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  • Ben & Jerry’s ice cream “Hubby Hubby” celebrates gay marriage in Vermont [video]

    ”From the very beginning of our 30 year history, we have supported equal rights for all people. The legalization of marriage for gay and lesbian...

  • Parliamentary Patchwork

    The District government on Friday, Aug. 28, released some points concerning the new laws recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions and eliminating discrimination in...

  • Q Street Questions

    There has been confusion and there have been endless questions in the few days since a knife attack left one local woman injured and another...

  • Loser Harry Jackson wants another go-round on gay marriage in DC

    ”The D.C. City Council has stated that their intention is to redefine marriage by going beyond recognizing homosexual marriage to allow them to be performed...

  • The Kids Are All Right

    It's been about six months since Andrew Barnett was appointed executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League -- though he's been filling the...

  • Tastee Tempest

    Ford and Brown at the Tastee Diner in Silver Spring It was a special night at Silver Spring's Tastee Diner. The patrons, about 50 of...

  • Tea Time

    The express is about to hit the road. That's the Tea Party Express, departing Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 28, concluding in D.C. on Saturday, Sept....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Maryland’s first Muslim legislator speaks out in support of gay marriage [audio]

    ”I expect some day people will look back at this fight for equality like we now look back on oddly antiquated anti-miscegenation laws. I’m proud...

  • For Goodness Sykes

    Wanda Sykes is power-walking. At least that's what I think she's doing. I hear birds chirping in the background, and once during our conversation she...

  • Swimming for Scholarship

    Clayton Miller did not exactly leap at the opportunity to apply for a scholarship for out gay athletes. While students will often jump through all...

  • Milestone Medals

    The White House has announced that President Obama will soon award the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to legendary gay-rights activist...

  • Citizen Legislator

    Bob Summersgill From childhood, when his father took him to Cape Canaveral to watch the last manned moon launch in 1972, to college when he...