News + Politics
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Wayne Besen considers legal action against PFOX
“ asked for people, you know, somebody needs to run Greg over. He needs to be hit with a bus. Somebody should inject...
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That Guy
For much of my life, I've tried hard not to be that guy. You know that guy, the one who has a number of sincerely...
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Golden Hour
It was the ''golden hour'' of late afternoon on Nov. 3 during the viewing for gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny when I walked outside the...
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Major League Baseball adds protection for its gay players
“Non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation were added to Article XV.” A line from Major League Baseball’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement, officially protecting gay baseball...
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Don’t drink the water in Peru … unless you want to be gay!
“Unfortunately strontium reduces male hormones and suddenly we’ll be as Tabalosos, as other towns, where the percentages are increasing of homosexuality.“ Huarmey Mayor Jose Benitez...
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Activists Picket MPD and Prosecutors
More than 30 local activists representing a coalition of LGBT organizations protested in front of Metropolitan Police Department headquarters and the U.S. Attorney's Office for...
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Vigil Honors Lost Transgender Lives
Following a year that saw a spike in reported anti-transgender attacks, the Washington-area LGBT community held a vigil at the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington,...
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Straight Sister of the LGBT Movement
At first glance, Sharon Lettman-Hicks doesn't seem like your typical LGBT activist. For starters, she's a straight woman. She's married to a military husband. She...
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SLDN Takes Aim at DOMA
On Monday, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network took the next step in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of unequal spousal benefits granted to servicemembers...
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News Briefs: Oregon On Hold with Marriage
Oregon holds off on 2012 marriage ballot measure Marriage activists in Oregon have announced they will not continue their campaign effort to legalize marriage between...
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What Ronnie Kroell’s mother said when he told her he was doing Playgirl
“The whole negotiation process with Playgirl took about six months, and I did a lot of soul-searching and asked my mentors to see what they...
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Who says coffee isn’t gay?
“From Facebook fans to emails from around the world, we are humbled by the connection our customers make with Gay Coffee every day. For me,...
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Socarides, Eleveld Leaving Equality Matters; Signorile Joins HuffPo
This morning, Richard Socarides, the president of Equality Matters over the past year since Media Matters announced its creation, announced that he is leaving the...
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Win for Baltimore Police
Lambda Legal announced today that Baltimore County must grant equal employment benefits to same-sex couples as a result of a binding arbitration decision. That decision...
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Ninth Circuit To Consider Prop 8 Appeal Alongside Challenge to Walker’s Impartiality Because He Is Gay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will be deciding the appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling striking down Proposition...
