News + Politics
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Obama Withdraws DuMont Nomination, Selects Replacement Nominee Taranto
As reported earlier today at Metro Weekly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit nominee Edward DuMont had requested that President Barack Obama withdraw...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Passes DOMA Repeal Bill Out of Committee
[Photo: Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) talks with Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese and legislative director Allison Herwitt, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)...
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Edward DuMont, Out Gay Appeals Court Nominee, Asks Obama to Withdraw His Nomination
After waiting more than 18 months without even receiving a committee hearing on his nomination, Edward DuMont, a partner at the Wilmer Hale law firm,...
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Kameny To Be Honored on Capitol Hill
The official memorial service for Frank Kameny, the pioneering gay-rights activist who died Oct. 11 at age 86, will be held on Capitol Hill Tuesday,...
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Carrie Evans Named Executive Director of Equality Maryland
Equality Maryland, the state's primary LGBT-advocacy organization, announced Nov. 10 it has hired attorney and longtime activist Carrie Evans as executive director. The news comes...
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Pulling the Lever
My first time going to vote was with my mother, a recollection that's gauzy enough to indicate that it was probably somewhere around 1974. The...
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Kramer vs. Everyone
Larry Kramer has kept his Cassandra act going for an awfully long time. To summarize: Why aren't you angrier? Why aren't you in the streets?...
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Off-Year Advances
The off-year elections, normally a slow-paced night for national coverage, featured several ballot measures – including Ohio, Mississippi and Maine – that garnered significant attention....
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Clinton's HIV Address
In a major address delivered Nov. 8 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that more than...
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Mendelson Fields Testimony
Longstanding tensions and the often rocky working relationships between LGBT activists and members of the Metropolitan Police Department were once more highlighted during a three-hour...
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Ebbin Elected
Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington) was elected as Virginia's first openly gay state senator Nov. 8, even as other politicians who oppose LGBT equality won victories...
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Ebbin Elected to State Senate in Virginia Amid Dem Losses
Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington) was elected as Virginia’s first openly gay senator in the state’s Nov. 8 elections, even as other politicians who oppose LGBT...
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Election Day 2011: Liveblog
The Metro Weekly liveblog of tonight’s election! 8:45 P.M. – VIRGINIA – Out gay Democrat Adam...
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HRC Goes After Lawyer Cleta Mitchell by Way of Her Law Firm, Foley & Lardner
The Human Rights Campaign often finds itself the subject of criticism for not taking aggressive action against politicians and others who are pro-LGBT in some...
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Election Day 2011: The Races to Watch for LGBT Candidates and Issues
Although much of the media’s political focus is on the latest developments in the...
