News + Politics
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Gay Baltimore teen raped, stabbed to death in home: Remembrance overflows at church
”And Jason is a part of our heart. We all knew that Jason wanted to be a pediatrician. There was never a question of whether...
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International Action
The stretch of 16th Street in upper Northwest D.C. where the Embassy of Uganda sits usually sees no more commotion than the rush of commuters...
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Open wide! Republican lawmaker doesn’t want gays “stuffing it down my throat”
“I meet with the gays here and there. They were in my house two weeks ago. I don’t mind gays. But I don’t want ’em stuffing...
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Grisly murder of gay Puerto Rican teen raises alarm in US
”We haven’t yet heard one politician or religious leader condemn the brutal killing of this young man and it’s been a week since his body...
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Chaz Bono, Cher’s FTM son: “Feels great” giving public face (and deeper voice) to transgender issues
”I’ve only been on hormone therapy for about eight months now, so there’s been definite changes, and I feel so much more comfortable than I’ve...
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Opinion: Should a Publicly-Funded Charity Serve the Public?
If you receive public funds, should you have to serve the public? That is the question the Catholic Church is now asking itself. It seeks...
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Courting Inequality
As expected, the faction fighting against marriage equality in the District, led by Bishop Harry Jackson of the Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., filed...
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Coverboy Contest: DC’s gay magazine has 41 hot male models who need your vote online
”As an actor, singer and model — who knows his way around a kitchen — 21-year-old Michael is a triple threat and then some.” —...
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“Tennis is ripe for an active player to come out.”
“I still say that tennis is ripe for an active player to come out. It’s an individual sport, so athletes need not worry about homophobic...
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The former Blade’s new DC Agenda
”What was once @WashingtonBlade is now @DCAgenda.” Twitter post from former staff of the now defunct gay newspaper, Washington Blade. It appears to indicate the...
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Washington Post’s faith profile embraces anti-gay, race-baiting Harry Jackson with TLC [video]
”It’s not a mission of hate. It’s a mission to protect godly boundaries…. Some of the smartest people I knew in college were gay…. I...
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Indignant Archidocese of Washington exhibits schizophrenic policies over gay marriage
”It has been my usual experience that people who stridently accuse others of things are themselves often most guilty of the attitudes they most decry...
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Promised Fireworks at Hearing Fizzle
There were expectations that Republicans would challenge openly gay EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum Thursday over some of her writings. Those writings included how non-discrimination laws...
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Gay Judgment Day
It's a gorgeous Sunday. Just about one of the last perfect days of 2009. But am I outside enjoying it? No. And why not? Two...
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Spiking in D.C.
More than 200 volleyball players from around the country, comprising 36 teams, will descend upon Washington next weekend for the 2009 Gay Volleyball Tournament. The...
