News + Politics
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SLDN Recognizes Hoyer, Hoyer Recognizes Servicememembers Past, Present and Future
At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) was presented with the Anna...
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Equality Maryland Board Chairs Explain Marriage Vote Decision
In a statement released to Metro Weekly on Monday, March 21, Equality Maryland board chair Chuck Butler and Equality Maryland Foundation board chair Patrick Wojahn detail...
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Obama, Brazilian President Rousseff Agree to Establish LGBT Post at Organization of American States
Over the weekend, President Barack Obama made an official state visit to Brazil, including a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Included in the joint...
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Victoria Jackson, the “Saturday Night Live” alum who’s proudly hating on the gays
”This new al-Qaida magazine for women has beauty tips and suicide-bomber tips! Gimme a break! That is as ridiculous as two men kissing on the...
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West Virginia legislators avoid gay employment, housing rights bill despite huge Democrat majorities
” seems paralyzed at times in their inability to deal with issues related to their gay and lesbian constituents…. I believe that the votes...
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Thailand’s army reclassifies M2F transgenders; may need to accept ‘men with breast implants’
“Normally only Type 1 are required to draw a conscription ballot…. But if the number of Type 1...
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Washington Post-ABC poll shows most Americans are okay with gay marriage
‘More than half of Americans say it should be legal for gays and lesbians to marry, a first in nearly a decade of polls by...
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Pennsylvania man claims Bible, prayers made him stone elderly gay “friend” to death [video]
“Thomas explained to investigators that he killed Seidman because Seidman had been making homosexual advaces to him over a period of time. And that he...
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John Cena’s gay-insulting bravado prompts WWE to partner with GLAAD [video]
“It wasn’t cause I was talking trash Rock,I was talking truth.You left us hanging high and dryTo play a fairy with a tooth. And then...
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Federal Prosecutor Faces Critical Court in DADT Protest Cases
Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela George today faced significant questions about the federal prosecution of 13 people who protested at the White House in 2010 in...
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Oetken, Out Gay Nominee, Faces No Opposition at Senate Judiciary Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), held confirmation hearings today on four of President Barack Obama’s nominees for the federal judiciary....
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Facing Hate
Washington saw 68 reported hate crimes in 2010, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. But those are just the ones they know of. Twenty-five of...
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We Go On
I'm sure every generation believes that its own time is the scariest time to be alive — from Depression babies to World War II to...
