News + Politics
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Death in Baltimore Focuses Attention on Anti-Transgender Violence and Discrimination
Equality Maryland spent the first half of Wednesday, Feb. 23 celebrating the second reading Senate passage of a bill that would grant same-sex couples marriage...
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Craig Ferguson tells John Waters: Transgender controversy made him feel ‘awful’ [video]
“I got into terrible trouble with some of the transgender community because they thought I was making fun of them because I was wearing a...
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Scissor Sisters perform on Letterman’s show [video]
The Scissor Sisters performed on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” The gay and gay-friendly members of the New York rock band are scheduled to...
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PBS’s ‘NOVA’ features gay synthetic biologist Jay Keasling [video]
This week on PBS you can catch “NOVA Science Now” which profiles Jay Keasling, an accomplished synthetic biologist in California. On the show, Keasling talks...
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Maddow discusses Obama Admin’s change on Federal gay marriage law [video]
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Prop 8 Lawsuit Lawyers Ask Ninth Circuit to Lift Stay and Allow California Same-Sex Marriages
Moments after the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would no longer be defending challenges to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act,...
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Amendments to Maryland Marriage Bill and Third Reading Set for Feb. 24
Senate Bill 116, The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, passed a second reading in the Maryland State Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 23 with...
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DOJ Stops Defending DOMA Provision
The Department of Justice has announced that it believes courts should apply heightened scrutiny to laws that classify people based on sexual orientation – particularly...
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BREAKING: DOJ Will No Longer Defend Section 3 of DOMA
The Department of Justice has made a decision that heightened scrutiny applies to sexual orientation...
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Tennessee school bill would prevent any discussion of homosexuality [video]
”The Don’t Say Gay bill raises all kinds of issues about anti-gay bias, free speech and government overreach. It limits what teachers and students are able...
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The Big Small Screen
While I love movies, I actually rather hate movie theaters. I realize that many people enjoy the communal experience of a movie — sharing in...
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Chamber Honorees
Following a nominations process that opened in December, the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, better known as The Chamber, has announced the...
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Looking for Leaders
Metro Weekly will be accepting nominations for its third annual Next Generation Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of LGBT activists, artists and leaders under the...
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Newt Gingrich confronted on ‘hypocritical’ opposition to gay marriage
”I’ve had a life which, on occasion, has had problems,” he added. “I believe in a forgiving God, and the American people will have to...
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AP looks at corporations that cover surgery for transgender employees
”We understand people simply get appendicitis, and it is something our community deals with through insurance…. That’s what we need to understand about transsexualism. Not...
