News + Politics
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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:...
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Transgender Woman Stabbed
A 56-year-old transgender woman was stabbed while at a house in Northeast D.C.'s Kingman Park neighborhood at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, marking the...
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Marcus Bachmann says Kinsey Report “a myth for many years”
“It’s been a myth for many years.” Marcus Bachmann, following up on his wife GOP Republican candidate Michelle Bachmann’s response to a woman at an...
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New Yorker’s David Remnick takes the Republican candidates to task over the issue of gay rights
In terms of civil rights, in terms of the progress of human decency, one of the clearest political victories of 2011 — a long and...
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Golinski Has Her Day in Court, DOJ Sends Senior Lawyer To Argue DOMA’s Unconstitutionality
The Department of Justice sent one of its top lawyers to federal court in San Francisco today to argue that the Defense of Marriage Act’s...
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Past Imperfect
My life ended on an early December evening in 1987 when one of my fraternity brothers came into my frat-house bedroom and asked me, ''Are...
