News + Politics
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The Big Game
For those who don't know already, I suppose I need to come out publicly. I am, of course, a gamer. I don't mean that I'm...
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Snark on a Sinking Ship
The outcome of the tea party's invented crisis over the national debt ceiling remains uncertain as I write on Monday morning, but one thing is...
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Bridge Builder
The National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization, and the Gill Foundation, which advocates for LGBT equality, joined to honor...
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Equality Maryland continues search for new executive director
Equality Maryland announced today that is seeking applicants for the organization’s executive director position. While Lynne Bowman has served as the interim executive director of Equality Maryland since May...
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NPR disappoints listeners by airing claim that ‘ex-gay’ therapy works
On August 1, NPR’s Morning Edition aired a story that sought to portray “two sides” of a debate surrounding gay-to-straight “conversion therapy.” NPR says it was...
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Dolly Parton apologizes to lesbian family over gay marriage t-shirt
“I am truly sorry for the hurt or embarrassment regarding the gay and lesbian t-shirt incident at Dollywood’s Splash Country recently. Everyone knows of my...
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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.”...
