News + Politics
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Actor David Hyde Pierce still angry about Prop 8
”As a person who is least happy calling attention to themselves, to have to be suddenly very public about their life, and who felt very...
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Transgender woman Vandy Beth Glenn wins lawsuit against Georgia Assembly
”This is the happiest I’ve been in a very, very long time. It’s been two years this month since we filed the suit and I...
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NBC TODAY show excludes gay, lesbian couples from ”Modern Wedding” contest says GLAAD
”For the TODAY show wedding, the couple must be able to be legally married in New York, which is where the wedding will take place.”...
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Big Lies
As gays and lesbians, we're not unused to hearing lies told about us. For decades, homophobes and anti-gay activists have relied on the big lies...
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Court of Public Opinion
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan left more questions than answers, since she quite properly refused to prejudge matters that might come...
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Stories of Life
As a transgender woman writing at Feministing.com, I regularly cover trans-related stories. I also critique the almost-always poor coverage from mainstream and even LGBT publications....
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Kagan Ends Hearings
President Barack Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, finished testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the evening of June...
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Missing Persons Report
The Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs on June 30 released ''A Report of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Health in the District of Columbia,'' based on...
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Paddling with Purpose
The DC Aquatics Club (DCAC) is preparing to welcome more than 170 swimmers from the mid-Atlantic region for the 19th annual Maryland Swim for Life...
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Bitter gay priest steals $1.3 million because of Catholic Church’s anti-homosexual stance [video]
”The life he was leading in New York City was much different than the life he was leading in Waterbury as a priest. He’s certainly...
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Veto in Hawaii
Calling it “marriage by another name,” Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R) today announced that she would veto the state’s civil union bill, passed earlier this...
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Hawaii’s Gov. Lingle claims Civil Union veto not based on her personal anti-gay marriage beliefs
I have been open and consistent in my opposition to same gender marriage and find that HB 444 is essentially marriage by another name. However,...
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Constitutional Follow-Up
Following up on the question raised — and unanswered — at the July 1 LGBT media briefing with White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes...
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Wedding Jitters
When “doom” appears in a headline these days, you know that we’re either talking about the Gulf — or an overheated political argument. The Washington...
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Palm Springs (GO)Party?
The day after the U.S. House of Representatives voted in May on an amendment aimed at ending the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, the Human...
