News + Politics
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Obama Issues Pride Proclamation for 2011 — With No Mention of Relationship Recognition
The White House today released President Barack Obama’s proclamation commemorating the 2011 Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, presenting his own pride in signing...
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John Bryson to be Named Commerce Secretary, Out Gay Option Passed Over
Today, the White House announced John Bryson as the president’s pick to succeed Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, recently named as Obama’s next ambassador to China....
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Safe-Schools Funding Slashed
When Congress and the White House worked out their differences in early April concerning the Fiscal Year 2011 budget, it was clear that some programs...
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Old Navy to sell Gay Pride t-shirts in Tysons Corner
”Choose from a selection of Gay Pride t-shirts available at 27 stores through June 30th – or until they sell out. For a list of...
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Focus on the Family CEO: Gay marriage opposition lost due to young generation’s support
Jim Daly of the anti-gay religious organization Focus on the Family was recently interviewed by the Christian publication World Magazine. In a question-and-answer session that primarily focused...
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Rehoboth Beach patio restrictions lifted; Mayor denies gay paper’s ‘family-oriented’ paraphrase
Delaware Online reports that a restaurant patio restriction in Rehoboth Beach has been lifted for the 2011 vacation season. An ordianance (270-19) requires restaurants to stop...
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Defensive Politics
On Thursday afternoon, May 26, the House Democrats were almost evenly split on passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the large piece of...
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More revealed about Bradley Manning’s gay past; PBS site hacked after airing ‘Wikisecrets’ [video]
A few days after the PBS series Frontline aired a portrait of Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, the UK newspaper The Guardian released its own online...
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XXL asks New Yorkers what they think of the Lil B ‘I’m Gay’ album title [video]
Hip-hop magazine XXL took to the streets of NYC to ask people what they thought of artist Lil B titling his next album, “I’m Gay.” Most of...
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Dan Choi and gay rights protesters punched, arrested in Moscow [video]
Dan Choi, an American gay rights activist and discharged lieutenant from the Army, was in Moscow to take part in a banned gay pride rally. He...
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Black legislator in Georgia says he’s gay after claims by partner’s ex [video]
Georgia state Rep. Rashad Taylor (D) of Atlanta held a news conference to announce that he is gay. He was prompted to make his public admission after...
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Fox News’ Roger Ailes feared gays with bombs?
”They’ll be down there protesting. Those gays.” Words attributed to Fox News‘ Chairman Roger Ailes as part of a Rolling Stone magazine article called, “How...
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Federal Government Announces New Transgender Worker Guidance
This afternoon, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, issued a brief memorandum to all executive department and agency heads, announcing new...
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Kickoff Conversation
Editor's Note:This story has been edited to reflect that the location and time for the event has changed. For those benevolent locals who hope to...
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Trans Woman Beaten in Fredericksburg
A transgender woman was assaulted by a group of three men and one woman outside of a 7-11 convenience store around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday,...
