News + Politics
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Halloween's a Drag
There are vague memories – just a blur – of tromping around in my mother's pumps. What was I, 3? As a high school junior,...
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DADT Ruling Fallout
For further developments on this story, check Metro Weekly's Poliglot blog.As the breadth of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips's Oct. 12 order halting all...
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Rhee Recap
Michelle Rhee has been a controversial figure in D.C. politics since her appointment as D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) chancellor by Mayor Adrian Fenty in June...
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GLAA Ratings Redux
The local and nonpartisan Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, the country's oldest continuously running LGBT-advocacy organization, last week released candidate ratings for races in D.C.'s...
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No Silence on Violence
This weekend, La Clinica del Pueblo and a handful of other local organizations, including the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, will launch a new campaign:...
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Discharged gay soldier, Dan Choi, begins Army re-enlistment after court, Pentagon halt DADT [video]
”Initially they were unsure of the status of my being able to come back in because of the RE code — the reentry code. And...
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Ohio high school students chant gay slur at football game [video]
”Powder blue faggots! Powder blue faggots!” A chant repeated by dozens of high school students caught on video at North High School in Ohio. The...
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US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, offers hope directly to gay, bullied teenagers [video]
”Like millions of Americans, I was terribly saddened to learn of the suicides of several teenagers across our country, after being bullied because they were...
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Maggie Gallagher of NOM: Gays abusing gays leads to suicide, not her attacks on gay marriage
”Forced sex, childhood sexual abuse, dating violence, early unwed pregnancy, substance abuse — could these be a more important factor in the increased suicide risk...
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Government Request Denied, DADT Injunction Remains in Place
After 5 p.m. Pacific Time today, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips denied the Department of Justice’s request for a stay pending the government’s appeal...
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Ninth Circuit Sets Schedule For LCR v. US Appeal
In an order entered by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, the court set the schedule for the appeal of the Log...
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Plaintiffs Oppose Appeal, Overturning of Prop 8 Case
The Perry v. Schwarzenegger plaintiffs filed their opposition papers in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday evening. The plaintiffs, led...
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Pentagon to Recruiters: Accept Applicants “Who Admit They Are Openly Gay or Lesbian”
In a sign of the wide-reaching impact of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips’s injunction halting enforcment of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy,...
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Stay Unlikely From Trial Judge in DADT Case
From The Advocate‘s Andrew Harmon, who was at today’s hearing: U.S. district judge Virginia A. Phillips issued a tentative ruling Monday rejecting the government’s request...
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Ken Buck’s opinion: People ‘choose’ to be gay, but have inborn influences ‘like alcoholism’
”I do . Based on what? I guess you can choose who your partner is… I think that birth...
