Birth control for everyone! Planned Parenthood services are available online if you live in Minnesota and Washington state and need medication and, soon, counseling for sexually transmitted diseases. They’re basically a nurse in your purse.

A dog in Washington state seeks to challenge a longtime political incumbent.

Gay marriage is officially legal in Washington as of today! Some of the state's same-sex couples lined up for hours yesterday in the cold so they could get marriage licenses in King County, which opened the doors to its auditor's office in Seattle at 12:01 AM because, as County Executive Dow Constantine told the AP,…

In November, voters in Washington will decide whether or not gay marriage should be legal in the state. Groups on both sides are revving up for a heated battle ("Let people who love each other do what they want!" vs. "But, ew!") but a new ad puts the rhetoric in a plain, difficult to argue with, and straightforward…

And now, some decidedly unterrible news in the ongoing gentleman's forum occurring inside America's ladyparts. A bill making its way through the Washington state legislature would require insurers to cover abortion services, like it would any other medical procedure.

Today Washington Governor Chris Grigoire signed a bill allowing gay couples to marry in her state. They'll officially be able to marry starting June 7. Grigoire says, "I'm proud our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal." Take that, Chris Christie.

Washington state lawmakers are trying to get an "Everything but marriage" bill passed that would give gay couples all the rights of marriage, but under the title "domestic partnership."

Another day, another roadtrip, as the Washington Independent's personal Attackerman, Spencer Ackerman, joins me live from the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas. Topics discussed: Arianna Huffington's ability to channel the evil that is Karl Rove, race relations and the old-guard feminist movement in America,…