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Sen. Lindsey Graham Backpedals On Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage
In a joint interview with Piers Morgan on CNN last night, three of the Senate’s most visible faces sounded off on same-sex marriage and the...
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Magazine: 2012-12-11 edition (PDF)
Metro Weekly – 12-22-11 – Year in Review by MetroWeekly
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DC Center Gets Reeves Center Home
Home, at last. That's the sentiment of The DC Center's director, David Mariner, after the announcement Tuesday night by Mayor Vincent Gray (D) that the...
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Lay of the Legislative Land
Equality Virginia last month released a scorecard listing where Virginia legislators stand when it comes to anti-LGBT discrimination. Among the specific items on which legislators...
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5 Days of Techmas – A Holiday Gift Guide: Tablets
You might ask why we’re including a gift guide for tablets. Many consumers ignore the choices available to them and walk straight to their nearest...
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Obama Administration Continues Silence on Proposition 8
The White House refused to weigh in Tuesday on the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case challenging California’s Proposition 8. At a press...
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Justice Scalia Defends Anti-Gay Ruling in Texas Sodomy Case
Less than a week after the Supreme Court announced it would weigh in on same-sex marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia defended anti-gay legal opinions he has...
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Supreme Court Showdown
Advocates have been left energized but wary following the Supreme Court's Dec. 7 announcement that it will weigh in on a pair of cases regarding...
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Coverboy: Chad
Move over, Clark Kent. Chad is another tale of two personas. By day, he's the logical, rational, serious researcher at the National Institutes of Health....
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EXCLUSIVE: OutServe-SLDN’s Allyson Robinson First Recipient of Arcus Grants Supporting New Leadership
In a renewed effort to support LGBT-rights organizations, the Arcus Foundation will announce a $50,000 grant today to the country’s largest military LGBT-rights organization in...
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5 Days of Techmas – A Holiday Gift Guide: Smartphones
Smartphones are becoming increasingly integral to our daily routines — running our schedule, talking to our friends, checking our work messages, catching up on the...
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Hate Crimes Against Gays and Lesbians Increase In 2011
Hate crimes against gays and lesbians are on the rise in America, according to the latest report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Released earlier...
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Coverboy of the Year [video]
Who will be the 2012 Coverboy of the year? Watch our trailer to see who the top three finalists are and then visit http://www.metroweekly.com or pick up...
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Setting the Richmond Stage
LGBT rights groups, led by Equality Virginia, the largest such group in the state, are rallying around an antidiscrimination bill ahead of the 2013 legislative...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court To Weigh In On Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear a pair of cases regrarding state and federal same-sex marriage laws, determining the constitutionality of California’s...
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FRC Shooting Case Continued to January
The man accused of shooting a security guard at the D.C. headquarters of the anti-LGBT Family Research Council (FRC), appeared in U.S. District Court Thursday...
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Annapolis Business Drops Weddings
With the start of the new year, same-sex couples will have access to legally sanctioned marriage in Maryland. This comes after the state already recognized...
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Jim DeMint To Leave Senate To Head Conservative Think Tank
Anti-gay Sen. Jim DeMint announced Thursday that he would resign from the Senate to head one of the country’s largest conservative think tanks. The South...
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Wealthy LGBT Americans Urge Support for Obama’s Plan to Avert “Fiscal Cliff”
In a Dec. 5 letter sent to Democratic and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, 24 of the country’s most financially successful gays and lesbians urged...
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Cities of Refuge
On the night of Dec. 1, members of Light Brigade Maryland, joined by members of GetEqual DC and the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA),...
