News + Politics
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Not-So-Gay Divorcee: Texas man says gay legal groups offered no help, only negative feedback
“I’m not sure that we really knew what to expect. But there is a Full Faith Credit law that says, ‘If you have a legal...
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Catania Debuts Marriage-Equality Bill
As promised, Councilmember David Catania (I-At large) today introduced the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009, seeking to bring marriage equality...
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National Security Adviser on military’s gay ban: Obama intending, Defense Dept. preparing, “appropriate time” waiting
”The President has an awful lot on his desk. I know this is an issue that he intends to take on at the appropriate time....
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Britt Returns
Kevin Britt Jr., a 23-year-old gay resident of Hyattsville, Md., reported missing Sept. 22 by his partner, Elias Fishburne, has returned, apparently unharmed. While the...
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Student, now grown, defends past of Obama’s Safe Schools appointee; proves he was not underage
”In 1988, I had taken a bus home for the weekend, and on the return trip met someone who was also gay. The next day,...
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Texas court to grant gay divorce in a state that bans gay marriage
”Some have called for this to be a day of victory or a cause for celebration. It is actually a day of great personal sadness...
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DC’s Eleanor Holmes Norton backs Same-Sex Marriage bill
”Although opposition by some in the House already has been announced, I believe Congress will and should defeat opposition to gay marriage rights in the...
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Obama’s Safe Schools director regrets advising gay student on relationship with older man
”Twenty-one years later I can see how I should have handled the situation differently. I should have asked for more information and consulted legal or...
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DC Council’s David Catania introducing gay & lesbian marriage equality bill Tuesday, October 6
”We are going to do it now. We are going to do it now, not for ourselves, but for the young people who are 20...
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Door open or door closed? NPR discusses lives of young gay kids
”I blew up – because he came out saying I’m bisexual, and for all the conversations that we had had about, you know, are you...
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Diversity's Dinosaurs
Scratch a homophobe and you find a religious bigot. Robert Knight of Coral Ridge Ministries, responding on Townhall.com to the Muslim prayer gathering last Friday...
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The Doctor is Out
Just when it might seem that adding one more component in any way related to health care might lead the District to some kind of...
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Games Over
It could have happened in Washington. But on Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) announced from Cologne, Germany, that Washington and Boston...
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Cleveland celebrates winning bid for Gay Games 2014 [video]
”We are going to be put on an international stage now, not just national, not just state-wide, but international. And people are gonna know us...
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East Cleveland Mayor loses election after crossdressing photos emerge [video]
”It’s kind of a bittersweet situation for me, we worked hard … we brought open government back to East Cleveland, we got the water rates...
