News + Politics
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DC Court of Appeals Upholds Decision Denying Marriage Initiative
The D.C. Court of Appeals issued its awaited decision in Bishop Harry Jackson’s appeal of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics’s decision that his...
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Dismissals Explained
Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo didn't break the law they had been charged with breaking, and it is for that reason, according to a...
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Army had comic book to explain “homosexual conduct” and “Don’t Ask” policy?
”This is a story about homosexual conduct…. ‘Sir, Sergeants Hall and Johnson came to see me. They apparently witnessed a homosexual act involving PFC Howard...
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After Dismissal, Questions Remain — And Get Equal Makes a Move on ENDA
Although the charges were dismissed against Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo on Wednesday morning (as Metro Weekly‘s Yusef Najafi reports here), questions remained about...
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Kathy Griffin: “It would have looked ridiculous” if she had joined Dan Choi’s “surprise” protest
Choi and Griffin at Freedom Plaza ”Surprise! He kind of sprung that on me. Yeah, that’s me with the frozen smile. So, what do I...
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Charges Dismissed
Lt. Dan Choi and former Capt. James E. Pietrangelo II walked inside a D.C. Superior Courtroom on a rainy, humid, Tuesday morning, prepared for trial....
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Learning Experiences
I am terrified to write about transgender issues. That's not an easy thing for me to admit, given my own self-image as a writer who's...
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Gut Check
Initially, I was going to use this opportunity to recount my July 4 exercise in acquiescence – filling out my juror application for federal court....
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Show, Don't Tell
Tyrese loves roller coasters. He goes to Adventure Park USA from open to close, every weekend. And he does it all alone. Tyrese is gay,...
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Surveying Headaches
The Department of Defense mailed out 400,000 surveys to servicemembers on Wednesday, July 7, with half going to active servicemembers and the other half going...
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Navigating an Epidemic
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) presented its National HIV/AIDS Strategy during a press event at the White House on Tuesday, July...
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Priming the Primaries
In one of the peculiarities of the District, the Democratic primary Sept. 14 is largely the local equivalent of what other jurisdictions nationwide will experience...
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Beating's Good-Bye
When Francisco J. Martin was mugged in the Shaw neighborhood a month and a half ago, he was not physically assaulted. ''They only took my...
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What Would Machiavelli Do?
Writing about “political fear” and the oft-repeated line that “lected officials and candidates view the gay community as an ATM,” AmericaBlog’s Joe Sudbay posits, “We...
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Log Cabin Goes to Court
As others focus on the questions the military is asking troops, Log Cabin Republicans are focused on questions of another type, as the group’s lawsuit...
