News + Politics
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Devil in the Details
SAN FRANCISCO -- There is nothing like turning an opponent's own words against him to both rile his emotions and destroy his position, and that...
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A Nation's Priorities
Noting that one in 10 Americans are without work and that millions will lose their health insurance this year, President Barack Obama gave his first...
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A Higher Education
Citing “relentless harassment and discrimination” and “life-threatening violence” faced by students “based on their sexual orientation,” U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) today introduced the Student...
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Lots of Argument, No Proof
SAN FRANCISCO – In the waning hours of the historic trial challenging the constitutionality of a state ban on same-sex marriage, the federal courtroom in...
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Mean-Streets Memories
Vicki Wagner and Justin Reed Early met in another lifetime. It was 30 years ago in Seattle that she was working as an outreach coordinator...
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GLOV Rain Check
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence's (GLOV) planned open-house forum to air LGBT community concerns about the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), slated for Feb. 3, has...
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No More Delays
Back in the mid-1980s, with the Cold War still peaking and the idea of the fall of the Soviet Union no more than a utopian...
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Ally Beats Enemy
It's been a year – just a year, mind you – that Barack Obama has served as 44th president of the U.S. He's the first...
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The Time Is Now
For 17 years, the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' (DADT) law has been a major barrier on the road to equality for the 65,000 gay and...
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Murder motive: Rent. NYC man found stabbed at home; Gay lover nabbed in Vermont
”A few days turned into a few weeks. A few weeks turned into a month. A month turned into two…. This weekend is when John...
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Stories of Uganda
Saying that ''the bill has increased fear among all of us --especially sexual minorities -- and among everyone who believes in respect for diversity in...
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Power Outage
SAN FRANCISCO – Defenders of Proposition 8, the 2008 initiative that amended California's constitution to ban same-sex marriage, began their effort Monday to defend the...
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Prop 8 Supporters to Make Their Case
SAN FRANCISCO – Today begins Day 10, Week 3 of the federal trial challenging the constitutionality of California's ban on same-sex marriages, Proposition 8. The...
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Loudoun Co., VA Supervisor Delgaudio blasted for public, anti-transgender remarks [video]
”Regardless of how one may feel about the policy in question, there is no excuse for referring to other human beings as ‘it.”’ Jim Burton,...
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Anti-gay marriage Senator John McCain reminds America that he’s the elected one in the family
”Senator McCain respects the views of members of his family. The Senator strongly supported the effort to successfully pass Arizona Proposition 102, the Marriage Protection...
