News + Politics
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Malawi gay couple released from 14-year-sentence after UN Secretary’s visit
”The pardon only applies to the offence under which they were convicted. If, for example, they go back and the state is of the view...
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Tim Daly on Barack Obama and LGBT issues
At a recent visit to Floriana Restaurant, Tim Daly talks with Metro Weekly about whether or not President Obama is doing enough on LGBT issues.
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Gay military should stay in the closet? New votes on DADT change nothing yet
”The legislation involved is a deferred repeal. In other words, it would repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ but only after — I repeat, after! —...
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Another US soldier comes out gay on national TV news
”I am violating ‘don’t ask, don’t tell. And I understand if has to, he has to take the proceedings he does, because it...
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”Te Amo,” Rhianna’s lesbian themed music video premieres
”The daring scenes portray the heterosexual Barbadian singer as a leather clad dominatrix, kissing and striking suggestive poses with dark-haired French supermodel Laeticia Casta. …...
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Glancing Blows
The second week of the Robert Wone trial began with a sharp focus from the defense -- and discussion of sharp glances on the scene...
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Wale Faces the Music
Washington D.C.-based rapper Wale, made headlines last week after canceling his performance at DC Black Pride's main event, set for Sunday, May 30, at the...
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Second-Place Showing
They didn't win first place -- but they put up one hell of a fight. Jonathan Howard, 29, and his fiancé Gregory Jones, 29, who...
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Dan Choi reamains unsatisfied with President Obama’s “compromise” on gay military ban [video]
”The use of the word ‘compromise,’ I think, is a little bit too generous. A compromise assumes both sides have done something or given something....
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DADT Repeal Clears House
At 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27, Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) was recognized to introduce Amendment No. 79 – compromise legislation to end the ''Don't Ask,...
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One Vote Down, Several (Votes and More) to Go
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed, on a 16-12 vote, the compromise language reached earlier this week intended to lead to the repeal of the...
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Maddow: Thursday may see House, Senate votes to repeal DADT, the ban on gay soldiers [video]
”Senators Ben Nelson, Susan Collins and Robert Byrd now reportedly saying they’ll vote for an Amendment to repeal the policy after Pentagon review. That means...
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Seeking Courage
It's hard not to feel like our country is broken. This is a feeling, of course, that's a bit selfish in its own way because...
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Opening the System
If you have ever driven by the papal nuncio's residence on Massachusetts Avenue, you may have seen a man standing in front who is protesting...
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Indecent Practices
On May 20, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were sentenced to 14 years hard labor in Malawi for ''unnatural offences'' and ''indecent practices between males.''...
