News + Politics
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Obama extends some benefits to gay partners of Federal workers [video]
Many of our government’s hard-working and dedicated, and patriotic servants, have long been denied basic rights that their colleagues enjoy — for one simple reason:...
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NBJC Transitions
Since 2003, the National Black Justice Coalition has served as the sole national group whose primary mission is to advocate on behalf of GLBT African...
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Referendum Wrap-Up
Over the past several weeks, Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., has been speaking, rallying and even officiating a...
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Best in Show
Chip Wells can't help but laugh when recalling some of his favorite moments and contestants at the Pride of Pets dog show held annually in...
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Forty-fied
For many adult years, when I imagined hitting my milestone 40th birthday, I pictured a small, chartered boat plying the Aegean Sea, filled with friends,...
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Referendum Rejected
The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (DCBOEE) has rejected a proposed referendum that would subject the District's move to recognize same-sex marriages performed in...
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If I were a boy: Chastity Bono makes female-to-male transition
”Yes, it’s true — Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity.” Publicist Howard Bragman for Chaz...
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Judge Sotomayor’s gay nugget: Supported free expression of gay group … 33 years ago, at college
…For private citizens to try to intimidate the Gay Alliance into silence is a denial of the foundations on which a university is built. No...
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Carrie Prejean loses crown! Donald Trump fires California’s controversial pageant queen after all
”Carrie is a beautiful young woman and I wish her well as she pursues her other interests…. I told Carrie she needed to get back...
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“Butch wing” of Virginia women’s prison designed to stop lesbian sex, relationships
”I heard him say, ‘We’re going to break up some of these relationships, start a boys wing, and we’re going to take all these studs...
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Nickles Says No
D.C. Attorney General Peter J. Nickles issued an opinion today, June 11, advising the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics to reject a proposed referendum...
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Referendum Rumble
The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics this morning, Wednesday, June 10, heard arguments from both sides in a contentious fight regarding recent legislation to...
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Clarification
In the May 28, 2009, issue of Metro Weekly, Jake Nodar, interviewed for the feature ''Out in the Wild,'' stated that he believed himself to...
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Summer Sequel
From Boise to Barcelona, Shanghai to Omaha, June is a full month of GLBT pride celebrations far beyond Washington's own impressive offering. Among them, one...
