News + Politics
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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...
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A Long Road to Equality
''By not fully asserting ourselves and trying to get the license, we would be agreeing with society that our relationship is less than other marriages.''...
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Deadly dance floor: Gay bar brawl ends in death of gay man in Toledo [video]
”He was such a homebody. This was only the second time this year he went to a bar and this happened to him. He never...
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Searching for Dialogue
It seems that the issue of relations between the LGBT community and the black community has remained contentious. It's even more problematic if you toss...
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Historic Harvest
A blizzard began in Washington on Dec. 18, several hours after Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the marriage-equality bill in historic All Souls Unitarian Church. Nearly...
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Gay newspapers’ troubles revealed in Chicago, Atlanta, DC, …
”The last two to three payrolls, we’ve been having issues from a cash-flow standpoint…. This is a rough week because it’s Christmas too. There’s the...
