All posts tagged "hrc"
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No Safe Zone
It took him 18 months of paperwork, pulling bureaucratic strings, and making calls, but ''Hussam'' finally made it to New York, little more than a...
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Proud Parents
In some places around the country, gay and lesbian people are still banned from adopting children. Likely in those same areas -- and well beyond...
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Keeping the Faith
Not every preacher, not every church, not every congregation opposes the rights of GLBT people -- but far too many people believe that's the case....
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The Time Has Come
The news out of Kansas really shouldn't have come as a shock. It was a new version of an old story. In February, the Kansas...
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D.C.'s Countdown to Destiny
There have been other Inauguration Days in U.S. history and many are yet to come. But on Jan. 20, 2009, America will break a long...
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Civil Strategy
California voters spoke Nov. 4 when they pulled the plug on marriage equality for gays and lesbians -- won in the California Supreme Court less...
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Lending an Ear
In the District, people talk about HIV/AIDS -- a lot. Of course, with a statistical profile that puts D.C. on par with sub-Saharan Africa when...
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Inauguration Celebration
A coalition of GLBT-advocacy organizations, including the nation's largest, the Human Rights Campaign, have announced plans to celebrate Inauguration Day 2009 with a party, ''Out...
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Joe Solmonese, President, Human Rights Campaign
METRO WEEKLY: From your -- or your organization's -- perspective, what is the most immediate effect of the presidential election on the LGBT community? JOE...
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We Won! We Lost!
Listen to Sean Bugg's new Podcast for Metro Weekly Hear the interview from:Patrick Sammon of the Log Cabin Republicans Elections are natural emotional rollercoasters, plunging...
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Final Countdown
It's a pleasantly humid autumn night in the nation's capital. But on this Tuesday, Nov. 4, along with the drizzle, there is electricity in the...
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Human Rights Campaign
The country's largest civil rights organization, which seeks to improve the lives of GLBT Americans by advocating for equal rights and benefits in the workplace,...
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Assault at HRC Store
Sgt. Brett Parson, head of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department's special liaison units, including the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), and the Human Rights...
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Beam Me Out!
Floating through space -- further from us than Mars, but not so far as Jupiter -- there is a large piece of rock making its...
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Power in Numbers
The twelve thousand American flags that will decorate the National Mall beginning Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2, represent the many military service members...
