All posts by Doug Rule
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Iimay Ho
Iimay Ho remembers one of the first times direct activism paid off for her. While a junior in high school, one of her classmates drew...
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The 2012 Next Generation Awards
As a community, it is vital that we understand our past so our history can be told. But if we hope to see change come...
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Think Pink
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force produces the famed Winter Party Festival in Miami, with the tagline ''party with a purpose.'' But why should...
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Soul-Stirring
Most actors don't make their stage debut at the Kennedy Center. But then the 15 women in the Theater Lab's My Soul, Look Back and...
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Taking a Drag in Arlington
You won't see drag queens in swimsuits at the Miss Gay Arlington pageant. ''There are several queens who God blessed with an extremely good body,...
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Hayes Honors Gays
The 28th Annual Helen Hayes Awards, held Monday, April 23, at the Warner Theatre, opened with ''Hello'' from last year's Broadway sensation The Book of...
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Cylindrical Cinema
Kerry Brougher doesn't think architect Gordon Bunshaft or other developers of the Hirshhorn Museum anticipated that the circular, donut-shaped building, completed in 1974, would one...
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Nightclubbing
Roxann Rowley wasn't struck by lightning, but a similar experience sparked her dance career. ''I was hit by a car crossing the street,'' Rowley explains,...
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Mercy McKay
''I often think, 'Where's Rosie when you need her?''' laughs Nellie McKay. Rosie O'Donnell was nowhere to be found last year, after the New York-based...
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Broadway Rock
Gavin Creel is a two-time Tony-nominated actor (Hair, Thoroughly Modern Millie), who's currently gearing up to star in the national tour of The Book of...
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Dining Out for Life 2012
Food is universal. We have the technology to reduce our necessary daily intake of calories to a few ounces of liquid. That might be an...
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To Serve, with Love
''I collect them like baseball cards – I know all their names, I know their styles,'' teases Sonya Boring. She's talking about drag queens. ''I'm...
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Latin Romance
''I really enjoy this and it would have never happened if Placido had not invited me to his program.'' Of course, Placido Domingo would have...
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Concert Review: At the 9:30 Club the Ting Tings say shut up, go
Last night, April 12, Katie White unceremoniously took to the 9:30 Club stage after the house lights had dimmed. Wearing a ball cap low on...
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Martini Madness
''It's a matter of pride for the bartenders to present these drinks, so they really go all out,'' says Hector Torres, a partner at Beacon...
