News + Politics
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Rep. Barney Frank Cruises to Victory, Cicilline to Join Him in Congress
Out Rep. Barney Frank (D) — despite opposition from GOProud — is cruising to victory in Massachusetts, nearly doubling his challenger,...
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Lexington’s New Mayor
In Lexington, Kentucky, Jim Gray — currently the vice mayor of the city — has defeated incumbent Mayor Jim Newberry in an election that would...
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The House: Whither (Wither?) Pelosi?
Where will the the night end for the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has pushed a moderately...
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The Senate: A Long Way From Sixty
It was not too long ago that the Democrats had — finally — seated the 100th senator: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.). That magic 60-vote count...
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Election Day: Twenty-Five Votes of Interest to LGBT People
We’re now four hours until the polls start closing. I’m “on” now for the next 12 hours (plus some?), providing Metro Weekly‘s readers with updates...
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Jason Chaffetz wants DC’s black voters to overturn gay marriage; Keith Fimian will consider his effort [video]
”They passed the law and were afraid of a vote…. The Democrats were scared to death of having a vote, because same-sex marriage has failed...
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Split Appeals Court Panel Keeps DADT In Effect
With one judge dissenting, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a stay of the injunction of the...
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The Question: What Could Tuesday Mean for LGBT Americans?
At Metro Weekly‘s Poliglot, we asked folks at several of the LGBT organizations — on this Monday before Election Day — for their thoughts on...
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Yemen mail bomb was addressed to gay Jewish congregation
”(The official) said, ‘I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that your congregation was not one (of the targets);...
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Mega church leader, Jim Swilley, says he’s always been gay
” caught me with another man, that is not true…. For those of you who heard that I left Debbie for another man, that is...
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Portia De Rossi, Ricky Martin on ‘Oprah’ to discuss gay lives, new books [video]
”It wasn’t that I was proud of it, but it was certainly a recognitionf for my self control. I definitely had some pretty amazing willpower...
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Accused roommate, friend claim no broadcast of gay sex life in Tyler Clementi suicide case
”When the forensic evidence from all the seized computers is revealed, the truth will come out…. Nothing was transmitted beyond one computer and what was...
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Some bystanders step in to help ‘gay victim’ on bullying episode of ABC’s ‘What Would You Do?’ [video]
”Well, I went over to him say, what’s going on here?…And you know, I was ready to punch one of them with my left...
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More Photos: Metro Weekly @ the #Rally4Sanity
Thumbs up for #Hotties4Sanity! What? Metro Weekly readers like #Hotties4Sanity? Shocking. At least the latter. #Chickens4Sanity? More #Hotties4Sanity at the #Rally4Sanity...
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Photos: Metro Weekly @ the #Rally4Sanity
Photos from the Rally for Sanity by Chris Geidner. Your intrepid, homosexual reporter braved the 16th Street bus today to head down to Jon Stewart’s...
