News + Politics
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Liberty Counsel Moves Forward with Lawsuit Against California’s “Ex-Gay” Ban
Social conservatives moved forward with their lawsuit against California’s historic ban on “ex-gay” therapy for LGBT youth today, filing a lawsuit in federal court. Brought...
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Romney Dominates Obama in First Debate as LGBT Issues Go Unmentioned
The most important night, so far, of the presidential campaign ended with a re-energized Republican base and Democrats scrambling to defend their candidate. President Barack...
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Wave of Goodwill
The nation's capital has always been synonymous with civic participation. Congress – in theory, at least – is the pinnacle of community involvement. Then there...
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FRC’s Tony Perkins Hints at Legal Action Against “Out of Control” Dan Savage
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins hinted at legal action against Dan Savage today after the founder of the It Gets Better Project unleashed a...
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LGBT videos: Expedia dad; Lee Daniels ‘Paperboy;’ ‘Same Love’ music; Reason says immigration ‘discriminates’
Expedia follows a father’s trip to his lesbian daughter’s wedding: ”Every trip is unique. On this trip, Artie Goldstein travels across the country to attend...
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Polling Gives Maryland Marriage Equality an Edge
Maryland voters are on track to approve Question 6, a November ballot measure that would allow gay and lesbian couples to obtain civil marriage licenses,...
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Hateful Times
I dearly want to write a horrible and mean and nasty column about the race-baiting journalistic train wreck of Tucker Carlson, but it's been done...
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Casa Ruby Covergirls
A local makeup artist who recently launched his new brand of cosmetics is giving back to the local LGBT community, offering makeup and fashion instruction,...
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LGBT Activists Target UPS for Boy Scout Donations
Activists are turning their attention to UPS in their latest attempt to pull corporate funding for the Boy Scouts of America. A week after Intel...
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Barney Frank Backing Appeal of Ruling Requiring Sex-Reassignment Surgery for Transgender Inmate
Out gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said today that he agrees with a decision by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) last week to appeal a...
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Liberty Counsel Announces Legal Challenge to California’s “Ex-Gay” Ban
As LGBT-advocates continue to hail Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of a bill on Saturday that made California the first state to officially outlaw gay “conversion”...
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Defeat for NOM As Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Campaign Finance Case
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal brought by the National Organization for Marriage in a case regarding Maine’s campaign finance laws....
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Schwarzenegger Performed Two Same-Sex Weddings as Governor
In what he dubbed “the scoop” of his interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he officiated over two...
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Corkins Status Hearing Set for Late October
Floyd Lee Corkins II, the Herndon, Va., man accused of shooting a security guard at the D.C. headquarters of the anti-LGBT Family Research Council (FRC),...
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Baltimore Ravens’ Matt Birk rants against gay marriage based on ‘Catholic values’
Matt Birk of the Baltimore Ravens football team wrote publicly about his disdain for gay and lesbian marriage rights on Sunday, Sept. 30. His opinion...
