News + Politics
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White House “Strongly Supports House Passage” of Standalone DADT Repeal Bill
The White House — in a statement of administration policy just issued — “strongly supports House passage” of the standalone House “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”...
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House to Vote on DADT Repeal Standalone Bill This Afternoon
Moments ago, on a 230-180 vote, the House of Representatives agreed to the rule adopted this morning in the Rules Committee for debate of the...
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Holiday Blues
I'd really like to stop writing about ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'' Some amount of political fatigue would be expected in any protracted battle, and if...
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Not Feeling Randy
Some props of my adolescence I am happy to leave behind. Xanadu, we had a time and place. Atari 2600, you gave me so many...
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New Chance for Repeal
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters on Dec. 14, ''Today Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) is introducing a new standalone bill to allow for...
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DADT Goes Back to Court
On Dec. 13, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the reinstatement of three servicemembers ousted under ''Don't Ask,...
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Holding Up a Hero
Frank Kameny came to Washington in 1956 to study the heavens and even considered becoming an astronaut. Instead, he became a stellar activist in the...
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Back-n-Forth Budget
The D.C. City Council relieved some concern last week for HIV/AIDS organizations receiving city funding by voting to restore budget cuts proposed by outgoing Mayor...
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Gay Army vet, Dan Choi, has mental “breakdown” after intense battle over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
”My breakdown was a result of a cumulative array of stressors but there is no doubt that the composite betrayals felt on Thursday, by elected...
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Carrie Fisher advises John Travolta to back off attacking “gay” rumormill
”Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it,...
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Rosie O’Donnell acknowledges that Oprah is not a lesbian
”I thought she was really great on that road trip she did with Gayle when they were going into the camper and Gayle said, ‘Let’s...
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Urine-doused library books at Harvard leave gay students pissed off
”It’s quite unfortunate that so much attention has been given to this incident that was likely an accident, when there were two confirmed anti-LGBT hate...
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Marine Chief’s Stated Concern that DADT Repeal Could Cost Lives Sparks Outrage
The Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos, made it clear when testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 3 that he opposed the...
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Hoyer Announces Murphy DADT Repeal Standalone Bill; Frank Says Effort Has “A Real Chance”
The Wonk Room’s Igor Volsky reports the news that “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced that Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) will introduce a stand-alone...
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Oprah Winfrey: Still not gay
”I have said we are not gay enough times. I am not gay. I am not lesbian. I’m not even kind of a lesbian. And...
