News + Politics
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Gay teacher gets job back; was fired for answering why he’s unmarried [video]
”I felt like I was being asked to go back into the closet. And that’s a terrifying place to be. My first reaction was absolute...
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Barack Obama offers encouragement to gay teens [video]
”Like all of you, I was shocked and saddened by the deaths of several young people who were bullied and taunted for being gay, and...
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Florida’s ban on adoptions by gay families is over! Atty Gen. McCullom will not pursue case
”The constitutionality of the Florida law banning adoption by homosexuals is a divisive matter of great public interest. As such, the final determination should rest...
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Wanda Sykes tells Ellen what it’s like to be a mom [video]
”Olivia, she’s a year-and-a-half now…. My wife, she’s French, so she speaks French to the kids. So, Olivia’s using her words now. In French, maman...
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Oral Arguments Set for Dec. 6 in Prop 8 Case
This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced that the oral arguments in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case will be held...
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Pentagon Revises DADT Discharge Procedures [UPDATED]
Discharges under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy will now take the approval of the service branch secretary, and only in consultation with the...
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Stays DADT Injunction
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips’s Oct....
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LCR Attorneys: “No Reason To Alter” DADT Injunction With Temporary Stay
Attorneys for the Log Cabin Republicans filed their opposition this afternoon to the Department of Justice’s request that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
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DOJ Appeals DADT Stay Request to the Ninth Circuit
The Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for an emergency stay of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia...
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DADT Goes Fubar
To care about politics is to be perpetually disillusioned. In the normal course of life, this isn't an indictment. We live in a democracy made...
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Mova Files for Bankruptcy
Babak Movahedi, the owner of the Washington, D.C. gay bar Mova Lounge, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today for the business that operates the...
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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...
