News + Politics
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God’s latest brouhaha: Lutherans to accept non-celibate gays for ordination
”On Friday, I just felt like this was a great dream and I’d wake up and it won’t be real. This morning, especially right after...
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Tastee Diner in Maryland asked lesbian couple to leave after embracing
”I had my arms around her, and she had her arms around me…. I turned around, and I looked at him, and I said, ‘Are...
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New flight security rules may create extra baggage for Transgender passengers
”Beginning August 15, 2009, all domestic flight passengers will also be required to provide the airlines with their birth date and gender…. This potentially becomes...
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Obama Justice Department adds liaison to gay community, Matt Nosanchuk
”Among his primary duties, Matt will help manage the Division’s Criminal Section and pursue key policy priorities. He will represent the Division in many capacities,...
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Political Split
Four months after being fired from his post as the director of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation -- the highest openly gay appointee...
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North and South
After five years housed in Silver Spring, Equality Maryland has returned to its ''hometown,'' Baltimore. “The move back to Baltimore is a strategic one, part...
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NOM's New HQ
If you missed the ''Gathering Storm'' ads on TV, there's still a good chance you caught the parody on YouTube. Whichever version you may have...
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Masterstroke
From calendars to river clean-ups, the DC Strokes Rowing Club has consistently made waves as part of the area's GLBT community. Last weekend, at the...
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Screenings at Shakespeare
Organizers of the 19th annual Reel Affirmations Film Festival, running Oct. 15 to 24, announced this week that the upcoming event’s main venue will be...
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Ripeness Is All
Equality California (EQCA) is not sitting back and waiting in the struggle to regain marriage equality in the Golden State. They are “ready and committed...
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15-year-old gay teen severely beaten by two in Michigan after coming out gay [video]
”Swelling, bruising, fractures, a busted lip — stuff like that…. They did not break my spirit. I’m still standing today. And I’m still who I...
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Jared Polis meets Stephen Colbert, out comes Colorado, being gay and a beer bong [video]
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Even Better-er Know a District – Colorado’s 2nd – Jared Polis www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes...
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Gay ”Survivor,” Richard Hatch, says he was sent to prison because he’s gay [video]
” I was treated fine . I was never assaulted…. I know, without question, that there are personal issues involved...
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Transgender thief used women’s clothes, appearance to “conceal his identity” claim Maryland police
”This man was dressing up to conceal his identity, and in this case he specifically resisted with force, using a chemical mace weapon to defeat...
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Protest erupts as Anchorage’s new mayor vetoes hard-fought gay equality ordinance
”We didn’t seem to find any homeless people that were homeless because they’re gay or lesbian, or folks that were denied loans because they’re gay...
