Feature Story: There have been gay members of Congress before and there are those who serve now. There has already been an openly gay candidate elected to Congress as a freshman legislator: Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.). But Jared Polis, a Colorado Democrat, has the distinction of being the first out gay man elected to a first term. There's no arguing that's not a historic feat, considering the disproportionate disadvantage the GLBT community suffers on Capitol Hill. Every inch toward proportionate representation is a milestone.
But Polis is much, much more than a name for the history books. Having just turned 34 on May 12, this dynamic young congressman brings to Washington a background in business, technology and education, along with his partner of five and a half years, Marlon Reis.
Jared Polis
He's also wasted no time getting his hands dirty, traveling to Baghdad in April -- his first trip as a member of Congress, his second as a concerned citizen. While ending the war in Iraq was one of the issues most important to his constituents back home in Boulder, Colo., Iraq is also important to Polis as a matter of grave humanitarian concern. ...more
But Polis is much, much more than a name for the history books. Having just turned 34 on May 12, this dynamic young congressman brings to Washington a background in business, technology and education, along with his partner of five and a half years, Marlon Reis.
Jared Polis
He's also wasted no time getting his hands dirty, traveling to Baghdad in April -- his first trip as a member of Congress, his second as a concerned citizen. While ending the war in Iraq was one of the issues most important to his constituents back home in Boulder, Colo., Iraq is also important to Polis as a matter of grave humanitarian concern. ...more
Gauge: Cancer, in a twisted sort of way, has the power to bring people together. It might be researchers working on the frontiers of the cancer fight, clinicians joining to execute that fight on a patient's behalf, or a community galvanizing to support a loved one. And now there's a new union: the American Cancer Society's National Capital LGBT Council.
The council, a first for the ACS' South Atlantic Division, follows a model begun in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Lazar, now senior vice president of the South Atlantic Division, and a gay man.
"This council is an embodiment of one of the core values -- to value diversity -- in all activities of the American Cancer Society in the South Atlantic Division," Lazar said in a release announcing the new council. ...more
The council, a first for the ACS' South Atlantic Division, follows a model begun in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Lazar, now senior vice president of the South Atlantic Division, and a gay man.
"This council is an embodiment of one of the core values -- to value diversity -- in all activities of the American Cancer Society in the South Atlantic Division," Lazar said in a release announcing the new council. ...more
Gauge: For those unfamiliar with Adventuring(www.adventuring.org/cgi-bin/main.idc), last weekend's Virginia hike from Bootens Gap in Shenandoah National Park to Hoover Camp, President Hoover's rural retreat, might have seemed pretty ordinary.
But for the members of the group for gay outdoor enthusiasts, who have participated in events from hikes to bike rides to canoeing trips over the past several years, the May 10 hike held special significance.
It was Adventuring's 30th birthday. ...more
But for the members of the group for gay outdoor enthusiasts, who have participated in events from hikes to bike rides to canoeing trips over the past several years, the May 10 hike held special significance.
It was Adventuring's 30th birthday. ...more
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.The gay owner of Universal Gear clothing and apparel store at 14th and Q Streets, N.W., has expressed concern that D.C. police have yet to identify or arrest members of the same group of young men who have repeatedly stolen merchandise totaling about $4,000 from his store over the past 18 months.
Owner David Franco, who moved the upscale store from 17th Street to 14th Street in 2007, said the rash of "snatch-and-run" robberies remains unsolved despite the fact that he has turned over to police high-resolution video surveillance footage of a number of the young male suspects taken from cameras installed inside the store. ...
JOSHUA LYNSEN and CHRIS JOHNSONNew Hampshire's governor conditionally agreed Thursday to sign a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state, but said lawmakers must first do more to protect religious institutions.
Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, called on state lawmakers to rewrite the bill so it provides “the strongest and clearest protections for religious institutions a nd associations, and for the individuals working with such institutions.”
He said the suggested changes, inspired by laws in Vermont and Connecticut governing same-sex marriage, would “make clear” that religious institutions “cannot ...
The Capital Pride committee announced this week that drag queen RuPaul, of the TV show, "RuPaul's Drag Race," will be the headliner at this year's event.
“This year we wanted to find an entertainer that embodied our theme, Generations of Pride: Celebrate and Remember – Stonewall at 40,” Dyana Mason, executive director of Capital Pride, said in a statement. “We believe RuPaul is the perfect entertainer to help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of Stonewall. Drag queens and transgender people helped lead the events of Stonewall, and through RuPaul's appearance we are honoring that tradi ...
Just a few days shy of what would have been Harvey Milk’s 79th birthday, the state Senate on Thursday, May 14 passed legislation that creates Harvey Milk Day in California in honor of the state’s first openly gay elected official. SB 572, authored by state Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), cleared the Senate with a 24-14 [...]
Equality California on Wednesday extended an invitation to Miss California Carrie Prejean to meet with leaders from her home state, as well as representatives from LGBT organizations, gay youth, and a family headed by a same-sex couple. The move came, EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors said, in response to Prejean’s opposition to same-sex marriage, which she [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) told the Bay Area Reporter Wednesday, April 15 that repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act is not a top priority of hers right now. The speaker said that her two legislative priorities for the LGBT community are passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the federal hate crimes bill; [...]
Leave it to The Daily Show's Jon Stewart to eviscerate "don't ask, don't tell" with a laugh. 
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs met again Friday with several questions from the White House press corps about the military's continued policy of dismissing openly gay service members. Gibbs faced similar questioning on the matter during Tuesday’s briefing as well. 
In celebration of Earth Day this year, I decided that I was going to make a dedicated effort to recycle more. The problem was – recycling is a hassle! Cardboard boxes everywhere, aluminum cans scattered about, shredded mail, magazines, etc. All...
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The usual horrible homophobia from the land that’s been thoroughly polluted by Scott Lively and his gay-hatin’ friends: Riga bans Baltic Pride The planned Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday in Riga, Latvia, has been banned by city officials. The parade had previously been approved but a majority of city council members wrote to executive [...]
We keep soldiers who entered the military with serious criminal records because we need as many people as possible, but that need isn̢۪t great enough for us to stop discharging good troops for being honest to their units about being gay? Gays and lesbians are more dangerous for morale than felons? Read on, from Jon Soltz, [...]
“I glanced at HC and saw an unusual expression on her usually placid face, one which I will not easily forget, and she asked, ‘Mom I don’t get what is wrong with other kids learning about my type of family?’” I use “our” to mean “our community’s children,” of course. And, of course, when they scream, “Think [...]
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