News + Politics
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Anti-gay Republicans in Congress trample on DC’s home rule: 39 sign on to force referendum
”It is ironic that nearly all of the 39 representatives and senators that signed the brief have done everything in their power before to deny...
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Judge rules Proposition 8 gay marriage case to be posted on YouTube, not live
”I always thought that if people could see how the judiciary really works, they would take a somewhat different view of it.” Chief U.S. District...
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Free To Be
The recent advertisement on Metrobuses calling for a referendum to repeal the District's hard-won legislation guaranteeing marriage equality was many things. It was an egregious...
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Coming Out Conservative
In mid-February thousands of conservatives will descend on D.C. for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference -- better known as CPAC -- the premiere political...
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Feedback Farrago
One of the interesting sidelights of being a writer and activist is the correspondence I receive. So I spent a few hours on a wintry...
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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...
