News + Politics
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Seeking Adoption Equality
On Monday, Oct. 31, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act – a bill previously introduced in the House by...
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National Register to Accept Kameny House
The house and office belonging to recently deceased gay civil rights pioneer Frank Kameny will be added to the National Parks Service's Register of Historic...
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Life in the Fast Lanes
The Capital Halloween Invitational Tournament (CHIT) is celebrating its 30th Anniversary Oct. 28 through Oct. 30 at the AMF Annandale Lanes in Annandale. The annual...
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SLDN Files DOMA Challenge, Seeking Equal Benefits for Same-Sex Military Spouses
[Photo: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis, left, speaks at a news conference on Oct. 27, 2011, announcing the organization’s filing of a...
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Girl Scouts confront request from boy who “identifies as girl”
”He’s been doing this since he was about 2 years old. He’s loved girl stuff, so we just let him dress how he wants, as...
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Out With It
For those of us who've been out for years, the delicate dance of the semi-closeted celebrity can be infuriating. The dance features a number of...
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Kameny in Combat
My first direct experience of Frank Kameny's combative style came during a gay rights debate that I arranged at Villanova University in March 1978 for...
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Spirited, But Not Yet Safe
On Oct. 20, many parts of Facebook and Twitter turned purple, as individuals, organizations, companies and even the White House changed their profile pictures and...
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Attacking Indifference
Washington residents, government agencies and community groups rallied at an Oct. 24 town hall to sound an alarm about problems facing ''black LGBTQI youth'' in...
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Gansler Warns of Ballot-Box Fight
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler told supporters of marriage equality that he believes same-sex marriage will be passed by Maryland's General Assembly and signed into...
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AIDS Walk's Top 25
Whitman-Walker Health, organizer of AIDS Walk Washington, on Tuesday announced not only the recipients of the event's three major honors, but a list of 25...
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Joel Osteen keeps preaching ‘homosexuality is a sin,’ gay marriage against scripture
Prosperity televangelist Joel Osteen spoke with The Washington Post‘s Sally Quinn about his recent comments on the Piers Morgan show regarding homosexuality and gay weddings. Osteen and...
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Oscar-winner Mo’Nique supports legalization of gay marriage in Maryland [video]
Actress, comedian and talk show host Mo’Nique, a native of Baltimore County, Md., appeared in a new video this week to support gay marriage. The...
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Family Research Council Scores 10 House Votes, Two Relating to DOMA
The Family Research Council’s political arm, FRC Action, today released its “Vote Scorecard” for the first session of the 112th Congress. Of the 10 House...
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U.S. Pastor Council Promotes Video Decrying Annise Parker’s “GLBT Agenda for Houston”
[Image, above: Screen capture of the FaithVotes web site at 1:30 p.m. today. Image, below: Screen capture of the FaithVotes web site at 2:30 p.m....
