Jun 15 2017
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Oregon is adding “X” to the “M” and “F” gender boxes on its driver’s licenses, becoming the first state to recognize…
May 30 2015
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Professor Louise Richardson, an expert on international security and terrorist movements, is the first woman in…
May 12 2015
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It’s unfortunate that Sigmund Freud, noted fan of Vienna, Austria, is no longer alive to analyze the city’s new…
Sep 2 2013
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Signs of real social progress are often very subtle. They ought to be, by nature, since real progress is really a…
Jul 31 2011
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Here's something to get excited about: Working men are doing far more chores around the house. Well actually,…
Jul 12 2011
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Splitsider reports that the Late Show With David Letterman has hired local stand-up comic Jena Friedman, marking the…
Jun 8 2011
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Today from the C-SPAN vault, we have an interview that shows just how significant it is that Jill Abramson has been a…
May 13 2011
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A new study of 1,763 heterosexual couples in which one partner had HIV and the other didn't found that patients are…
Oct 29 2010
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Not long ago, Essence.com featured a lesbian couple in a popular, regular feature on weddings. The response…
Jan 4 2010
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The £160 Magimix Vision Toaster, which allows a panoramic view of your toast and promises the end of burning, was 15…
Dec 13 2009
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Houston City Controller Annise Parker became the first openly gay mayor of Houston yesterday, winning a runoff…
Oct 13 2009
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Star Trek's George Takei and Brad Altman—who married a year ago after dating for over two decades—won The Newlywed…
Apr 26 2009
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Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir, 66, who had been serving as the "caretaker Prime Minister" for the past few…