News + Politics
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The Jackson Jive
Despite his being so dark and masculine, I am tempted to call Bishop Harry Jackson the White Queen after the character in Through the Looking-Glass...
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Why Maggie's Wrong
How can I write this so that Maggie Gallagher -- of National Organization for Marriage (NOM) infamy -- will understand? A child loses his or...
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Lady Gaga thanks the late Alexander McQueen, takes 3 Brit Awards [video]
”This is for Alexander McQueen.” Pop idol Lady Gaga. Tuesday night, she twice thanked Lee McQueen, the gay fashion designer who committed suicide a week...
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Silverman Show’s Brian breaks hearts of gay cubs
”I like dudes. I just, uh, don’t sleep with them…. We tackle the gay marriage thing. Steve really wants to get married and kind of...
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San Diego Tragedy
Two gay men were found dead in a San Diego apartment on Friday, Feb. 5, in what San Diego police have labeled a murder-suicide. The...
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Suspect Pleads Guilty
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Christopher George McDonald plead guilty, in front of D.C. Superior Court Judge Craig Iscoe, to assaulting and threatening a group of...
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Snow Impact
While most of the Washington area was checking the time for the next snowball fight or their fridge to see how much milk was left...
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Meet Carol and Brandy: “The Amazing Race 16” will feature lesbian couple from Los Angeles [video]
”The Race is an amazing opportunity to go travel with Brandy for several week, and to see new places, and experience new things, and have...
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Oprah features transgender lesbian filmmaker Kim Reed [video]
”I was this perfect guy in some ways, but I was just trying to overcompensate to be successful at this male thing… I thought it...
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A Judicial Outing?
The judge hearing a trial over whether Proposition 8 in California is constitutional ''is himself gay,'' according to a column that ran in this past...
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Designer Alexander McQueen found dead; Takes own life after mother dies [video]
”On behalf of Lee McQueen’s family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand...
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Street-Level Soiree
Things have changed for The Center, the area's LGBT community center, since moving to its new location at 1810 14th St. NW at the beginning...
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Neighborhood Investment
This year Brother Help Thyself (BHT) is giving more than $120,000 to 27 different organizations -- but its annual Grants Award Reception, originally scheduled for...
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Voices of Experience
From Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), many substantial questions raised at last week's hearing regarding...
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Push for Parity
The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus last week made a fresh push for immigration equality in a letter to five national leaders. In the Feb. 2...
