News + Politics
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Lights, Camera, Inaction
We are a nation that likes to watch, be it hundreds of cable channels filled with talking heads, YouTube videos of cute kids and keyboard...
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Continuing Education
Particularly around the holidays, we are ceaselessly implored to have conversations with our families about our sexual orientation. Ditch that reindeer sweater for a Task...
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On Being First
''Being the first sucks,'' Amanda Simpson, one of the first openly trans appointments to a federal government position, told ABC News. ''I'd rather not be...
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Marriage Nears the Finish Line
The passage of the marriage equality bill by D.C. City Council on December 15 and signing of the bill by Mayor Adrian Fenty later that...
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Here’s the Pitch: A conservative lawyer uses Hollywood money to battle in court for gay marriage rights! [video]
”Ted Olson joining our team and deciding to spearhead the legal effort has given us an opportunity to basically say, ”This is not a partisan...
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'Will & Grace' Shall Set You Free
SAN FRANCISCO – Attorneys defending Proposition 8 in a federal district court tipped their hand Wednesday on how they will try to show that allowing...
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Not Ready for a Close-Up
The U.S. Supreme Court put an end late this afternoon to any question over whether the Proposition 8 federal court trial – already three days...
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Change or Chump? Harold Ford, Tennessee’s anti-gay marriage Democrat, suddenly a gay-supportive NY Senate candidate [video]
”And from the moment I arrived in Congress, I supported civil unions. Like New York’s senior senator, after listening to and participating in the national...
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Gay and Lesbian Award nominees include: Gaga, Glee, Griffin, RuPaul, Behar, Lambert; special for Cynthia Nixon [video]
Among the nominees: Tom Ford’s Golden Globe®-nominated film A Single Man Lee Daniel’s Golden Globe®-nominated film Precious: Based on the...
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Same-sex couple’s marriage is China’s first public gay ceremony
”My sister warned me she would never call me her brother unless I break up with Pan; and I have answered hundreds of phone calls...
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Meet the New Bias, Same as the Old Bias
SAN FRANCISCO – Attorneys challenging the California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage painted the ''Yes on 8'' campaign today as a modern day copycat...
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Dopey Pope alludes gay marriage threatens Creation
”Creatures differ from one another and can be protected, or endangered, in different ways, as we know from daily experience. One such attack comes from...
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No Camera, Lots of Action
SAN FRANCISCO -- The trial to challenge Proposition 8 in federal court got underway Monday in San Francisco but the opening acts were upstaged in...
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Departure at PFLAG
Lindy Perry-Garnette, executive director of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of the Metropolitan Washington DC Area (Metro-D.C. PFLAG) announced Tuesday, Jan. 12...
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Unique case against Proposition 8, for gay marriage to begin; witnesses must testify for first time
”Actually putting witnesses on the stand has never been done before in any lawsuit claiming a right to same-sex marriage…. So this is a very...
