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Acceptance Speech
''Have we really come very far in terms of acceptance?'' Actor Michael Stebbins says that's a question provoked by the play I Am My Own...
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Wowing with Women's Wednesdays
Among the chief benefits of membership in the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, aka The Chamber, according to many members, are the...
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English Lesson
Next year, Nigel Williams turns 40. He insists the four-decade mark is causing him none of the midlife angst it does for so many. ''I...
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It's a Thin Line
It is hard to see Yael Farber's play Mies Julie without reflecting on J.M. Coetzee's extraordinary novel Disgrace. Both set in post-apartheid South Africa, each...
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Haunted Theater
Another Halloween has already come and gone, but a mysterious specter is still haunting the stage at the Keegan Theatre. Maybe if its full story...
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Listening and Learning
With the holidays around the corner, plenty of us are bound to find ourselves in alien surroundings. It might be at the family home of...
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Transgender Day of Remembrance's Double Duty
As Washington's LGBT community puts the final touches on a ceremony marking the Transgender Day of Remembrance, Nov. 20, the mood of this year's D.C....
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HBO teases “Looking,” its gay comedy-drama
Oh HBO, why couldn’t you have teased just a little more? The network renowned for sex, violence and Lena Dunham has released the first official...
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Herring gains 164-vote edge in Virginia AG race ahead of recount
A tabulation of provisional ballots in vote-rich Fairfax County, coupled with a statewide re-canvass of votes from other areas, has given state Sen. Mark Herring...
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Hawaii governor signs marriage equality into law
“All of those who have been invisible will now be visible to themselves and the whole world.” — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie before signing marriage...
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Gene Robinson reflects on the progress of gay marriage
“I can’t believe the progress we have made. If you are anywhere around my age, you could not have dreamt in your growing up that...
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She Still Bop: Cyndi Lauper at Warner Tonight
It’s hard to believe, but the LGBT champion and pop icon Cyndi Lauper turned 60 this year, and her solo debut album She’s So Unusual turned 30....
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Maryland’s Heather Mizeur to name Rev. Delman Coates as running mate
Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), running to become Maryland’s first female governor and first openly lesbian governor, will announce her selection of lieutenant governor late...
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Which state will win marriage equality next?
Read Justin Snow’s report on the Hawaii same-sex marriage vote here. Join our e-mail list. Follow @metroweekly
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Barack Obama comments on the passage of Hawaii’s same-sex marriage bill
“Whenever freedom and equality are affirmed, our country becomes stronger. By giving loving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry if they choose, Hawaii...
