News + Politics
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Move at Metro
Marcel Acosta, a gay Washingtonian, has been appointed to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA, aka Metro) board of directors. The board has equally...
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Shabbaton in the Capital
If the term is new to you, think of the Hebrew shabbaton as roughly a sabbatical or a retreat. It can mean different things to...
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''Raw Sex'' and Rev. Evans
There was no suspense at the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) hearing on Jan. 27, which concerned the proposed referendum on the recently...
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More than Words
We often complain that promises made to our community are ''just words,'' palliatives designed to make us feel that something is being done without any...
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Just the Facts
WHAT: On Tuesday, Feb. 2, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced a ''high-level working group'' within the Department of Defense to review ''the issues associated...
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Tyra Banks interviews transgender Elementary School children [video]
”When I was a little baby, I always used to be a girl. But my mom and dad didn’t know that. So, I couldn’t talk...
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Colin Firth nominated for Oscar for playing gay in “A Single Man” [video]
”If you’re known as a straight guy, playing a gay role, you get rewarded for that. If you’re a gay man and you want to...
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Crawford's Calling
Michael Crawford, co-founder of DC for Marriage and chair of the organization during its fight for marriage equality in the District, is taking his work...
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Gay military ban to be repealed says President Obama; meanwhile 428 discharged in 2009 [video]
“Abroad, America’s greatest source of strength has always been our ideals. The same is true at home. We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing...
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“Mass Effect 2” allows hot girl-on-girl action, but none for the gay boys? [video]
”There are a bunch of gay and gay-friendly gamers who are posting topics about why male/male romances (because, of course, they have female/female) were deliberately...
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RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 2 (preview): Drag queen competition becomes “Untucked” on Monday [video]
”Twelve new queens arrive to compete for the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar. In the premiere episode, the queens must reinvent their drag looks...
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Family Feud
Full Equality Now DC (FENDC), a group evolved from the local host committee of October's National Equality March, are turning their activist aim at The...
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CBS fumbles with rejection of two gay ads during Superbowl, yet accepts conservative group’s ad [video]
”CBS Standards and Practices has reviewed your proposed Super Bowl ad and concluded that the creative is not within the Network’s Broadcast Standards for Super...
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Juvenile Charged in Southeast Murder
An arrest has been made in connection with the January murder of Gordon Rivers. ''On the afternoon of Thursday, January 28, 2010, a 17-year-old male...
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Marriage, Monogamy and the Gays: Is it really a non-issue? [video]
”With straight people, it’s called affairs or cheating, but with gay people it does not have such negative connotations.” Colleen Hoff, principal investigator of a...
