Metro’s new chief explains his plans after 7 days on job to fix troubled transit system
You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. After seven days on the job, we – postmetrogirl – sat down for a short video chat with new Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld and fired a few questions at him.

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NBA Referee Bill Kennedy Comes Out: Revelation After Slur By Rajon Rondo
NBA referee Bill Kennedy has made a statement to Yahoo Sports that he is gay, and proud of it … aimed at sharing professional basketball with people outside of the United States and Canada, Kennedy ejected Rondo after a string of technical fouls.

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The America Of Republicans And Religious Radicals: Fear, Hate And No Hope
An online petition to ban Trump from entering the United Kingdom reportedly got more signatures than another … In Republican terms, that means gay marriage and LGBT equality. And their defense is religious freedom or exemption, the theory that government …

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Morning Update: Department store comes out; Best and worst mag covers; Tinder organ doners; Reese’s Xmas tree shaming
Australia & New Zealand co-founder and startup evangelist of BlueChill … But now we all just remembered that Robert Dyas exists because it came out as gay, which I think on the whole is one of the most 2015 things to have possibly happened.

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Yen Eriksen: Canberra queer activist wins Australian Young People's Human Rights Medal
Canberra equality advocate Yen Eriksen has been named winner of the Australian Human Rights Commission 2015 Young … equality activist The 23-year-old is a founding member of the ACT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTIQ) Ministerial …

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HIV in the Southern United States
In the decades since the first AIDS cases were reported in Los Angeles and New York City in 1981, the epicenter of the nation’s HIV epidemic has shifted from urban centers along the coasts to the 16 states and … Black gay, bisexual, and other men who …

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Wrapping up the weekend mail
A: I’m listening to that on headphones and my laptop on a stool so it’s not as clear as it could be but I believe that’s Young Josh of TSN.ca and yes, I was not writing the game story and went in the locker-room post-Dwane to have a private chat with …

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US looks at possible rigging in agency bond market
Prosecutors have obtained transcripts of online chat-room conversations indicating possible misconduct and have contacted banks, asking them to delve further into the behaviour, the person said. The inquiry is the latest indication that US prosecutors are …

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The AP picks its top theatre of 2015 and you'll probably guess what's on the top
The game has been changed. 2. “Fun Home” — This Tony Award-winning adaptation from Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel about growing up in a funeral home with a closeted gay dad is fresh, heartfelt and brilliant. Coming to Broadway, it got even better.

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Community Hero: Robert French
They weren’t arrested and French went on to help form Australia’s first police gay liaison group, based on the San Francisco model. French first became involved in the LGBTI community while studying history and political science at the University of …

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