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Queer on Campus
It was not so long ago that a gay-friendly campus was one harboring a frat house that would allow a guy with an earring. Today,...
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University of Maryland: Terrapins Meet ''Golden Girls''
GETTING INVOLVED with your university's LGBT group is ''just one of those things you do when you get in college,'' says Natalia Cuadra-Saez. The 20-year-old...
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University of the District of Columbia: Community for Commuters
IT ISN'T LIKE most universities in the area, The University of the District of Columbia -- within the District, it is the only public institution...
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Howard University: Acronyms Full of Equality
IN OCTOBER 2008, BLAGOSAH celebrated not only the group's eight-year anniversary, but a resurgence after a few years of a sort of slumber. What was...
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Georgetown University: Pride and Jesuits
THERE'S RARELY AN upside to a hate crime, though Georgetown University may be that rare exception. In the fall of 2007, a season in which...
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George Washington University: Showing Pride On Campus and Off
WHEN MARRIAGE EQUALITY hit the District on March 3, George Washington University was at the forefront. Among the first same-sex couples to wed at D.C....
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George Mason University: Chalk It Up to Pride
WHEN VIRGINIA ATTORNEY General Ken Cuccinelli showed up at George Mason University's law school in Arlington last month for a speech, about 50 students and...
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Gallaudet University: Signs of Pride
EARLIER THIS MONTH, Gallaudet University made headlines when news spread that the D.C. college for the deaf was planning a production of Terrence McNally's Corpus...
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Catholic University of America: Righteous Awakening
DON'T LOOK FOR an LGBT-student resource center on the Catholic University of America campus in Northeast D.C. And don't look for any official student group...
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American University: Nirvana Off Nebraska
AT THE INTERSECTION of Massachusetts and Nebraska Avenues, in the far northwest reaches of the District, sits a campus hard to beat when it comes...
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Mistrial in Memphis: Lone juror won’t convict police officer in case of brutality against transgender woman [video]
Five witnesses testified the attack was unprovoked. Enough to convince all but one juror McRae was guilty of violating Johnson’s civil rights. “Talking about taking...
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Bisexual is not gay enough? Softball players sue gay sports organization for discrimination
”This case is just about treating everybody in the community equally … and not interrogating folks about whether they’re gay enough to play.” Melanie Rowen...
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Casper, Wyoming officials will do nothing about “Gay = Death” grafitti
”We don’t have an ordinance that prohibits you from having graffiti. If you get caught painting, that’s one thing, but it doesn’t preclude you from...
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Don't Wait, Don't Stop
''I remember these two gentlemen,'' D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Richard Ringell said. ''Mr Choi, he saluted me. It's the only time I've been saluted.''...
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Lt. Dan Choi, Mara Boyd and Autumn Sandeen at D.C. Courthouse [video]
Six former or current LGBT servicemembers who were arrested at a White House protest on Tuesday, April 20, were released from jail on Wednesday after...
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Robbery at Nellie's
Doug Schantz, owner of Nellie's Sports Bar at 900 U St. NW, was robbed at gunpoint around 1 p.m. Monday, April 19, by two men....
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President Obama to hecklers: Holler at those opposed to repeal of gay-excluding ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” [video]
”We are — we are going to do that! Hey, hold on a second. We are going to do that…. Here we go. All right....
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Protest Coverage Cut Short [UPDATED]
Reporters expect to have occasional fights over access. It comes with the job. But, it's unlikely reporters expected the literal pushback they faced on Tuesday...
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Gay sports bar robbed at gunpoint in DC
”Police Alert- ROBBERY (GUN) ESTABLISHMENT_NELLY’S SPORTS BAR: 900 U ST NW: 2B/M’S LAST SEEN IN A WHITE VEH UNKNOW MAKE AND MODEL DO NOT TAKE...
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Singer David Archuleta: I did not know it was a [gay] party club!
Online conversation via Twitter: DavidaRCHIE:Hey guys just wanted to clear something up real quick lol. Last night in New York I got invited to go...
