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Metro Weekly Reader's Digest
JANUARY Where the GLBT community is concerned, 2007 was a sad year that began -- and ended -- with death. Most months included a notable...
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False Cure
Sharon Kass of Silver Spring, a stranger, is concerned for my welfare. In March 2006 she sent me links to several ''ex-gay'' Web sites. In...
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Last Word
''Men who have sex with men account for almost half of all people estimated to be living with HIV in the United States, and African...
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Last Word
''I am gay and there's no reason to hide it.... It was not a campaign issue. There is not a gay agenda.'' -- Brian Bates,...
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Power in Numbers
The twelve thousand American flags that will decorate the National Mall beginning Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2, represent the many military service members...
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Local Loss
Cornelius R. Alexander Jr., known by friends simply as ''Neil,'' loved football. On Sunday, Nov. 18, however, with the Dallas Cowboys defeating his beloved Redskins,...
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Heroic Exploits
Maybe it was the tights, but something about superheroes fascinated me when I was a little boy. I certainly wasn't alone in this interest. My...
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Red October
Red October used to be a fictional Soviet submarine. This fall it was applied to the heat wave in the eastern United States. I think...
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Past and Present
There's no better time to visit with ABilly S. Jones than during October. One on hand, it's when he celebrates his anniversary with his partner,...
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Leaning Toward Justice
In the 1960s, while confronting segregation, discrimination, obstruction of voting rights and physical violence, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. often borrowed the words of another...
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Last Word
''This bill in its very core is discriminatory towards anyone who disagrees with the homosexual lifestyle.'' -- Ron Prentice, head of the California Family Council,...
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ENDAgate
The principle is simple: Transgenders are human beings who have a right to equal justice under the law. The question -- and it is a...
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Last Word
''It is an absolutely unfair burden. It is a burden no one else is asked to bear, and it is something I will not do.''...
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Last Word
''Moving forward on this bill now will also better serve the ultimate goal of including people who are transgender, than simply accepting total defeat...
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Workplace Warriors
For the first time in its 17-year history, the country's premier conference dealing with issues of workplace equality and GLBT employees is making its way...
