News + Politics
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NoVa Republican's Comments Not Yet Forgotten or Forgiven
Despite his apology, a Republican candidate for the Virginia Senate continues to draw criticism for comments he made to a predominantly gay audience at a...
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Spirit Day Ends With News That Senate Committee Fails to Address Bullying in Education Bill
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) announced that the committee today reported the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act...
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Janice Langbehn Honored With Presidential Citizens Medal
Janice Langbehn, a woman who came...
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Silver Anniversary in Heels
A longstanding Halloween season celebration is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and one of its chief organizers is calling it quits after this year's event. The...
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Leading the Way
Ahead of the 25th annual AIDS Walk Washington, taking place Saturday, Oct. 29, Whitman-Walker Health has announced three grand marshals for the fundraiser benefiting WWH...
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Kameny Viewing Announced
The Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Host Committee today announced details for ''Lying-in-State for Dr. Franklin E. Kameny,'' a five-hour viewing of the gay-rights pioneer who...
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Golden Years
I've been thinking a lot lately about aging, mostly because it's something my body seems to be rapidly doing. Of course, much of this obsession...
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Students First
If a gay Ayn Rand club were to hold some sort of D.C. confab and I covered it, they could well come back and cry...
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Stein Dems' Milestone
The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club will celebrate its 35th anniversary Oct. 27 by presenting awards to local leaders and activists who have made an impact...
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Athletic Achievements
Team DC, Washington's support organization for LGBT sports leagues, will honor athletes and allies at its fourth annual awards reception, Saturday, Oct. 22. The organization...
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Bullied gay teen, Jamie Hubley, blogged a painful goodbye before suicide
” was the kind of boy that loved everybody…. He couldn’t understand why everyone would be so cruel to him about something as simple as...
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Anti-Bullying Bills Up in the Air as Senate Committee Considers Education Bill Reauthorization
Today and Thursday, Oct. 20, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is slated to consider the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education...
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Research and Recovery
Two local advocates for treatment of methamphetamine addiction who have worked with the Crystal Meth Working Group – a program of The Center, D.C.'s LGBT...
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Evolving Islam
Two of the world's three major religions – Christianity and Judaism – have made relatively great strides in welcoming LGBT people into their communities and...
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Anti-gay teacher’s Facebook posts erupt in face-off of protesters, supporters [video]
Incendiary comments made by a New Jersey teacher about an LGBT History Month display in her school erupted in a huge backlash online last week....
