News + Politics
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Advice columnist, Dan Savage, uses YouTube to directly support gay teens [video]
”If there are out there watching this video. What I’d love for you take away from it is: It Gets Better. However bad it...
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Margaret Cho reveals pressures of “Dancing With the Stars” [video]
”The energy here is tense. I am now just in my trailer trying to not panic and think about later. I am not so freaked...
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Florida Court Finds for Adoption
Today, in a long-awaited decision, the Florida Court of Appeals for the Third District unanimously upheld the trial court's ruling that Florida's statutory ban and...
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Another Failure
To look on the bright side of the failure of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' repeal this week in the Senate, when you're used to being...
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Go with Gods
We have certainly come a long way, baby. From stone tools to space stations to oil spills, there is no doubting our species's technological evolution....
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Don't Ask, Just Tell
Perhaps it was inevitable that the gay community's commitment to New Left principles would splinter as gays became more mainstream. Or, perhaps more specifically, became...
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An American Dream
Imagine this: Your parents bring you here at a young age and put you in school. You are asked to learn a new language while...
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Giving DADT the Boot
In 2006, Jim Webb, the former Navy secretary to President Reagan, became a Democrat and ran to unseat Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), in large part...
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Anti-gay threat may have originated from office of Senator Saxby Chambliss
”We have seen the allegations and are moving quickly to understand the facts. This office has not and will not tolerate any activity of the...
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Anti-gay preacher Eddie Long accused of having sex with teen males [video]
”The age of consent in Georgia is 16 years old… but it is absolutely pastoral, church abuse of two young parishoners….. is a very...
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McCain at the Gates: “It’s Not the Policy. It’s Not the Policy.”
From the Wonk Room to Towleroad and from The Washington Post to Mediaite and The Rachel Maddow Show, the exchange between The Advocate‘s Kerry Eleveld,...
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Senate Falls Short (UPDATED)
The Senate voted this afternoon, Sept. 21, to block consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes an amendment aimed at repealing the military's...
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White House SAP Issued on Defense Bill
The White House has issued a Statement of Administration Policy regarding the consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act. In relevant part, it notes: Policy...
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Today in DADT Repeal: What To Watch For
Today is the vote to proceed to debate on the National Defense Authorization Act, which contains the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal amendment. Several questions...
