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Fierce Words, Little Power
SAN FRANCISCO – President Barack Obama's name keeps coming up during the trial challenging the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban. Wednesday, attorneys defending Proposition...
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Second Southeast Homicide
Two more people within the local LGBT community have been killed since Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) held its last public meeting in November....
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Motion Denied
A D.C. Superior Court judge rejected a motion to dismiss two charges against the three gay men facing charges in the death of Robert Wone,...
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Strangely Familiar
With the capture of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat — sorry, I mean the people of Massachusetts' Senate seat — by Republican Scott Brown, Washington is...
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HRC Action Center & Store
Advocating for equal rights can be a part of your everyday routine with the help of items sold at the Human Rights Campaign's Action Center...
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Alexandria Effort
In the ongoing fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the big news recently was the partnership announced Jan. 12 between the District and...
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Mister Matt
Already building his reputation as the community-conscientious Mr. Capital Pride Leather 2009, Matt Bamford now has a new title: Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2010. He was...
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Unpacking the Numbers
As a survivor of violence and a lesbian trans woman in a world that treats my identity as delusional or deceptive, I understand fear. I...
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Meanwhile, in Senegal
The global outcry against Uganda's ''Anti-Homosexuality Bill'' could not be more deafening. Opponents of the legislation have condemned the effort not just to put gays...
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Financial Ally to Evil
Televangelist Pat Robertson's claim that the Haitian earthquake was divine retribution for a two-century-old pact with the devil, even as he purported to raise relief...
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Mozart Moves
''I love choreography,'' says The Washington Ballet's Jared Nelson, adding with a laugh, ''When I can't kick my legs up anymore, I hope to do...
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Fruit of the Vine
''Sometimes I regret not having a wittier name,'' bemoans drag queen Sherry Vine. ''Unless I tell you the story, doesn't really make any...
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New Blood
What's this: Another chart-topping, pop-culture act centered on vampires? Well, no. Other than its name, the Brooklyn quartet Vampire Weekend has nothing to do with...
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Fitness: Work-Out Wisdom
January is a hot time for gyms, as well it should be. Among the dozen most popular New Year's resolutions compiled by the U.S. government...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: We are shaped by interior landscapes as well as heredity and environment. In that subtle theater where we are most ourselves or more...
