News + Politics
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News Briefs: Bullies, Barber and the FBI
House Alters Michigan Bullying Law After the Michigan Senate passed an anti-bullying law that contained a religious exemption, Michigan's House of Representatives responded to an...
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Winning in Cincinnati
“If some gay or lesbian kid in Cincinnati walks into school with their head a little higher after this, that’s the important thing.” Denis Dison,...
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HUD Secretary Supports Marriage Equality
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan became the first sitting cabinet secretary to announce support for marriage equality, saying on Nov. 15 that...
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Federal Leaders Honor Kameny
Various government officials, members of Congress, local community leaders and others congregated at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill to bid a final...
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At the White House Veterans Day Breakfast, One More Sign of a Post-DADT America
This morning, Veterans Affairs Secretary Ric Shineski and his wife hosted a breakfast in the East Room of the White House in honor of Veterans...
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Soccer star David Testo comes out
“iving the life of a professional athlete and being gay is incredibly hard. It’s like carrying around a secret, you know, and carrying around luggage...
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Obama Withdraws DuMont Nomination, Selects Replacement Nominee Taranto
As reported earlier today at Metro Weekly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit nominee Edward DuMont had requested that President Barack Obama withdraw...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Passes DOMA Repeal Bill Out of Committee
[Photo: Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) talks with Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese and legislative director Allison Herwitt, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)...
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Edward DuMont, Out Gay Appeals Court Nominee, Asks Obama to Withdraw His Nomination
After waiting more than 18 months without even receiving a committee hearing on his nomination, Edward DuMont, a partner at the Wilmer Hale law firm,...
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Kameny To Be Honored on Capitol Hill
The official memorial service for Frank Kameny, the pioneering gay-rights activist who died Oct. 11 at age 86, will be held on Capitol Hill Tuesday,...
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Carrie Evans Named Executive Director of Equality Maryland
Equality Maryland, the state's primary LGBT-advocacy organization, announced Nov. 10 it has hired attorney and longtime activist Carrie Evans as executive director. The news comes...
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Pulling the Lever
My first time going to vote was with my mother, a recollection that's gauzy enough to indicate that it was probably somewhere around 1974. The...
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Kramer vs. Everyone
Larry Kramer has kept his Cassandra act going for an awfully long time. To summarize: Why aren't you angrier? Why aren't you in the streets?...
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Off-Year Advances
The off-year elections, normally a slow-paced night for national coverage, featured several ballot measures – including Ohio, Mississippi and Maine – that garnered significant attention....
