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By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
The group that filed a federal Proposition 8 lawsuit is pushing back against LGBT organizations seeking to intervene in the case - much to the consternation of officials who say they're bringing needed voices and expertise to the table.

Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and American Civil Liberties Union, earlier this week sought to intervene in the American Foundation for Equal Rights suit against Prop 8.

But in a letter dated Wednesday, AFER board president Chad Griffin urges the groups not to intervene in Perry v. Schwarzenegger and accuses them of having previously worked to undercut the litigation.

WASHINGTON (AP)
A group of AIDS activists was arrested Thursday for unlawfully demonstrating in the Capitol rotunda, a Capitol Police spokeswoman said.

Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said 11 men and 15 women each face a charge of unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct and loud and boisterous behavior. Their names and ages were not immediately released.

Schneider said the group entered the rotunda, located beneath the Capitol dome, and linked themselves together with a white chain at about 10 a.m. The area is usually crowded with tourists, but police restricted the traffic while they made arrests.

The activists carried signs in support of fund ...

NEW YORK (AP)
Two New York City men accused of throwing rocks and beer bottles at a transgender woman are facing charges including assault as a hate crime.

Authorities say the men also shouted anti-gay slurs during the Wednesday night incident.

The woman told authorities she was at a Queens intersection when she was struck by a rock on her foot.

The Queens district attorney's office says she told authorities she was also hit by an empty beer bottle, which left a 3-inch cut on her leg. She accused the men of yelling slurs and threa ...

Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, an LGBT-focused business advisory group based in San Francisco, has scored a major get for its annual summit this fall: John Berry, the openly gay director of the Office of Personnel Management.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today picked Ronald E. Albers for a judgeship on the San Francisco County Superior Court.

Theresa Sparks, the transgender woman who has served two terms as president of the city’s police commission, has ruled out running for a third term. When she first won the coveted seat by one vote back in 2007, Sparks became the first transgender person to head a city oversight panel. But her ascension led to [...]

First reading set for July 21. A nondiscrimination ordinance to be filed today would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes for Metro government employees.

O&AN's Gary Gaston offers ten tips on saving money and the planet.

Karma, a posh downtown straight bar, held its first 'gay night' on Wednesday, June 24.

Drag Queen Lady Vera Parker has been arrested and jailed in Chicago

A U.S. gay rights activist is raising questions about a gay rights group based in Iraq

The boy accused of killing a 15-year-old gay student has been offered a plea deal that would lessen his sentence