News + Politics
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Obama Recess Appointments Include Gay HHS Nominee
Today, President Obama announced that he was using his authority to make recess appointments of four nominees on whom the Senate has not taken action...
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The McCains and the DNC Walk Into the Middle of DADT Repeal …
From the mailbag, Cindy McCain tells us about the tough re-election fight Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) faces — and more: John never hesitates to step...
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Arrest and Assault
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a reported sexual assault that occurred near the 2000 block of P Street NW during the early morning...
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Conservative Clash: WorldNetDaily drops Ann Coulter for speaking at gay event
”GOProud is about infiltration of the conservative movement and dividing it from within with twisted and dangerous ideas way out of the mainstream of American...
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LA Times thinks MoveOn, HRC, gay boycotters wrongheaded for expecting more of Target
”For MoveOn, the fight is at least as much about corporate money as it is about gay rights…. But by pointing out Target’s involvement in...
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“Family Readiness” is the New “Military Readiness”
Although news that the Pentagon was going to be surveying the spouses — opposite-sex only — of current members of the military regarding the “Don’t...
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Dueling Rallies
The good thing about dueling rallies is that, if you choose, you can focus on the one that uplifts you rather than the one that...
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Happy-Hour Hunt
When EFN Lounge/Motley Bar closed its doors Monday, Aug. 16, a Friday fixture – ''Bear Happy Hour'' – found itself homeless. But those bears, who...
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In the Same Boat
The man I am going to marry, who is of mixed Burundian/Congolese descent, was the target of an attempted Muslim honor killing in April 2002....
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Young Boy Counters Bishop
Brian Brown, the National Organization for Marriage's president, took the stage of a rally scheduled for 2 p.m., on Sunday Aug. 13 with an announcement:...
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Nuptials Nixed
Despite hopes prompted by several LGBT organizations, news stories and various county clerks across the state of California, same-sex marriages did not begin in California...
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Remembering Local Loss
On Aug. 26, the one-year anniversary of the stabbing death of a transgender woman, Tyli'a ''NaNa Boo'' Mack, members of the local LGBT community plan...
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Rehoboth Arrests
The Rehoboth Beach, Del., Police Department announced last week that six men, including three juveniles, have been arrested in connection with a string of muggings...
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EFN's End (Updated)
The EFN Lounge/Motley Bar, at 1318 9th St. NW, has closed its doors permanently. On Monday, Aug. 17, at 8:40 p.m., in an e-mail addressed...
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Parents of murdered soldier, Barry Winchell, ask for DADT policy to be repealed
”Barry’s death was — and remains — a heart-wrenching tragedy for us. In the days and months afterward, we were comforted by the hundreds of...
