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Making Connections
It's a maxim in business: It's not what you know, it's who you know. While much can be said for the inverse, good connections are...
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Beninda, Budd nominated for D.C. Commission on Human Rights
Neither Alexandra Beninda nor Earline Budd is a stranger to the LGBT community, so it came as little shock when Mayor Vincent Gray (D) nominated...
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World LGBT Briefs: Women Take On Traditionalists
South African Bloc Suggests Removing Gays from Constitution Responding to an invitation from the South African Parliament's constitutional review committee to submit comment, that country's...
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Pool Party
''Some of the front rows of the audience ,'' says Constellation Theatre Company's managing director A.J. Guban. ''Just a little splash, just a little...
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National LGBT Briefs: Milk, Mourning and Miami
Harvey Milk Takes to the Street San Diego LGBT Pride announced Tuesday that the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to name a street in...
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Westward, Shrew!
The West is more mild than wild in Folger Theatre's new production of The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare's so-called comedy that revels in...
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Sarah Smiles
As April turned to May, change was afoot on D.C.'s American University campus. For starters, April 30 marked the end of Student Government President Tim...
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Confronting the Virus
Think of it as the ''It Gets Better'' campaign for people affected by HIV. Washington-area blogger and HIV activist Justin B. Terry-Smith is asking people...
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Quaranta Claims Victory
Running on a reform platform, Toby Quaranta, 28, won nearly 60 percent of the votes for president of the D.C. Young Democrats, Saturday, May 5,...
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Swing Time
This summer, Steven Reineke will perform with Idina Menzel at Wolf Trap, supporting the Broadway and TV star with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops. But...
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How It Ends
''We are an ahistorical people,'' Cleveland attorney Leslye Huff says. ''The number of lesbians in this town, who are under 40, who don't know that...
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The Hole Truth
You often hear about pop artists and bands partying hard, being reckless with life and drugs. But you rarely see it. ''I didn't really want...
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Blood Sucking
Stop me if any of this seems familiar: Johnny Depp wears makeup and an odd costume to play a quirky man with an accent. Tim...
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Coming Thursday at Metro Weekly: “How It Ends”
On Thursday, May 10, Metro Weekly is publishing my cover story, “How It Ends,” a special report that looks at what LGBT equality means, where...
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Richard Grenell Speaks Out: Obama “Deserves Credit” For Marriage Stand, Even Though It’s Likely Political
Today, in light of the discussion of whether President Obama would be finishing “evolving” on marriage equality — he did — his Republican challenger, former...
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Santa Fe invites LGBT travelers to enjoy some southwest summer fun
Santa Fe, the capital city of New Mexico, likes to say that its streets are narrow but its minds are not. Trailing only San Francisco among U.S....
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News Analysis: Obama’s Marriage Equality Support Is Not the Half-Loaf Some Are Claiming
Much is being made — from Gawker...
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Video: Electric Guest sizzle on Letterman
The up-and-coming Electric Guest recently appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. If you missed the performance of their single “This Head I Hold,”...
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New Video: Nelly Furtado, Big Hoops
Nelly Furtado will release her fifth album, The Spirit Indestructible on June 19. The first single — Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) is available on...
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BREAKING: OBAMA EVOLVES: “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”
President Barack Obama today announced his support for the right...
