News + Politics
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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...
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Anti-gay discriminators’ lives disintegrating: Karl Rove divorces again, Iris Robinson mentally ill
”Karl Rove and his wife, Darby, were granted a divorce last week…. There will be no further comment, and the family requests that its privacy...
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Malwai gay couple arrested after marriage ceremony
”Homesexuality is illegal in Malawi such that the two if convicted will spend a maximum of 14 years in prison with hard labour.” Davie Chingwalu,...
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Meet Sharon Lubinski: First gay U.S. Marshal approved by US Senate
”It is the pinnacle of my career to be able to take many years of law enforcement experience and take it to the federal level…....
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Gay men marry in Argentina and Malawi
”As a couple, we have been dreaming with getting married for a long time…. We were aware [that Governor Fabiana RÃÂÂos is strongly in favor...
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Energy vs. Experience: DC gay group revises focus over bus controversy; Ads removed tonight anyway
”We posted the draft letter in the spirit of organizational transparency, to raise public awareness about the ads and to encourage community feedback on the...
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Murder in Southeast
The Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that Anthony James Perkins, a 29-year-old Southeast resident and ''member of the LGBT community,'' was found dead, shot inside...
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Step Back in Time: Gays, Holidays and Stressful Family Roles
”You have all the built-up family expectations and the mythology of the holidays, you have the regular family drama, plus this…. There’s this added tension...
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Uh, duh: Entertainment Weekly thinks 45-year-old ”Rudolf” animation seems like a gay allegory
”The 1964 Rankin-Bass animated classic Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer has been my favorite Christmas special ever since I was a boy, sitting on our yellow...
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Anti-gay ad on DC Metro buses tests gay community’s definitions of free speech
Photo by David Uy / MetroWeekly.com “Let the People Vote on Marriage.“ Content of an advertisement currently appearing on the side of DC’s WMATA buses....
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Financial Aid
Northern Virginia's largest provider of HIV/AIDS care services, Inova Juniper Program, was recently granted more than $250,000 from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, an insurance provider for...
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History's Hobby
If history has a hobby, it's making those who assume to know its course look foolish. At the close of the last decade, somewhat weary...
