News + Politics
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Professional Rubgy player, Gareth Thomas, comes out gay
“It is the toughest, most macho of male sports, and with that comes an image. In many ways, it is barbaric, and I could never...
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Fenty Signs D.C. Marriage Bill
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty joined about 200 people, including his parents and several prominent LGBT leaders and D.C. councilmembers, at All Souls Unitarian Church, Friday...
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Heat for a Hero
With a weekend snowstorm headed to the District -- a city not celebrated for its snow-worthiness -- many Washingtonians were likely preoccupied Friday, Dec. 18,...
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BBC apologizes for provocative title of show discussing Uganda law, gay killings
”Should homosexuals face execution?Yes, we accept it is a stark and disturbing question. But this is the reality behind an anti-homosexuality bill being debated on...
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Life Changes
Waiting in line on Monday night to have our photo taken with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House press holiday party, one of...
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Hurtling Toward Hope
With the new year and new decade approaching, I realized I hadn't indulged in much retrospection. Then, standing in line at the grocery store, I...
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Center Meets the Street
The Center, the area's LGBT community center, is about to trade its third-floor perch above 14th and L Streets NW for a new home at...
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How Marriage Happened
This week, the D.C. City Council voted 11-2 to legalize marriages between same-sex couples. This is a milestone for the LGBT movement for a number...
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Bitter Aftertaste: DC’s gay marriage opponents plan to use Congress as blockade [video]
”We will fight you in the courts, we will fight you in the Congress. We will not let you win.” Anthony Evans, preacher of the...
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Gay Federal Employees Closer to Benefits
On Wednesday morning, Dec. 16, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee favorably reported the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act out of committee...
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Shocking news video: Gay video star dies as he struggles with police [video]
“We was(sic) trying to pull whatever he had in his mouth back out of his mouth…. Obviously, he was resisting and trying to prevent us...
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Final Vote Victory
The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 passed its second reading during a City Council legislative meeting Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 15,...
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Congress Rolling Back Riders
Time and again over the past decades, the District has been held back from implementing measures that some in Congress don't like, from needle-exchange programs...
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Center Makes a Move
The Center, the area's LGBT community center, is about to trade its third-floor perch above 14th and L Streets NW for a new home at...
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Coalition of No Consent
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier's ongoing agenda of reconfiguring the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) has raised a number of...
