News + Politics
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Maryland Considering Transgender Protections
The Maryland House of Delegates Health and Government Operations Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on a controversial bill that would prohibit some discrimination...
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Safety Shortfall
Mayor Vince Gray (D) will be appointing 27 people from the medical, faith and business communities in D.C., to serve on a newly developed Commission...
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Arora Flip ''a Shock''
Update: Arora released a statement on March 4. The lead sponsor of the marriage bill in Maryland's House of Delegates was also the first person to...
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UK Court denies foster child to anti-gay Pentacostal couple [video]
”The judges have suggested that our views might harm children. We have been told by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that our moral views...
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Marriage Birthday
On the one-year anniversary of the day marriage equality took effect for D.C. residents, Mayor Vince Gray had some words for members of Maryland's House...
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Southeast Man found Guilty in Gay Shooting
On Tuesday, March 1, a D.C. Superior Court found 21-year-old D.C. resident Antwan Holcomb guilty of first-degree murder while armed in the 2009 shooting homicide...
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Supreme Court Upholds Westboro Baptist Church Members’ Right to Picket Funerals
Although the U.S. Supreme Court today noted that “Westboro ’s choice of where and when to conduct its picketing is not beyond the Government’s...
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Extensive New Report “Follows the Money” of LGBT Orgs
Today, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) is releasing what it calls “a comprehensive look at the finances of 39 leading national LGBT organizations.” The participant...
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Anti-gay New Orleans preacher arrested for masturbating near playground
”That Friday I was reclined in the chair in the van, and I had opened my pants and I had my hand in my underwear…....
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Illinois court rules that anti-gay T-shirts are OK
”A school that permits advocacy of the rights of homosexual students cannot be allowed to stifle criticism of homosexuality…. People in our society do not have...
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Palin’s Attempt to Weigh In On DOMA Move Falls Flat
The latest from Sarah Palin, a response to the National Organization for Marriage about President Obama’s decision not to defend Section 3 of the Defense...
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White House Sets Anti-Bullying Conference for March 10
In a conference call with reporters today, White House Deputy Communications Director Jen Psaki said that next Thursday, Mar. 10, the White House will hold...
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Maryland Marriage Vote Delayed in House Committee
Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote on House Bill 175, the House version of the marriage bill which was approved on the Senate...
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NYC Rush-Hour Warning: “NY DEMANDS MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW!”
Metro Weekly has received a media advisory that on Tuesday morning, Mar. 1, “Queer Rising Will Block Traffic in Midtown Manhattan to Demand Marriage Equality.”...
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More DOMA Fallout: DOJ Tackles How DOMA Decision Impacts Judicial Benefits Case
The Department of Justice filed its response today to an inquiry from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California about the case...
