News + Politics
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell Â… Don't Vote?
When asked about equality advocates' concern that a moratorium on enforcement of the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy would put off a vote on...
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Conservatively Speaking
I believe it's important to acknowledge when we're wrong about our assumptions or expectations, so I should point out that when GOProud initially announced its...
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Step Back
“In the commonwealth of Virginia, if you were to say to your boss, ‘I’m gay,’ your boss could look at you now and say, ‘You...
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Johnny Weir doesn’t want an apology, but he would like people to think before they speak, thank you very much
“I want them to think before they speak. I want them to think about not only the person they’re talking about, but also other people...
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Marine Corps commandant on DADT repeal: concern about military readiness becoming “secondary to the discussion”
“That’s what they have been built to do under the current construct and I would argue that we’ve done a pretty good job bringing that...
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Maryland to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages “as of right now”
“State agencies in Maryland will recognize out-of-state gay marriages as of right now. … It’s not that foreign of a concept, I mean, it’s just people,...
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Shticks and Stones
There's the old Woody Allen joke about how being bisexual can double your chances of getting a date. It's not terribly funny, but it gets...
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Debunking the ''Myths'' of DADT
In an unusual display of allied cooperation, a dozen organizations – including the Human Rights Campaign, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Servicemembers Legal Defense...
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The Army Speaks UPDATED
In a blow to those seeking a moratorium on enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy, both Secretary of the Army John McHugh...
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Va. ''Ex-lesbian'' UPDATED
A family court judge in Vermont Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of former lesbian Lisa Miller who disappeared with the child she once...
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DADT Repeal Gathers Steam on Hill
A week that already was shaping up to be a busy one for the efforts to repeal the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' military policy took...
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GOProud Goes Big at CPAC
The people stopping by to talk were mostly young, almost exclusively white and unabashedly conservative. Almost all, however, were just as excited to be welcoming...
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A Gay New Yorker in the CPAC Court
Craig Held is a junior at Pace University in New York City. He's openly gay – and openly Republican, which he presents as more of...
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Obama Health Care Proposal Leaves Out the Gay
President Obama released a new health care reform proposal Monday that he says incorporates work done in the House and Senate and adds ideas from...
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Local gay man suing D.C. for right to carry firearms
“I did not say anything witty or clever…. In the movies, they say something very clever. I just said, ‘If you come closer, I will...
