick Perry. Perry is airing...
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Office Depot among 207 companies that include gender reassignment surgery in health insurance plans
“Realistically, we just looked at it as a necessity. Our executive V.P. said, ‘It’s the right thing to do, it’s something we support and we...
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Prop 8 Questions on Trial Tape, Judge’s Alleged Bias Being Heard Before Ninth Circuit Today
As Metro Weekly noted on Dec. 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is holding oral arguments this afternoon, at 2:30 Pacific...
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The Rick Perry Video, the Tweets and GOProud’s Explanation
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), seeking the Republican nomination for president, pushed out an aggressive anti-LGBT push this week, criticizing President Obama’s human rights memorandum...
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Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry’s gay obssessions explained by Young Turks
Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks says his news team has the answers as to why two Presidential candidates are clawing at gay people this...
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Red and Circuses
One of the more amusing sidelines in the ongoing quest for the Republican presidential nomination has been watching the blogs and media run out of...
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Very Much Alive
Rep. Barney Frank's announcement that he would not seek a 17th congressional term came just as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was rising in the...
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Cuccinelli To Run for Governor
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Old Dominion's firebrand and sometimes controversial top law enforcement officer, told his staff in a Dec. 1 email that...
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Acting Globally
President Obama issued a memorandum Dec. 6 ''directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human...
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Willard Sentenced to Eight Years
The man who pleaded guilty to shooting a transgender woman in the neck and trying to rob her after she refused his request for oral...
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Gay Group Calls for Thomas To Go
Following the search of D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr.'s (D-Ward 5) Brentwood home by FBI and IRS agents Dec. 2, the DC Log Cabin Republicans,...
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Locals Mark World AIDS Day
About a hundred community members and religious and civic leaders gathered at dusk at the fountain in Dupont Circle Dec. 1 for a candlelight vigil...
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DC Trans Coalition Hosts Town Hall
When it comes to transgender rights in the District, there's so much more to accomplish, transgender individuals and their allies say. But the volunteer nature...
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Witeck Wins Human Rights Award
Lifelong Arlington resident Bob Witeck, CEO of D.C.-based Witeck-Combs Communications, was one of four recipients honored with Arlington County's James B. Hunter Human Rights Award...
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First Stage for AIDS Memorial
Design Competition Opens for NYC AIDS Memorial To honor the approximately 100,000 New York City residents who have died due to AIDS-related illnesses, a coalition...
