News + Politics
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Equality California Withdraws 2009 “Net Neutrality” FCC Letter
Following Metro Weekly‘s June 20 report about a series of LGBT organizations that have submitted letters to the Federal Communications Commission regarding issues that had...
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Football player David Tyree embraces anti-gay marriage politics in NY
Speaking of morals, religious beliefs and “what’s right” for America, football player David Tyree stepped forward to express his point of view that gay men and...
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All That Glitters
When the only tool you have is a swizzle stick, every problem looks like a vodka tonic. At least, that's an easy characterization of the...
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Dolan's Last Ditch
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan firmly supports your right to do as he says. That’s the gist of his June 14 blog post decrying ''this...
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Change in the Old Dominion
State Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, the Arlington Democrat who is both progressive and pragmatic, likes to say that Virginia is an ''incremental'' state. Change comes,...
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Test Time
In any war, intelligence is crucial. Certainly the axiom holds in the District's war against HIV, where one of the most crucial bits of intelligence...
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Next Course
A bar mitzvah marks a pivotal transition in a Jewish boy's life, ushering the 13-year-old into adulthood. Eric Hirshfield takes his own business baby's birthday...
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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...
