News + Politics
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Catania says enough sponsors to pass “Civil Marriage Act” allowing gay marriage in Washington, DC
”For me, I have to be honest, it’s a particularly satisfying point in time to have a community and the council that is so committed...
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Alan Turing, gay computer scientist, receives apology from UK Prime Minister 55 years after suicide
”Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to say that, without...
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Women’s track star, Semenya, receives feminizing makeover; Tests reveal her to have both male and female sex traits
”There certainly is evidence Semenya is a hermaphrodite. But the trouble is the IAAF now have the whole ANC and the whole of South Africa...
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Gays in Washington state give up petition battle; Judge will not release names of signers
”Washington Families Standing Together announced Wednesday night that the group won’t appeal Tuesday’s ruling on Referendum 71 by Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee…....
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Washington CityPaper tries to bring “Ex-Gays” out of the closet
”My move to the suburbs was strictly the spirit of the Lord operating in my life. Even though I was a heathen then, I know...
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Anti-gay California lawmaker resigns; caught boasting about cheating on wife with lobbyist [video]
“Even as he resigns in shame, former California Assemblymember Michael Duvall is wallowing in hypocrisy. While engaging in extra-marital affairs, he used ‘family values’ as...
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Lies! South Carolina’s Republican Senator Joe Wilson has history of anti-gay votes
Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 13, 2007) Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Nov 13, 2007) Voted...
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Robert McDonnell runs from own record: Virginia’s Republican candidate calls anti-gay statements from 2003 irrelevent
”It is 100 percent irrelevant in this race. What’s relevant in this race is what the records of the candidates are on issues that the...
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Meet Dan and Sam McMillen: Gay brothers compete on 15th ”Amazing Race” [video]
”Being gay and Christian, we find that we constantly have to defend ourselves. And so it would be nice to get this out there. And...
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Ellen Degeneres to replace Paula Abdul on ”American Idol”
”Guess what? Go ahead… nope… keep guessing… Okay, I’ll just tell you–I’m gonna be the new judge on American Idol!” Comedian, talk show host, and...
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CTA Serves for SMYAL
Proceeds from the 17th annual Capital Classic Tournament, Sept. 12-14, will benefit the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League, the Capital Tennis Association (CTA) has announced....
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Focus on Homophobia
''People should come expecting some solutions,'' Sampson McCormick says of the upcoming ''Town Hall on Homophobia in the Black Community.'' ''They should come expecting to...
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Biking for a Breakthrough
Dr. Yuntao Wu felt so inspired by last year's first ''NYCDC AIDS Ride'' benefiting his team's research on HIV/AIDS at George Mason University, that he...
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Commonwealth Countdown
Three statewide offices and all 100 seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for grabs come Nov. 3, in what political activists are...
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I the People
When Mildred and Richard Loving were fighting Virginia for the right to be married though being of different races, a respectable judge in the commonwealth...
