News + Politics
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Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Vote on DOMA Repeal Bill in November
Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced that his committee, which held a hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act earlier this year,...
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Montgomery County Blocks Access to LGBT Websites
A filter used by Montgomery County to block inappropriate content on county employees' computers has been routinely blocking mainstream LGBT sites due to what the...
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Alison Nathan, Out Lesbian, Confirmed for Federal Judgeship on 48-44 Vote
At 2:25 p.m. today, on a 48-44 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Alison Nathan’s nomination to serve as a federal judge on the U.S. District...
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The Right's Food Fight
Last weekend's Values Voter Summit was welcomed to D.C. by the Southern Poverty Law Center with a full-page ad in The Washington Post titled, ''Just...
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Frank Kameny Wins
In the sad hours that followed the Tuesday evening news that the legendary and indomitable Frank Kameny had died in his home at the age...
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Share Our Values
The voters were focused intently on the message sent by the speaker, seeking affirmation that their candidate would pursue a moral path if successful in...
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Coming Out Gray
Mayor Vincent Gray's Office of GLBT Affairs held a small, primarily governmental event Oct. 11 as part of National Coming Out Day in order to...
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Whitman-Walker Welcome
Inviting the community to drop in for an open-house event may have been a fairly regular offering at Whitman-Walker Clinic. In its new incarnation as...
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In Colorado House Race, Out Servicemember is a First in a Post-DADT America
Today, in the 28th House District in Colorado, a little bit of history is being made as Brian Carroll announces his candidacy for the 2012...
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Senate to Vote Today on Alison Nathan’s Nomination, Would Be Second Lesbian Federal Judge
[Photo: President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. “Ali” Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan,...
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Cher cries as Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley survive another episode of “Dancing with the Stars”
Cher took to Twitter after this week’s fourth edition of Dancing with the Stars. Her son, Chaz Bono, the show’s first transgender contestant, made it...
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Supreme Court Turns Down Louisiana Adoption Birth Certificate Challenge Brought By Gay Couple
Today, without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging Louisiana’s policy that prevents unmarried adoptive parents from both being listed on...
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Frank Kameny Dies at 86
Frank Kameny, 86, a pioneer of the modern gay rights movement, was found dead on Tuesday evening, Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day. ''It is...
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CA Gov. Brown Signs Two Pro-Trans Bills Into Law [and Signs Bullying Bill, Vetoes LGBT Data Bill]
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed two pro-transgender equality bills into law on Oct. 9. Masen Davis, the executive director of the Transgender Law Center,...
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Judge Considers Government’s Writ Request in Choi’s Trial
The federal government asked U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Chief Judge Royce Lamberth today to stop a magistrate judge in the court...
