News + Politics
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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...
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Building Trust
While ''LGBT'' has grown commonplace, the ''T'' remains not quite as fully integrated into the broader community. Just as commonplace, in my own experience, is...
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Walking the Walk
It was just a few months ago that CBS war correspondent Lara Logan was nearly killed in Cairo, pawed at by men who each somehow...
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We're Here, We're Queer. Really.
When I titled my book on straight/LGBT communication Queer Questions, Straight Talk, I expected some freak-out. My publisher, a straight man deeply committed to LGBT...
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DADT's Countdown
An earlier version of this story was published at 5:53 p.m. July 22. The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” passed its last significant hurdle...
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One State, Two Lawsuits
In the days after the Marriage Equality Act took effect on Sunday, July 24, in New York, two legal filings showed where both sides of...
