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Gay, pro-choice GOPer Curtis Bashaw wins New Jersey U.S. Senate primary

His nomination gives Republicans hope they could pick up a Senate seat in the solidly blue state.

Is This the Year Dems Embrace Marriage Equality?

This could be the year Democrats officially embrace marriage equality.

MSNBC fires back at disinformation — and makes history — with fearless new show

Three accomplished journalists, including two out gay Black men, welcome audiences to The Weekend. Just don’t expect them to play it safe.

Which Democratic U.S. Senators Have the Gayest and Least Gay Staffs?

Democratic senators have released their annual survey of staff diversity, and LGBTQ+ representation has risen.

Senate Dems to Try to Pass Hate Crime Measure

Senate Democrats are trying to force President Bush to sign hate crimes legislation he has threatened to veto by attaching it to a massive bill funding the Defense Department and the Iraq war. Writing violent attacks on gays into federal hate crime laws is related to the war because both are strikes against terrorism, according to a Republican senator and other supporters of the measure.

Senate Democrats Tack Hate-Crimes Bill Onto Pentagon Spending Legislation

The Senate attached hate-crimes legislation to a must-pass Pentagon spending bill Thursday, but opponents predicted it ultimately would fail. In a bipartisan vote of 60-39, the Senate accepted cloture, which ended debate on the bill, and then moved to approve the Matthew Shepard Act by a voice vote -- attaching it as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Defense Authorization Bill. ''The president is not going to agree to this social legislation on the defense authorization bill,'' said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. ''This bill will get vetoed.''

LGBTQ Voters Could Decide Close Elections in Arizona, Florida, N.J.

Politicians, aware the queer electorate could swing their races, are specifically reaching out to LGBTQ voters.

Homophobe Sam Brownback Confirmed as 'Religious Freedom' Ambassador

Vice President Mike Pence, in his capacity as president of the Senate, cast a tie-breaking vote to confirm Brownback.

Will Foley scandal push GOP from power?

Aided by public revulsion over a cybersex scandal involving gay former congressman Mark Foley, Democrats enter the final month of the midterm election campaign well-positioned to challenge control of Congress, while Republicans increasingly express concern about holding on to power.

BREAKING: Senate Approves ENDA on Initial Vote

For the first time in U.S. history, the Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, by a bipartisan vote of 64-32, sending the legislation to the House of Representatives.

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