News + Politics
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California Supreme Court Says Prop 8 Proponents Can Bring Appeal, Ninth Circuit Likely To Consider Appeal’s Merits
The California Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, has told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the proponents of Proposition 8...
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Phantom Makes Fixes to Filters
Score one for freedom of information. Score another for correcting a mistake, albeit unintentional. The company that produces the software used for website filtering that...
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Protestors Picket Police 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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California Supreme Court to Answer Standing Certified Question in Prop 8 Case
The winding challenge to California’s Proposition 8, which prohibits same-sex couples from marrying, will take another step on Thursday, Nov. 17. The California Supreme Court...
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Are We There Yet?
So, yes, it's lamentable that political progress is generally a stop-and-go affair, with long stretches of frustration and ennui punctuated by momentary outbursts of excitement...
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Court Rejects LCR Rehearing
Although the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' was finalized Sept. 20, the lawsuit brought by Log Cabin Republicans challenging the constitutionality of DADT had...
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Battling the Blood Ban
Blood may be thicker than water. But a ban on blood donations may be thicker still. Members of George Washington University's Lambda Law, the LGBT...
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Sex and Identity Symposium
History may be written by the victors, but some local college students are forgoing what may be written in their textbooks and pursuing educational opportunities...
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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...
