News + Politics
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Lame Duck With the Obamas and the McCains
It’s not yet Thanksgiving, but the lame-duck session of Congress that begins today is the Democrats’ best chance for a holiday in the near future....
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Lame-Duck White House Arrests
Lt. Dan Choi and a group of 12 other activists, including servicemembers and veterans, walked quietly past police officers, members of the media and onlookers...
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Cher discusses transgender son Chaz on Letterman [video]
”I was trying to explain to somebody the other day. You know, I like being a woman. I feel so comfortable in my body. And...
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What Happened at the Supreme Court Today, and Why It Matters
Today, without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the request of Log Cabin Republicans for the court to dissolve the stay pending appeal in Log...
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Anti-gay Assault
When Aram Vartian hugged his friend Tom Goss goodbye on Wednesday night and saw Goss drive away, he expected to just make the short walk...
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The First Report on the DADT Report
“A Pentagon study group has concluded that the military can lift the ban on gays serving openly in uniform with only minimal and isolated incidents...
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Government Asks Supreme Court to Keep DADT In Effect During Appeal
In a filing at the U.S. Supreme Court this afternoon, the U.S. government, represented by acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, asked the court to leave...
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No Time to Stop
There's a strange and unsettling mood floating around these days after the shellacking delivered to Democrats by Republicans in the midterm elections. It's not unexpected,...
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We Fight On
With all due respect to Log Cabin Republicans, who welcomed the new House majority last week, getting pro-gay legislation out of soon-to-be Speaker John Boehner...
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No Easy Pieces
Over the past weekend, the military leadership began weighing in on the post-election – and ever-narrowing – window for the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't...
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DOMA Taking More Hits
The Defense of Marriage Act faced a two-pronged attack on Nov. 9 as two separate organizations and sets of lawyers, representing different plaintiffs, filed lawsuits...
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Trans Remembrance
Thursday, Nov. 20, is the National Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day in which many pause to remember transgender victims of violence, intolerance and injustice....
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Smashing Success
When Martina Navratilova takes to the court next Monday, it won't be for glory or the record books. Instead, she'll be joining a host of...
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A Decade of History
There are times when something good comes from sheer frustration. That's the case with the Rainbow History Project, which came to being in 2000, founded...
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Helping Us Grow
In the two decades since Us Helping Us was founded to help improve the health of African-American gay men, the organization's scope has grown, says...
