News + Politics
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Fighting Words
Pay attention to the sides of Metrobuses these days and you're bound to see advertisements promoting exotic vacation destinations, local news channels or Alvin and...
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''Ex-gay'' Mother Disappears with Daughter
In a long-running interstate dispute, an ''ex-lesbian'' in Virginia failed to show up last Friday to transfer custody of her 7-year-old daughter to the woman's...
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Southeast Slaying
The Metropolitan Police Department is asking the local LGBT community for any information about Anthony James Perkins. Perkins, a 29-year-old gay man, was found dead...
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Madness and Marriage
Some think of Christmas as a magical time of year. With all the school pageants, costumes and make-believe, it's definitely full of theatrics. Two weeks...
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HRC complaint: “David Letterman Show” joke about transgender “panic” encourages prejudice [video]
”In a skit during Letterman’s opening monologue, the host announced Simpson’s historic appointment and revealed that she is transgender, displaying a photograph of her. The...
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Women commit hate crimes: Gay man robbed, lesbian stabbed in two separate attacks in Buffalo, NY [video]
”I hope the police catch the woman who stabbed me. I want to sit in front of her and ask her how and why you...
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Last Rights: Rhode Island defeats Governor Carcieri’s veto of funeral planning rights for gays
”Not being able to claim his body was certainly something that was beyond belief, was beyond human compassion from anyone. There was just no compassion...
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Gay man gets harrassed, busted up at Santa Cruz bar which then bans him
”Right in front of the Blue Lagoon, the person started yelling ‘fag’ at me… I turned to the person and I said, ‘You know what?...
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Malawi gay/trans couple beaten in jail, breaking up after public marriage ceremony?
”I love the way he talked, the way he loved me…. Well, I was drunk. I guess I wanted to be famous but I am...
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Craig Dean, former DC resident, wants back in spotlight & District’s first gay marriage certificate
”They owe me a marriage license…. He was really holding on in the hopes that we would win…. Whether it became legal or not, he...
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Washington’s gay neighborhood changed minds of MTV ”Real World DC” cast [video]
”The diversity of the area, in all ways. And I had never known many gay people, so living in the area changed me and made...
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NJ Judge rules against gay couple in custody dispute: Sister surrogate recognized as mother
”The surrogacy contract is based on principles that are directly contrary to the objectives of our laws. It guarantees the separation of a child from...
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Meet Amanda Simpson: President Obama appoints transgender woman as Advisor
”I’m truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me. And at the same time,...
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Gay professor stabbed to death at Indiana home: Ex-marine confesses, but claims sexual assault [video]
”Mr. Griffin states that when he went to confront Mr. Belton about the two sexual assaults, he felt that Mr. Belton was not in any...
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Prop 8 Updates: Anti-gay foes fear TV trial, a Republican lesbian, and poor Rick Warren running out of money
do object, citing that the exposure will subject witnesses and litigants to the “potential for intimidation” and that perhaps the “right...
