News + Politics
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Hip hop artist Lil B claims death Tweets over ‘I’m Gay’ album title
“And a hundred years later, people gonna thank me because, you know, people gonna be free. And that’s the main thing. Even if it’s one...
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Community Outraged by Disturbing Video of Apparent Anti-Trans Assault
A video that has garnered attention within the LGBT community appears to show a Baltimore County transgender woman being assaulted physically by two patrons of...
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Equality Maryland Director of Development Quits, Protests Decision to “Remove” ED
Shortly after Morgan Meneses-Sheets released a statement announcing her departure from Equality Maryland and that it was not her choice to leave, the organization’s director...
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Equality Maryland Executive Director Leaving, Says “Not My Choice to Leave”
Morgan Meneses-Sheets, executive director of Equality Maryland, announced today, April 22, that she is it no longer with the organization. Shortly after her announcement, Equality...
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FBI Nabs Suspect in Kidnapping
A man accused of helping a former lesbian sneak a child out of the country, violating a court order that the mother turn the child...
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Equality Maryland in Upheaval
A board member has resigned from Equality Maryland in protest, following a day in which the executive director, Morgan Meneses-Sheets, announced that she had been...
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What Did Obama Mean?
If a picture says a thousand words, what does this video of President Barack Obama responding to an audience member at an event on April...
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News Analysis: When Is a (DOMA Litigation Cost) Cap Not a Cap?
On Monday, April 18, news broke that King & Spalding partner Paul Clement would be the lead outside counsel representing the House’s Bipartisan Legal Advisory...
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Majority Rules
For those with even a passing acquaintance with the actions and rhetoric of anti-gay organizations and activists, it's rarely surprising to see just how low...
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A Presidential Duty
Lesbian and gay couples have fought for inclusion in our family-based immigration system for decades. Today, the president himself agrees that discrimination against married bi-national...
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Patrick Murphy to Run for Pennsylvania Attorney General
Former Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.), the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal leader who lost his re-election bid to Rep. Mike Fitpatrick (R-Pa.) in 2010, will...
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Riders Signed Into Law
On Friday, April 15, President Barack Obama signed the budget bill that averted the government shutdown two weeks ago. In doing so, he issued a...
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Trying To Tackle Crime
D.C.'s hate-crime statistics are four-times greater than the national average, according to the local group Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV). In hopes of tackling...
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Circle Back
If you've attended Youth Pride in D.C. over the past several years, then you're well acquainted with the grassy green lawn that is P Street...
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AGLA's Youth Advocacy
Continuing its ongoing commitment to youth, the Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance will mark a decade of awarding college scholarships in June. During the traditional...
