News + Politics
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Prop 8 Lawyers Olson and Boies Make Their Case — in D.C.
[Photo: Attorneys Ted Olson, left, and David Boies — who are co-counsel in the lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 — talk after a lunch forum at...
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Rick Welts on camera re: being gay but not out in pro basketball [video]
Rick Welts, President and CEO of Phoenix Suns went on camera with ESPN yesterday to expand on his public coming out, which appeared in the...
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Charles Barkley to ESPN: Quit telling me what I think about gays
“First of all, every player has played with gay guys. It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say:...
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Activists Launch Gender Rights Maryland
Activists in Maryland followed up on a statement issued by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) on the hate crime indictiment of a suspect involved in...
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Sporting Chances
Back in the days when Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were making news as professional tennis players who were lesbian, I was still a...
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Taking Stock
LGBT people often have to come out more than once. Perhaps you've started a new job and your encyclopedia-like grasp of Glee hasn't tipped off...
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Monday Move
This year, organizers of DC Black Pride are trying something different. Instead of closing out the annual Memorial Day Weekend celebration with a large Sunday...
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Party for Pride and Heritage
Organizers of Pride and Heritage, an annual celebration of the LGBT Asian-American and Pacific Islander community, are switching gears this year, hosting a sort of...
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Center Addition
The Center, the area's LGBT community center, hired its second full-time staffer this week. Justin Johns, 28, has been brought onboard as The Center's Tobacco...
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Grant for Good
Verizon Wireless and the Verizon Foundation announced May 13 that they have awarded a $20,000 grant to D.C.'s Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) to...
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Newt Gingrich hit with ‘glitter makeover’ by gay activist in Minnesota
”Newt has a long history of anti-gay politics and has chosen to focus on divisive social issues instead of working to fix our economy. I...
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American Idol’s Steven Tyler says he tried gay sex; Ted Nugent repulsed, but loving [video]
ABC reports that Aerosmith singer and American Idol judge Steven Tyler, 63, has included a couple of gay-ish tidbits. He says his feelings are half...
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ESPN explores the gay life of college basketball player Will Sheridan
”Maybe there’s a kid out there who doesn’t think he’s OK, and he can look at me and say, ‘OK, he played college basketball. He...
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Maryland Governor Responds to Hate Crime Indictment
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) issued a statement today, reacting to Monday’s indictment of Teonna Brown, 18, who was charged with first degree assault and a...
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Akin — Fresh Off His Anti-LGBT Amendment — Announces His Missouri Senate Run
Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is jumping into an already crowded Republican primary to take on Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in 2012. In a statement released...
