News + Politics
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Life is a mystery
“I think ‘Queer Nation’ and ‘Diva’ just go together. The diva in them recognized the diva in me.” –Madonna on what it’s like to be one...
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State of the World
On March 11, the State Department released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. A compilation of the LGBT- and HIV/AIDS-related portions is...
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Fueling Oppression
A few weeks ago, I was going to take up the call of American energy independence from a gay perspective. Some online research immediately pointed...
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Out in the Open
A lack of resources inspired Bruce Weiss, former executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), to join forces last summer with a...
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Uncommon decency
In August 2007, D.C. announced the firing of three corrections officers for wrongfully placing a transgender inmate, who had female genitalia, in a male jail...
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The government is hiding behind the court…
“The government is hiding behind the court to close the newspaper. It is sending a message to the media that it will not tolerate press...
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Calling on Rhee
Students at D.C.'s public high schools who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were four times more likely to attempt suicide over the past year,...
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Memorial Day Disconnect
The District is familiar with Black Pride. After all, hitting its 18th year in 2008, the DC Black Pride festival is the nation's oldest, a...
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“if I was a girl and he was a girl”
”Well, you know, if I was a girl and he was a girl, and I was a lesbian and he was a lesbian, I’d be...
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“take the books off the shelves”
”ll I want from you today is to take the books off the shelves, so children can have a safe place to learn like I...
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“It seems wrong on some level.”
”Elton has become a friend. I lost my son, and now I have these other friends. It seems wrong on some level. It’s very...
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“I’m not gay-bashing”
”I’m not gay-bashing. But according to God’s word that is not the right kind of lifestyle.” — Oklahoma state legislator Rep. Sally Kern (R), defending...
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” will be arrested and executed”
”If I return to Iran I will be arrested and executed.” — Mehdi Kazemi, a 19-year-old Iranian who had applied for and was denied asylum...
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“he’s standing up one more time and showing people the way”
”In his absence, he’s standing up one more time and showing people the way.” Thatcher Bailey, a high-school classmate and friend of Ric Weiland, a...
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“references to sexual activity”
”Gay is approved for copy and preferred over homosexual, except in clinical references or references to sexual activity.” — Erik Wemple, Washington City Paper editor,...
