News + Politics
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Five now arrested in connection with murdered DC school principal, Brian Betts [video]
Brian Betts ”Joel Johnson, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder, one count of armed robbery, three counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and...
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Midwest Marriage: Iowa’s gay stats released; NOM attacks in Minnesota as gays split on breakaway lawsuit [video]
”We’ve seen a lot of folks excited about being able to get married in a Midwestern state…. Most people have not been rushing into it....
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Too Little, Too Late
The role of first lady has been one comprised of equal parts opportunity and frustration — the first because occupying such a prominent role in...
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Indignation Celebration
Lately, I've been eyeing a juggernaut of righteous indignation barreling through our community. So, hooray for that. It was righteous indignation that got the kids,...
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Impatience on ENDA (UPDATED)
As the timeline for action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) tightens, LGBT organizations turned up the pressure on Tuesday, May 18, with a news...
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Strategizing AIDS
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) presented a tentative outline of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy during a community meeting in D.C. and...
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Homophobic Scientist Booted (UPDATED)
Jonathan I. Katz, a professor of astrophysics at Washington University in St. Louis, “will no longer be involved in the Department’s efforts” at addressing...
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Jane Lynch, Cynthia Nixon weigh in on “gay actors vs. Newsweek” controversy
”I applaud everybody’s right to say what they thing. And I think, you don’t have to agree with him. And I don’t…. I play straight...
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Rep. Mark Souder resigns: Another gay rights opponent “sinned against God” with sex scandal [video]
”I sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual affair with a part-time member of my staff. In the poisonous environment...
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Four Years Later, a Beginning
Defense attorneys for three men facing charges in the Robert Wone murder case re-affirmed their client's innocence in opening statements Monday, calling them victims of...
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Souder's Swansong
On Tuesday morning, May 18, Washington awoke to news that ''family values conservative'' Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) – who came to D.C. as part of...
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Gay marriage in Portugal! Sixth nation in Europe to grant same-sex marriage rights
”Given that fact , I feel I should not contribute to a pointless extension of this debate, which would only serve to...
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Malawi court convicts gay couple for getting married: Facing 14 years in prison
”A judge has found a gay couple guilty of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation of Malawi’s laws on...
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UK rapper Lady Sovereign confirms lesbian speculation
”Magazines would always ask about but would get stopped by my publicists… It was my choice, too, because I was a bit worried...
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Minnesota Governor Pawlenty rejects right of gays to claim dead domestic parnters’ bodies
”Marriage – defined as between a man and woman – should remain elevated in our society at a special level, as it traditionally has been....
