News + Politics
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Constance McMillen to be paid $35,000 to settle suit over lesbian prom date case
“I’m so glad this is all over. I won’t ever get my prom back, but it’s worth it if it changes things at my school.”...
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Australia bans LaBruce’s grotesque gay sex film, ”L.A. Zombie”
”In the opinion of the director, the film, if classified, would be classified X18+ or RC (refused classification) and, in this circumstance, the law requires...
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Unsettling Similarities
Alex Nicholson, the head of Servicemembers United, put words to the anger that many of us felt when we read the questions the military is...
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Corrupting Influence
With friends like Jonathan Clayton of London's The Times newspaper, gay Africans hardly need enemies. Clayton declared on May 22, ''Africa's gays are paying the...
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The Right Side of History
The ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' (DADT) statute, which bans gays and lesbians from open service, is the only remaining federal personnel policy which places discrimination...
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Imposters Arrive
When it comes to counterfeit smuggling rings, the images that come to mind are generally knock-off handbags or ''Rolox'' watches sold on street corners. It...
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Mountain State's Move
Sen. Carte Goodwin (D-W.V.), was sworn in to office by Vice President Joseph Biden on Tuesday, July 20. The former general counsel to West Virginia...
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Hateful Handbill
Chief Cathy Lanier has launched an internal investigation within the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Major Crash Investigative Unit following reports of fliers circulating within the...
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ENDA Protest in Vegas Under Way
Get Equal is starting off Netroots Nation … with a protest! Challenging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the activists...
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Kagan: Up for a Vote … and on to the Full Senate
The Judiciary Committee voted in support of the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice John...
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Oklahoma’s first transgender candidate takes on the notorious Sally Kern
“I fully anticipate someone will try to make it an issue…but I want to be a representative, and I don’t want to let the fact...
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An International Place for LGBT Equality
Some major action toward international engagement on LGBT issues today, with a nod from President Obama — as the White House Broadway night was set...
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The Domino Theory and the Ex-Gay Movement
It hasn’t been that long since anti-gay activist George Rekers put “lifting my luggage” into the American dictionary of hypocritical sexual innuendo by taking a...
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The Great White Way Makes Its Way to the White House
The President and First Lady Michelle Obama will be continuing the White House Music Series in the East Room this evening with a salute to...
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Parenting Questions
Andrea Peyser's scathing New York Post review of The Kids Are All Right – titled '''The Kids' are not all right'' – attempts to dismiss...
