Features
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The Legacy of Laramie
As part of the Arena Stage productions of The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, Metro Weekly and Arena Stage will host...
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Wrestling with the Truth
Some people are very guarded when it comes to their personal space. Donna Rose is not one of them. Instead, she likes to hug. Her...
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Man in the Middle
As a young boy in New Jersey, just about yay-tall, Jonathan Capehart knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: a television...
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The 7 Scariest Places in D.C.
They lurk behind their innocent facades, waiting for the moment your sense of safety lulls you into complacence. They toil and fester as they plot...
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Fighting to Save Our Youth
Charles Robbins never attempted suicide. Growing up in Denver and struggling as a gay youth, however, Robbins found solace in alcohol. ''I remember my first...
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Federal Questions
Discussion of LGBT bullying and youth suicide has led to increased efforts by organizations and individuals to eliminate – or, at least, lessen – both....
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Helping Hands
''It has been unbelievably painful to have these kind of daily reminders,'' Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Student Education Network (GLSEN),...
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Homestyle
Oddly, spring is the season when we open our homes to fresh air and embark on epic cleaning sprees to have our houses ready for......
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True Colors
Whatever you do, don’t ask David Bromstad to name his favorite color. “Impossible!” he exclaims. “That’s such an unfair question!” Who said life was fair,...
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Fall Fixes
Imagine you live in Miami. It’s hot in the summer. It can be pretty hot in the winter, too. And as far as seasonal variations...
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Kitchen Is King
You’ve decided that your kitchen or bathroom is due for a facelift. Where to start? Ernesto Santalla, of Studio Santalla, recommends starting with a design...
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Seasonal Head Start
As you say goodbye to your summer garden, now is the time to prepare your plot for full bloom in the spring. Frank Asher, a...
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Everything in its Place
As you’re looking around your home wondering how you ended up with so much stuff, you may be tempted to blame the clutter for keeping...
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State of Play
Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, had a key legislative priority for the 111th
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View from the Hill
On April 21, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) called Get Equal's protest of a hearing held by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.)...
