News + Politics
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Sports commentator fired after bemoaning gay marriage and “liberal left”
It was reported yesterday that a Canadian sportscaster had been fired after Tweeting about his personal opposition to gay marriage. Damian Goddard, a TV sportscaster...
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Victory Fund: Sources Say Tammy Baldwin “Very Likely” To Run For Kohl’s Senate Seat
The news of the retirement of Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) has set off a flurry of speculation about the House’s only out lesbian, Rep. Tammy...
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Pride's Destiny
''When love takes over, you know you can't deny,'' sings Kelly Rowland on the infamous love anthem by DJ David Guetta. Rowland herself will take...
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Report: DOMA Contract Had Not Been OK’ed By King & Spalding Ethics Committee
The Wall Street Journal brought attention to a Fulton County Daily Report article providing additional information about the circumstances of — and problems with —...
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Generation Next
As I was showing off this week's cover to a group of colleagues, one of them asked me to tell them about this year's Next...
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House Armed Services Committee Agrees to DADT Repeal Changes, Other Amendments
Beginning at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday evening, May 11, the House Armed Services Committee reached the “military personnel” portion of today’s committee markup of the National...
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White House Briefing: DOMA, Immigration and Obama
From today’s White House press briefing: Q Jay, I’ve got some questions for you, a series of questions where DOMA and immigration intersect. Under...
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Judge Sets Schedule in Edith Windsor’s DOMA Challenge
Legal filings in Edith Windsor’s challenge to the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act could be completed as early as August...
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Day of the Devil
In the Star Trek episode ''Day of the Dove,'' humans and Klingons are stranded together on the Enterprise by a non-corporeal life form that feeds...
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An Anniversary of Equality
Thirty years ago, a group of LGBT individuals formed what is now known as the Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA). At first, most AGLA...
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For Frank
When The Academy of Washington announced that they were presenting Frank Kameny with a check for $3,500, during the Academy's 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday,...
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Shine On
May 14 is ''SHINE Night'' a nationally recognized annual reminder of the millions of youth facing homelessness. The Sasha Bruce House, at 1022 Maryland Ave....
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Pring Fling
If the gayest corners of D.C. seem a little quiet next Thursday evening, Jacob Nathaniel Pring might be to blame. The promoter behind Jacob Pring...
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A Complicated Path
In El Paso, Texas, on May 10, President Barack Obama told the crowd assembled for a lengthy address on comprehensive immigration reform, ''I don't believe...
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Gay marriages on US Navy bases — on and off again
”My memorandum of 13 April 2011 is hereby suspended until further notice pending additional legal and policy review and inter-Departmental coordination.” Rear Admiral M.L Tidd,...
