News + Politics
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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...
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Alliance of Fighters
Representatives from the faith, business and arts communities joined political activists and public officials on April 20 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Gay...
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Seasonal Change
While next week may be the official 17th anniversary of Metro Weekly, this week actually marks the 17th year of working on the magazine. It...
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A Perfect Storm
The event at the Rosedale, Md., McDonald's on Monday evening, April 25, was both a vigil in support of Chrissy Lee Polis – a trans...
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Telling Secrets
LGBT locals – particularly those in the leather and HIV communities – likely know Justin Terry-Smith. He served as Mr. Maryland Leather 2010. He's been...
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Sticks and Stones
''Hello my name is fag.'' ''Or at least that's the name I was called in school,'' said D'Angelo Morrison, an intern at the Sexual Minority...
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Madame President
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White House: DADT Repeal “Implementation Will Happen Whomever Serves as Secretary of Defense”
The White House responded this evening to questions about if and how the planned June 30 resignation date of Defense Secretary Robert Gates would impact...
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Federal Judge Applies Fourteenth Amendment to Sexual Orientation Job Discrimination Claim
Here’s the report from Harlan Spector at The Plain Dealer: CLEVELAND, Ohio — A federal judge ruled Monday that a gay Cuyahoga County worker can...
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Obama to Nominate Panetta as Defense Secretary, Shakeup Could Impact DADT-Repeal Timeline
President Barack Obama plans to nominate Leon Panetta, currently serving as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a...
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Gov. Bob McDonnell: Heterosexuals are ‘the best, the norm,’ but VA law lets single gays adopt
Why, when there are so many kids that need homes, is it illegal in Virginia for gay couples to adopt? ”Well, that’s a policy decision...
