News + Politics
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Florida Governor Charlie Crist seems confused: Can’t say he’s for or against gay adoption ban [video]
”It was the law on the books. I was the former Attorney General. I had a sworn duty –…. I didn’t say I liked it,...
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Tyler Clementi suicide confirmed: Freshman’s roommate accused of watching, broadcasting gay private life [video]
”jumping off the GW bridge sorry” The last Facebook post of Tyler Clementi, a violinist and Rutgers University freshman who committed suicide on September 22....
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Researcher claims only 7% of college campuses have gay-supportive resources
”A lot of this is now happening in cyberspace, which may lead to the possibility to them being outed and then harassed in some other...
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Gay-protesting Andrew Shirvell takes leave: Michigan’s AG changes mind about ‘free speech’ to target gay student
”Here in America, we have this thing called the First Amendment, which allows people to express what they think and engage in political and social...
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Education Sec’y on Teen Suicides: “Every one of us … needs to stand up and speak out”
Late Friday afternoon, a remarkably strong statement was put out by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: “This week, we sadly lost two young men...
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A Lasting Impression
President Barack Obama would like you to be impressed with his progress on repealing the military ban on open gay and lesbian servicemembers. ''Here, I've...
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Wonderful Wins
The fight for gay equality at home and on the battlefield won encouraging court victories last week. In a case brought by ACLU of Washington...
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Step by Step
This weekend, Washingtonians will walk to fight HIV/AIDS. And then they'll march for justice. The same morning as the 24th annual AIDS Walk, Saturday, Oct....
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Positive Praise
The Gay/Bi/Trans HIV Prevention Working Group, a program of The Center, the area's LGBT community center, honored four people from the local LGBT community during...
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Pelosi: DADT “will be gone by the end of the year”
Photo: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses the crowd at the Victory Fund’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Awards, where she was the honored guest. (Photo by...
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Michigan’s Assistant Attorney General defends ‘obsessed’ targeting of gay college student on Anderson Cooper show [video]
”Long before I started the blog, a couple of weeks before that, the Alliance Defense Fund, a well-known legal Christian foundation put out an alert...
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New previews of Logo’s “The A-List” reveal more snippy, gay vanity [video]
New outtakes from the Logo TV Channel‘s upcoming show called “The A-List.” Much reaction to the show has been scowls, groans and eye rolling. So...
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Eddie Long’s accuser interviewed: Jamal Parris says ‘father’ figure was a manipulative sexual ‘predator’ [video]
”I loved him. I’m always going to have love for the things that he taught me…. You finally have a father that you’ve always wanted...
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Gay actors David Hyde Pierce and Nathan Lane visit ‘The View’ [video]
Nathan Lane talking about his role on the comedy show “Modern Family” which features one of television’s few gay couples: David Hyde Pierce replies with...
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Baltimore gang leader given life sentence for ordering murder of teen he thought was gay
”He was brutally murdered for something that wasn’t even true…. You chose to take his life…and you deserve what you get.” Michelle Parrish, the mother...
