All posts tagged "maryland"
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Equality Maryland PAC in Election Mode
Maryland's next general election is well more than a year away, but LGBT groups and their allies are already raising money for candidates committed to...
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No Pain, No Gain
As it becomes clearer every day that there will be no boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and that odds of moving...
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Maryland will not sever ‘Sister City’ status with St. Petersburg over anti-LGBT law
The Maryland deputy secretary of state told Metro Weekly Friday that it has no plans to sever its “sister city” status with St. Petersburg, Russia,...
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The flipside of gay marriage rights: Divorces begin in Minnesota, Colorado
Dawn Tuckner, a Minnesota woman, told Fox 9 that she was married to another woman in Canada back in 2004. Their relationship, however, ended three years ago....
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Russian to Judgment
When traveling abroad, you generally hope to enjoy a cultural experience that lets you know you're not in Kansas anymore. In which case, you should...
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Former Equality Maryland Staffer Seeking Delegate Seat
When it comes to the Maryland General Assembly's LGBT caucus, arguably eight is not enough. While Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.) has been the most...
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Mizeur Makes It Official
When Maryland Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.) announced her candidacy for governor last week, she became the first openly LGBT person to aim for the...
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Heather Mizeur seeking to become Maryland’s first female and nation’s first gay governor
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), who for months has been exploring a potential gubernatorial run, is officially in the race to become the Free State’s...
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Breakthrough EEOC Settlement in Maryland
The national LGBT organizations Freedom to Work and Lambda Legal announced Monday they had reached a settlement with a government contractor based in Maryland on...
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Maryland Del. Dwyer Appealing Sentence
A lawyer for Maryland Del. Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel Co.), one of the General Assembly's most vocal opponents of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage, has...
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Mizeur takes 2nd in Western Maryland Democratic straw poll for governor
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery), one of eight openly LGBT members of the Maryland General Assembly, stunned political observers Saturday by placing second in a straw...
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Maryland Gender-Identity Bill Killed
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee failed Thursday to pass SB 449, the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2013, which would have prohibited discrimination...
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Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay has spring fever
Spring is in the air at the gay-friendly, four-diamond Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort Spa and Marina. The scenic Eastern Shore destination is offering...
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Transgender Testimony
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on SB449 – a bill to prohibit discrimination against transgender and gender-nonconforming people in Maryland in...
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D.C. Is Tops in Gallup's LGBT Tally
An analysis of recent Gallup polls surveying those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender has found the District has the highest percentage in...
