News + Politics
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White House asks Census Bureau to do 180 on exclusion of same-sex marriage data
From the Wall Street Journal: The White House said Thursday it was seeking ways to include same-sex marriages, unions and partnerships in 2010 Census data,...
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Tammy Baldwin: President was limited by Congress on extension of gay benefits
” require an act of Congress — a change in the law in order to grant those benefits. The President signed a limited, but...
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Bitter loser Harry Jackson files lawsuit to force referendum against gay marriage in DC
”We are not going to sit by and allow an unelected board of bureaucrats to deny voters their rightful say on this issue and, by...
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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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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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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 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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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...
