News + Politics
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A Mile Away, a World Apart
The crowd gathered at the National Organization for Marriage’s rally on the lawn near the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, Aug. 15, grew to about 200...
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George Takei tells how gay marriage changed his life
”What they argued, when Prop 8 was passed two years ago, was “religion” — and they’re still arguing that. And I respect their right to...
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Transgender job discrimination gets air time [video]
”Our organization and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force conducted a survey of 6,500 transgender people in 2008, and we found that the experience...
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Lucas Ent. goes after Gay Torrent users for sharing video
On Monday, Lucas Entertainment filed its first such lawsuit targeting 53 BitTorrent users alleged to have shared its pornographic film Kings of New York…. The...
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Stephanie Miller comes out as a lesbian on her radio talk show
”I think I might throw up. I might even turn this into a fart joke — there might be some gastrointestinal distress…. There reaches a...
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Arrest in King Homicide
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today, Aug. 14, that an arrest has been made in the stabbing death of Delando King. At approximately 2:30...
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Fox News talker Glenn Beck isn’t against gay marriage? [video]
”Honestly, I think we have bigger fish to fry. You can argue about abortion or gay marriage, or whatever all you want. The country is...
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Gay Florida officer wins right to keep police certification despite porn past
”I’m feeling so happy, I can’t even describe it. It’s been over two years, struggling for this. It’s not over yet, but this is a...
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Walker: Denies Stay Pending Appeal, Grants Temporary Stay
U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the proponents of Proposition 8 are not likely to succeed on appeal and do not meet the...
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Washington Post reports: “Gay and lesbian gangs” add to fights, theft at Verizon Center, Metro mayhem
Life inside his McDonald’s has stabilized, but uprisings occasionally flare up. The gangs come from Anacostia, parts of Maryland, Arlington and Alexandria. There are gay...
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More Waiting
No same-sex couples are set to marry legally on this afternoon in California – but they could be legally wed by next week at this...
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This Evening In LGBT News
This evening, two important developments happened of interest to the LGBT community. First, The New York Times reports: On Wednesday, Colonel Fehrenbach’s lawyers filed...
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Philadelphia Eagle apologizes for negative Tweet about True Blood’s gay storyline
”caught up on Trueblood. Not a fan of how they get u hooked w/ 2 seasons then bring on barrage of homosexuality….” ”After speaking with...
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Legislatively Lacking
The House Agriculture Committee has no out lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender representation. Then again, nor do the House Appropriations, Armed Services, Budget, Foreign Affairs,...
