News + Politics
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Allies Before Animosity
The No on 1 campaign lost despite a strong effort because too many Maine voters were persuaded that marriage equality would require teaching schoolchildren about...
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One Man's Mark
During his final days Larry Stansbury didn't quite resemble the dedicated community activist and organizer so many in the D.C. area remember. Lying in a...
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Religious Expulsion: You can’t fire me! God wants me to harass sinful, deviant, married lesbians
”I found it offensive that she repeatedly brought it up…. I felt God wanted me to express how I felt about the matter…. I said,...
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Meet Annise Parker: Candidate may be first out gay Mayor of Houston, TX
”My family appears with me everywhere. My life partner appears with me everywhere but this race is about who can do the best job as...
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Domestic Developments: Unmarried gays may benefit from Health Care Bill
”Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, who proposed the change, said it would ‘correct a longstanding injustice, end a blatant inequity in the tax code...
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Gay father handcuffed, family detained and banned from all Wal-Mart stores for NOT shoplifting?
”They asked if I had Bic lighters. I said, ‘Yes,’ and handed them over,” Paolucci said. “Then they asked if I had a receipt. I...
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Poll says: California voters dislike idea of battling over gay marriage again in 2010
”Overall, 51% of California voters favored marriage rights for same-sex couples and 43% were opposed. Strikingly, however, almost 60% of Californians did not want to...
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Latest ”South Park” episode overflowing with gay slur; GLAAD unnerved
”We’re not referring to gay people. You can be gay and not be a fag.” — Kyle trying to explain why he and his friends...
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Maggie Gallagher, head of NOM, attends pro-gay marriage rally in DC; still supports Carrie Prejean [video]
Washington, D.C. — A protest rally held in Dupont Circle tonight brought together same-sex marriage supporters who say they were angered by yesterday’s vote to...
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Dupont Circle protest of Maine marriage setback unleashes gay anger, builds hope for DC [video]
”We should also be celebrating what happened in Kalamazoo, and also celebrating what happened in Washington where pro-LGBT referendums passed in both those places. That’s...
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GAYS LOSE MAINE MARRIAGE! (53-47%)
MAINE: (with 98% reported)REJECT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW?Yes = 52.78%No = 47.22%’ The latest tally from Bangor Daily News on the anti-gay referendum known as Question...
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Suddenly settled: Carrie Prejean walks away from lawsuit, gets ”nothing” after ”XXX home video” emerges?
”Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials — that is, until the lawyer for...
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Gone Too Soon
As a child, Brian Picone would run around in the park winding his arm like a propeller. ''Brian was a force of nature,'' Picone's father...
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Community Mourns Stansbury
Longtime gay activist Larry Stansbury, 61, died Saturday, Oct. 31, following a weeks-long struggle at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the District. Stansbury (Photo...
