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Society's Integrated Steps
It's a relic from America's past: poor, lonely Mayella Ewell, illiterate and abused by her father, invents a chore to lure a handsome black man...
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Choosing a Candidate
A month out from May's special election to replace former Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (D), Ward 5 residents are doing some candidate-shopping. The special election,...
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End of an Icon: Vann Chen
In various locales, every once in a while there comes a colorful personality that seems to add a splash of color or bit of panache,...
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Untamed: Review of 'Taming of the Shrew'
Strip the art from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and you are left, more or less, with a rather bitter, violence-prone woman who, married against...
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Occupational Art
''It's a real mix, and a real attempt to bring our local artists together,'' says Quique Aviles. The actor and performer has essentially created a...
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SMYAL to host discussion panel on factors leading to LGBT youth suicides
The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), the D.C. organization advocating for sexual-minority youth, is partnering with ''1 Lyfe @ A Time'' to host a...
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LGBT National Briefs: Video Orators and Self-Haters
Mormon BYU Students Come Out in ‘It Gets Better’ Video Several Mormon university students have created an ''It Gets Better'' video in support of their...
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Praise for HRC's Donna Payne
Donna Payne, the D.C.-based associate director of diversity for the Human Rights Campaign, as well as a founding board member of the National Black Justice...
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Paying Homage
Every night just before performing his one-man show, Jorge ''Jay'' Alvarez has a moment of panic. ''Oh my God, do I have this in me...
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Muscle Opera
''I think this may be the first time that anyone has dealt theatrically with gay physique magazines,'' says Michael Korie. Before there were official gay...
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Rapp Star
''When I do events or concerts, most of the fans that stay afterwards are female,'' says Anthony Rapp. ''It's not like it's a secret.'' Nope,...
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Street Wise
Growing up in suburban Maryland, the most dangerous element in young Cyndee Clay's life may have been going to public school. Hers was a conservative...
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Adventure Theatre celebrates 60 years of cute-themed theater
Last year, the Adventure Theatre won its first-ever Helen Hayes Award for the show If You Give a Pig a Pancake. This summer, the children's...
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White House Says No Federal Contractor Nondiscrimination Executive Order “At This Time”
President Obama does not plan to sign an executive order at this time banning federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or...
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New Campaign Manager, Rosy Polls Bolster Marylanders for Marriage Equality Heading into Referendum Fight
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of labor, religious, civic and political groups and organizations working to ensure marriage equality in the Free State, announced...
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White House Holds High-Level Meeting With LGBT Advocates to Discuss Workplace Protections
At 3 p.m. today, LGBT advocates went to the White House to...
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Wiping out with OFF!
If you’re into this kind of ear-punishing hardcore, then you’re going to love this freshly-released video from OFF! The song is called Wipe Out and...
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Albums we can’t wait for: Melody Gardot’s The Absence
Melody Gardot will release her new album The Absence on May 29. It’s the follow-up to her 2009 critically-acclaimed best-seller, My One and Only. If...
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Privilege Matters
That I've had a lot of experience of casual racism doesn't come as much of a surprise given my rural Southern background. I grew up...
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Countdown to Yuri’s Night
Intended as a “holiday for space,” the annual event Countdown to Yuri’s Night celebrates the world’s first manned space flight by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin...
