As a Mexican-American woman who started her own consulting firm in Los Angeles, accountant Sonia Luna has taken advantage of programs aimed at helping minority- and women-owned businesses compete for government and corporate contracts. But increasingly, the fact that Luna also is a lesbian entrepreneur hasn't hurt either.

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Maryland-based companies and law firms are doing very well with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender inclusion, according to a new report.

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Change is coming quickly to the Boy Scouts of America after years of turmoil and debate over its membership policy, with an openly gay 17-year-old in Maryland achieving the highest rank of Eagle Scout.

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A Maryland mom urges a boycott of Barilla.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A multibillion dollar case between two giant pharmaceutical companies grappling over arcane antitrust issues has unexpectedly turned into a gay rights legal imbroglio that raises questions over whether lawyers can bounce potential jurors solely based on their ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland lawmaker hopes to be elected the nation’s first openly gay governor. Del. Heather Mizeur plans to make her campaign announcement Wednesday for the Maryland 2014 governor’s race. Mizeur, a Democrat who has been exploring a run ...

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Virginia is deciding whether to approve the full-time appointment of the first openly-gay judge in the state.

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Should general counsels be indicted by the government in investigations into company practices?

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos waded into a developing corporate culture war over gay marriage Friday with a $2.5 million donation to keep same-sex unions legal in Washington, becoming the latest in a list of high-profile executives to ...

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Even-though same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Maryland, Baltimore has the second-highest number in the nation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender singles who want to get married and have children, according to a Chemistry.com study. That may be in part ...

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