News + Politics
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Not the ENDA the Road
With high-profile arrests in front of the White House, a sit-in at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's offices in Washington, D.C., and a coordinated sit-in at...
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''Not Guilty, Not Ashamed and Not Finished''
''I am not guilty, I am not ashamed, and I am not finished,'' Lt. Dan Choi said while standing in chains befor D.C. Superior Court...
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Ret. US General makes astonishing “nonsense” argument: Dutch gay soldiers led to death of thousands
Asked for comment, Dutch military officials expressed astonishment. The spokesman for the Netherlands Ministry of Defense, Roger van de Wetering, told VOA Sheehan’s assertions are...
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Gay singer Boy George returns with some humility & “Amazing Grace” [video]
”You get a lot of time to think when you’re in prison…. I made lots of friends, you know. I’ve got lots of friends that...
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Kathy Griffin digs Choi’s balls: Bravo’s star comments on gay soldier’s arrest [video]
”It was my honor 2 share podium w Lt. Dan Choi today. I understand he’s been arrested in front of the White House. I...
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Hearing, Rally and Arrests
A day that began with the formality of a ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' (DADT) Senate hearing took a turn for the dramatic Thursday with the...
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Kathy Griffin does DC: Will headline HRC rally to repeal military’s ban on gay soldiers: Thurs., 12noon, Freedom Plaza
”DC! it’s ON! Rally against “don’t ask, don’t tell” Thurs march 18. Noon @ Freedom Plaza. I need u. I’m hearing anti gay groups r...
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Lady Gaga achieves Madonna-hood: Conservatives want “Telephone” video banned, illegal [video]
”This time we have to speculate whether she has a male member or not. And whether it’s been cut off or not…. And then we’ve...
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DADT Repeal Still Uncertain
Calling Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Penn.) ''a tireless champion'' for the repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network spokesman Kevin Nix...
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Wone Trial Nears
Inside D.C. Superior Court on a cold and rainy Friday afternoon, Kathy Wone's gaze moved to the floor of the courtroom as two attorneys representing...
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Doctor, Doctor
Back in the very early 1990s, not long after college and in the depths of my great post-collegiate career crisis — fancy speak for ''educated...
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Vatican's Past Imperfect
Pope Benedict XVI has been beset by matters of the flesh lately, from the growing sexual-abuse scandal in Germany to the revelation that a member...
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Seniors in the Spotlight
It's been another big news week for LGBT aging. An Associated Press story released Monday on coming out late in life; the SAGE/Movement Advancement Project...
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VH1 debuts “TRANSform Me”: Makeover show hosted by three transgender women [video]
”It’s a makeover show where me, Nina Poon, and Jamie Clayton travel all over the country transforming women, using what we’ve learned transforming ourselves.” Laverne...
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Transgender Women Assaulted
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man suspected of assaulting two transgender individuals, also described as members of the Latino LGBT community, shortly after the...
