News + Politics
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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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Cupcakes for a Cause
Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care Inc., a local nonprofit group assisting children and families affected by HIV/AIDS, has announced a fundraising partnership with Georgetown Cupcake to mark...
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Move for One in Ten Murray
Margaret Murray, executive director of One in Ten, the area's nonprofit organization responsible for the annual Reel Affirmations LGBT film festival every October and a...
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Battle of the Ban
In August of 2008, Ron MacInnis, a gay Petworth resident working in HIV policy and prevention, grabbed headlines speaking at the 17th International AIDS Conference...
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Leading By Example
Before wrapping up his Nov. 2 testimony in favor of the marriage-equality bill the City Council is considering, Andrew Hertzberg got down on one knee...
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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...
