News + Politics
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President Obama, Lady Gaga, Cast of ‘Glee’ to attend HRC Dinner in DC, Oct 10
”We are honored to share this night with President Obama, who has called upon our nation to embrace LGBT people as brothers and sisters… It...
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Death reported at location of DC’s gay ”Men’s Parties”
”At this point there doesn’t appear to be any foul play, nothing of criminal intent.” Inspector Jacob Kishter of the DC Police Department as quoted...
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Lesbian nominee for EEOC commissioner, Chai Feldblum, is latest target of right-wing’s blasting machine
”A law professor nominated by President Obama to become a commissioner for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was a signatory to a radical 2006 manifesto...
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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...
