News + Politics
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Transformational Tie
It's funny, and often fascinating, how so much can change in such a short time -- and yet change so little. When our family arrived...
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Festival's Future
As piles of snow melt away, preparing the stage for cherry blossoms, change is in the District's air. But it's not all Mother Nature's doing....
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Time for Tributes
In a city as dynamic as Washington, and with a vibrant LGBT community to match, there's no doubt that there are an endless number of...
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Husbands and Wives
For some, the notion of a mass wedding might conjure discomforting images right out the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. But that's not the...
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No, Virginia, There Is No Nondiscrimination Policy
Over the past month, three differing documents produced by two statewide elected officials in Virginia have led to a whole lot of confusion about where...
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This (Creepy) Man’s Navy: Could Eric Massa’s naughty allegations feed the Military’s anti-gay arguments? [video]
”In 1990, aboard the U.S.S. Jouett, I was awakened when a senior officer, Lt. Commander Massa, seemed to be groping me. (I was a lieutenant...
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Cancel the Prom! A lesbian student wants to bring her girlfriend
”Oh, my God. That’s really messed up because the message they are sending is that if they have to let gay people go to prom...
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Meet Tatianna: Falls Church, VA queen keeps it lively on ”RuPaul’s Drag Race”
”Falls Church is a really gay high school…. I had an interest in make-up and fashion, and instead of trying things out on my friends,...
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Virginia Governor McDonnell issues positive “directive” after moving toward anti-gay policies [video]
”Discrimination based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation or parental status violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. Therefore, discrimination against...
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D.C.'s Failing Grade
It happens every two years. High school and middle school students take part in the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which asks them questions...
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Eric Massa’s Meltdown: Admits, blames, stutters and flusters on “gay” harrasment charge
”Well, here’s that answer, I’m not going to answer that…. Why don’t you ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served...
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Florida’s ban on gay adoption soon to face court review [video]
”The children, in that it permanently denies them the chance to have a permanent home with their gay caretaker. So they will forever be in...
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University of Pennsylvania may add “gay” to admission form: Debate on value ensues [video]
”While gays and lesbians face a lot of the same active discrimination as racial minorities, they are not automatically at the same socioeconomic disadvantage as...
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D.C. Marriage: A Political Achievement
The Campaign for All D.C. Families hosted three of the first legally recognized same-sex marriages in the District on Tuesday, March 9, but the reason...
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''My Rock, My Life, My Love''
”There are no spectators here today,” Rev. David K. North, pastor of Holy Redeemer Metropolitan Community Church in College Park, said. ”All of us have...
