News + Politics
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NYAC's Last Days
Monday's announcement from the National Youth Advocacy Coalition may not have been a complete surprise to board and staff, but much of the community has...
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Divine Date
In 1968 Rev. Troy Perry founded an LGBT-affirming Protestant Christian church in Los Angeles, eventually growing into 250 worldwide congregations as the Universal Fellowship of...
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Latino Royale
Those attending Youth Pride in Dupont Circle this year got a first look at the newly named king, queen and drag queen of Mpodérate!, La...
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Arlington Addition
Furthering Arlington's identity as arguably Virginia's most progressive county, this Sunday will see the meeting of its first youth PFLAG meeting, hosted by the Unitarian...
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Country Star Blake Shelton Tweets for Violence?
On March 5, country music star Blake Shelton scored his eighth No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for his cover of “Who...
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Discussing DOMA: An Anniversary — and Rarely Told Tales
This September, same-sex couples in America will have lived under the Defense of Marriage Act — a federal law that both defines those relationships out...
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Of Golf and Gays: LPGA settles transgender lawsuit; Trump compares gay marriage to ugly putters
”The Ladies Professional Golf Association (“LPGA”) expresses its appreciation to Lana Lawless for raising the issue of transgender participation in its tournaments and other professional...
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Gay, black playwright examines homophobia in hip-hop and reggae: Opens new work, ‘American Trade’
”That is saying, ‘I’m going to shoot a gay man in the head’, ‘burn the chi chi man down’. These were the songs that...
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Google promotes support project for gay youth with TV ad
”Dan Savage, Messenger. The web is what you make it.” Google, the search engine pioneer and video hosting innovator, released a couple of new commercials...
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New DOMA Defense Contract Released
Today, Metro Weekly received the new contract signed by House General Counsel Kerry Kircher and attorney Paul Clement, on behalf of his new firm —...
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Obama Announces Bin Laden Dead; Crowd Gathers Outside White House
[Photo, above: Luke Gruenhagen (second from left), Paul Organ (center), Jessica Gbegnom (second from right) stand on the raised cement barrier at the White House...
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GOProud’s “Number One Goal” Is Obama’s Defeat
GOProud is ready for the upcoming election, and ready to take on the president. Jimmy LaSalvia announced the launch of the group’s election season plans...
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Soundbite: Sean Bugg discusses King & Spaulding and Chrissy Polis on Swish Edition
On this week’s Swish Edition, Metro Weekly editor Sean Bugg discusses the King & Spaulding brouhaha, the attack on Chrissy Lee Polis in Baltimore, and...
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Equality Maryland Names Interim Executive Director
The board of directors at Equality Maryland announced today that Lynne Bowman, former director of programs and services at Equality Federation and a founder of...
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Help From Ohio
When Lynne Bowman starts working at Equality Maryland on Monday, May 2, her number one priority is stabilization. ''My role at Equality Maryland will be...
