2012 Year in Review

The top national and local LGBT stories from 2012 as assembled by the Washington Blade editorial team.

Will Gartshore, the Religion Thing, theater, theater J, Washington Blade, gay news

Year in review: Gems from the stage

Region rich with gay-themed and helmed theater

From the Closet to the Altar, books, gay news, Washington Blade

Year in review: Books by the bounty

Several releases this year wrote eloquently of gay and trans themes

Adam Lambert, marriage equality, gay marriage, same-sex marriage, 9:30 Club, music, Marylanders for Marriage Equality, gay news, Washington Blade

Year in review: Gay is ‘The New Normal’

LGBT people were everywhere in entertainment in 2012

Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, election 2012, Washington Blade, gay news

Year in review: LGBT issues absent from presidential election

Not a single reference to LGBT issues was made in each of the three presidential debates, nor the vice presidential debate

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Year in review: 2012 in quotes

The year’s most memorable remarks on LGBT issues

Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, gay news, Washington Blade, Democratic Party

Year in review: President Obama wins re-election after endorsing marriage

Donations to Obama tripled immediately following announcement

Alexandra Beninda, Earline Budd, gay news, Washington Blade, transgender, D.C. Commission on Human Rights

Year in review: Gray names trans women to Human Rights Commission

Beninda said she was looking forward to joining Budd on the commission

Gay News, Washington Blade, Transgender Maryland

Year in review: Trans rights bill dies in Md. Legislature

Political observers said Md. Senate President Miller orchestrated its demise

Angela McCaskill, Maryland marriage petition, same sex marriage, gay marriage, Gallaudet University, Washington Blade, gay news

Year in review: Gallaudet suspends administrator for signing marriage petition

Same-sex marriage advocates lined up with opponents to call for McCaskill's reinstatement

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Year in review: Blade publishes names of petition signers

Voters upheld the statute by a 52-48 percent margin

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