News + Politics
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“Honor killing” of gay activist in Istanbul puts spotlight on Turkey’s attitudes toward homosexuality
“I think it is important that people, that this fact, that a father can kill his son, simply because of his sexual orientation. That is...
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Fierce Words, Little Power
SAN FRANCISCO – President Barack Obama's name keeps coming up during the trial challenging the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban. Wednesday, attorneys defending Proposition...
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Second Southeast Homicide
Two more people within the local LGBT community have been killed since Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) held its last public meeting in November....
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Motion Denied
A D.C. Superior Court judge rejected a motion to dismiss two charges against the three gay men facing charges in the death of Robert Wone,...
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Strangely Familiar
With the capture of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat — sorry, I mean the people of Massachusetts' Senate seat — by Republican Scott Brown, Washington is...
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Alexandria Effort
In the ongoing fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the big news recently was the partnership announced Jan. 12 between the District and...
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Mister Matt
Already building his reputation as the community-conscientious Mr. Capital Pride Leather 2009, Matt Bamford now has a new title: Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2010. He was...
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Unpacking the Numbers
As a survivor of violence and a lesbian trans woman in a world that treats my identity as delusional or deceptive, I understand fear. I...
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Meanwhile, in Senegal
The global outcry against Uganda's ''Anti-Homosexuality Bill'' could not be more deafening. Opponents of the legislation have condemned the effort not just to put gays...
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Financial Ally to Evil
Televangelist Pat Robertson's claim that the Haitian earthquake was divine retribution for a two-century-old pact with the devil, even as he purported to raise relief...
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Focus on the Family buys ad time on the Super Bowl
“There are folks who ideologically disagree with Focus on the Family in some areas… we don’t anticipate any trouble.” Focus on the Family spokesperson...
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Following the Facts
SAN FRANCISCO -- Testimony in the Proposition 8 trial Tuesday began with emotional testimony by San Diego's Republican Mayor Jerry Sanders and ended with a...
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NJ Senator Sean Kean under fire: Boasted of “gay friends” & “gayest District,” then voted against same-sex marriages [video]
”…When gay people move into the community, do the property values go down, and the neighborhood turn to garbage? Well, no, just the opposite happens,...
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Malawi government proceeds with prosecution of male couple for having gay marriage ceremony
”Our laws criminalise homosexuality and what the two did was clearly breaking the laws of Malawi…. As a government we cannot interfere in the court...
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Gay bashing cartoon controversy leads to resignation of student paper’s editor
There has been an update to this story — click here to read more from the editor and the campus reaction. ”A miscommunication between another...
