News + Politics
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House GOP Leaders Say Court Should Dismiss Edith Windsor’s Lawsuit, Find DOMA Constitutional
The House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) has been defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court since President Barack Obama and Attorney General...
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Video Recap: NAACP tackles black & gay tensions at national convention [video]
A week ago, the NAACP held a groundbreaking discussion about LGBT issues in Los Angeles for its 102nd Convention. The panel was hosted by CNN’s...
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''Identical Situation''
Just 11 days after a transgender woman, Lashai Mclean, was shot and killed, another transgender woman, Tonya Harrell, says unidentified suspects fired shots at her...
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Judicial Symbolism
On July 18, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke in soaring tones of the action the Senate was about to take on the judicial nomination of...
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Miley Cyrus gets equality tattoo; Anti-gay fan feels the heat of Tweets
”All LOVE is equal.” A short tweet sent out by actress and singer Miley Cyrus, 20. It was accompanied by a photo of what appeared...
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Sam Adams, gay mayor of Portland, will not run again
”Again, what I think is the most important thing, and what I think any responsible mayor looks at is, ‘What is in the best interest...
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Michigan man says he was attacked for wearing gay pride t-shirt
”They threw me up against the wall and called me a faggot, told me, ‘You don’t deserve to live. You don’t belong on the face...
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Popular satirist Mo Rocca prefers gay men of Provincetown over The Pines
”I am single now…. Some of get run over by a cab leaping towards me…. I will say that I love Provincetown. I...
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Rachel Maddow sued for $50 million by Christian rocker who opposes ‘gay lifestyle’ [video]
”We are confident that the courts will agree that this lawsuit is completely frivolous and is a blatant attempt to chill freedom of the press.”...
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Texas’ Rick Perry stands against gay marriage.
”I probably needed to add a few words after that ‘it’s fine with me,’ and that it’s fine with me that a state is using...
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Tori Spelling confronts her hoarding problem [video]
Actress and reality TV star Tori Spelling was confronted last week by her husband, Dean McDermott, for an episode of “Hoarders.” Hoarders: Untold sTori from...
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Kevin Allison explains gay hook-ups to Mark Maron
”I was in a marriage for nine years, and so now I’m back on the scene? … I’m 41 now. [So, are you working out...
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California Supreme Court to Hear Standing Question Arguments in Prop 8 Case on Sept. 6
In a docket entry posted today on the California Supreme Court’s website, the court announced that it will be hearing arguments on Sept. 6 in...
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SLDN Releases Post-DADT Guide for Servicemembers
Throughout the life of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Servicemembers Legal Defense Network published the “Survival Guide” — a booklet to help guide servicemembers living under...
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Larry Kramer: “I very much want to get married to my partner, but only when that marriage is equal”
On Sunday, July 24, as couples across New York began marrying, playwright and activist Larry Kramer — heralded earlier this year at the Tony Awards...
