News + Politics
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Helping Hair
Seven singers in drag and local drag enthusiast Cookie Buffet will perform at ''Wig Aid Live,'' a benefit for the Wanda Alston House on Saturday,...
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Cee Lo Green apologizes for ‘ur gay’ Tweet
Singer Cee Lo Green set off gay alarms recently when he sent out a Tweet that appeared to some to be “homophobic.” He opened for...
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Tracy Morgan apologizes for offensive gay ‘comedy,’ with GLAAD in Nashville [video]
Kevin Rogers, a gay man who reportedly attended a controversial stand-up performance by comedian Tracy Morgan, accepted Morgan’s apology as “very genuine.” Morgan returned to...
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HHS Secretary Talks About LGBT Health Data
From today’s White House press briefing, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talked about the difficulties of collecting health data about LGBT populations: ...
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Obama’s Evolution Will Be Televised — and Questioned
Asked about “the president’s views on the gay marriage bill in New York,” White House press secretary Jay Carney started giving a series of answers...
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Broadband Plans and Net Neutrality: Looking at the LGBT Letters
As a supplement to Metro Weekly‘s in-depth report on the scope of AT&T’s involvement in the public policy positions of multiple LGBT organizations, here are...
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GLAAD Board Co-Chair Speaks About Barrios’s Resignation Letter
The board co-chair of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation confirmed that Jarrett Barrios submitted a resignation letter to the board and that he...
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‘Obama’ comedian booed at Republican group for gay, race jokes? Or just mocking the GOP?
Much was made in the news last week about a saucy comedian, Reggie Brown, hired by the Republican Leadership Conference to do his impersonation of...
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Gay T & T
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's decision to file a letter with the Federal Communications Commission supporting the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile –...
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GLAAD’s Barrios Resigns
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation communications director Rich Ferraro emailed Metro Weekly regarding the article published earlier today at Politico about the future leadership...
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Bachmann “Glittered,” Get Equal Supporting Such Actions
The “glittering” fad — which began when Nick Espinosa tossed glitter at Newt Gingrich earlier this year and continued when others “glittered” Tim Pawlenty —...
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White House Comm Dir: Obama Didn’t Fill Out 1996 Marriage Survey Answer [w/ UPDATE]
The news of the day from Netroots Nation, taking place in Minneapolis, came when White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer stated that then-state senate candidate...
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Senate Defense Bill Passed Out of Committee
On Thursday, June 16, the Senate Armed Services Committee complete its work on the National Defense Authorization Act, announcing on Friday morning that it had...
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Safeway Couple Satisfied
Jason Morgan and Brendan Harrington, the gay couple who were called ''faggots'' by a Safeway cashier on June 11, will not be taking legal action...
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Senate Cuts Anti-Gay Amendments
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), chaired by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), unanimously passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on June...
