News + Politics
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Police in China squash country’s first gay male “beauty pageant”
”I’d be glad to see proper media attention on our community, but not hype…. I was shocked to find out that some online media put...
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Money Changes Everything?
SAN FRANCISCO – The discussion at the Proposition 8 trial Thursday swung from the economics to mental health. In between, it covered everything from how...
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Judge Sides with City
D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Macaluso ruled this afternoon, Jan. 14, that the initiative sought by Bishop Harry Jackson on behalf of the Stand4Marriage D.C....
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Calling Out Calvary
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church is no stranger to the local gay community. On one hand, church leader Bishop Alfred A. Owens Jr. has a...
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Go Mama! Goes
Noi Chudnoff was the heart of the Go Mama Go! gift shop, and a seemingly inexhaustible ally of the LGBT community. After her death in...
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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...
