News + Politics
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First Step for Families
On March 10, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), with nine Democratic co-sponsors, introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act to address anti-LGBT discrimination in adoption....
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Air Force discharged lesbian after police tattled on her Iowa marriage [video]
”I played by ‘don’t ask, don’t tell… I just don’t agree with what the Rapid City police department did. … They violated a lot of...
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DC Residents Alarmed by Robo-Calls: Anti-gay marriage group, NOM, targets District voters at home
”The National Organization for Marriage is sponsoring robo-calling of DC residents asking if they think marriage should be between only one man and one woman....
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Gay-hating Westboro lawyer calls Supreme Court Justice “almost senile” as family readies for hearing on funerals [video]
”I have a license in the United States Supreme Court. But I have a secret weapon, and her name is Marge, and she’s my sister....
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Motley's NOM Money
Last Spring, when the D.C. City Council voted 12-1 in favor of recognizing same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions in the District, Paul Trantham riled up...
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Ice Capade
On Friday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the Smuckers Stars on Ice Tour denied allegations made by both U.S. Olympian Johnny Weir and the Gay and...
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Elton John threatened: Relgious extremist arrested for saying singer “must die” [video]
”We’re here today to remind Elton John that he has to die…. If we were Muslims, a fatwa would have been taken out on Elton...
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Political Proof
Just to be clear about this before I start: I was appalled that Bob McDonnell could be elected governor of Virginia and absolutely horrified the...
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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...
