News + Politics
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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...
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National LGBT Immigration Strategy Meeting Set For Wednesday
Immigration Equality plans to host a meeting in New York City on Wednesday, May 18, to discuss strategies for helping keep bi-national same-sex couples from...
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McDonald’s Suspect Indicted on Assault, Hate Crimes Charges
The grand jury for Baltimore County indicted Teonna Brown, 18, with five charges on Monday, May 16, including that of a hate crime, for the...
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Pro-basketball has a gay team president: Phoenix Suns’ Rick Welts
”This is one of the last industries where the subject is off limits…. My high profile in this community, and my need to have [my...
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‘Ambiguously Gay Duo’ cartoon transformed into real-world actors [video]
Saturday Night Live featured a return of the long-running animated series, “The Ambiguously Gay Duo.” Halfway through the (aging) oral and anal sex jokes, the...
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CNN anchor Don Lemon steps forward as gay news reporter
”People are going to say: ‘Oh, he was molested as a kid and now he is coming out.’ I get it…. It’s about the worst...
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Washington Post Editorial Board Calls for Moratorium on Bi-National Same-Sex Couples’ Deportations
From The Washington Post editorial board: PAUL WILSON DORMAN, a citizen of the United Kingdom, came to the United States on a visitor’s visa in...
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Confused Letterman asks Chaz Bono to explain gender vs. homosexuality [video]
”At the time, I thought that I was a lesbian. I confused my sexual orientation and my gender identity, if that makes sense…. Sexuality is...
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White House Objects to DADT Amendment
The White House is expressing ''serious objections'' this evening to an amendment approved by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on May 11 that would...
