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Obama dumps Dybul at AIDS office: sources
Concern over support for abstinence funds
Washington Blade staff reports | Jan. 22 at 8:39 PM Jan. 22 at 8:39 PM

President Barack Obama has decided to remove Mark Dybul from his position as the coordinator of the U.S. Global AIDS office, according to two sources who spoke to the Blade on condition of anonymity.

The sources claim that Obama's senior advisers were concerned about the negative reaction from some AIDS activists and reproductive rights groups to news that Dybul would be staying on.

The development comes just a week after Dybul reportedly was asked to rescind his resignation and stay in his job. Dybul, who is gay, was appointed by former President George W. Bush.

In his role as Global AIDS Coordinator, Dybul, a physician, has been in charge of the Pres ...

VIDEO: Interviews from the Out for Equality inaugural ball
HRC party brings 2,500 people
From Washington Blade staff reports | Jan. 22 at 4:53 PM Jan. 22 at 4:53 PM
Blade reporter Amy Cavanaugh interviews guests at HRC's Out for Equality inaugural ball:

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Ore. AG to investigate mayor's affair with teen
Four Portland newspapers, city police union call for resignation
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) | Jan. 22 at 3:32 PM Jan. 22 at 3:32 PM
Four Portland newspapers and the city police union are calling on the mayor to resign, after he admitted he lied by denying he had a sexual relationship with a teenage boy.

Mayor Sam Adams admitted this week that he lied to cover up his relationship with a teenage legislative intern because a potential mayoral candidate had spread rumors that Adams had sex with a minor.

Adams, 45, said the teen was 17 when they met in 2005, and that the relationship did not turn sexual until the boy turned 18. He said he lied because he was afraid voters wouldn't believe that his young lover had turned 18 before they started having sex.

Adams became mayor on New Year's Day, making Po ...

Oregon divides over the fate of gay Portland mayor Sam Adams, who admitted to an affair with an 18-year-old former intern.

New York governor David Paterson's pick to take Hillary Clintonâ€™s seat in the U.S. Senate, former representative Kirsten Gillibrand, said she would support full marriage rights for gay couples during a noon press conference Friday in which the governor announced the appointment.

The leaders of two Canadian polygamist groups are defending their "marriages" by referencing the nation's 2005 decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

The new Nashville Pride hosted an encore performance of Barb Neligan's comedy show titled "Kudzu, Cotillions, and Kissing Girls" at Mad DonnaDonna's in East Nashville. Nashville Pride raises funds for the annual LGBT Pride Festival held in June to affirm...

Emotional true story to premier Saturday, Jan. 24. Vanderbilt Lambda Association and members of PFLAG Nashville are hosting a free screening of Lifetime's premier movie event, 'Prayers for Bobby,' on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m. In an emotional true story...

About 25 peaceful protesters lined Old Hickory Blvd. in Brentwood early Saturday morning, Jan. 17, outside the Arte' Hotel to draw attention to what two gay, former employees are calling unfair termination from the hotel./[x20]/i/[x20]/i/[x20]/i/[x20]/iFormer...

Gus Van Sant to appear at a pro-Adams rally in Portland

A grassroots group is campaigning for creation of a GLBT cabinet position in the Obama administration

Hundreds to watch the premiere of 'Prayers for Bobby' at PFLAG parties