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Outspoken #51: Capital Queer Prom Night
Host Ebone Bell had to recuse herself from asking the questions this week, as she's the producer behind the Capital Queer Prom. But that didn't...
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Which bowling ball color does Rick Santorum find most offensive for children?
// See this related article: Santorum Tells Young Man: ''You're not gonna use the pink
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Bowie State Opening Center for LGBT Students
Bowie State University will make LGBT history come April 2. On that Monday, the university will become the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU)...
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Three Cheers
One philosophy that I'm lucky enough to share with all my co-workers at Metro Weekly is the idea that the work we do is more...
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If I Had a Son
If you think we live in a post-racial society, look at the flood of hateful comments found by blogger Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward
Ackerman, Beyer, Griffin, Novinskie and Rosenberg, Minor, and Kahn We all know that there are shining beacons in our community who deserve to be honored...
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LGBT National Briefs: Arizona advocate, Southeast lawsuit
LAIESKI JOINS PHOENIX MAYOR'S OFFICE Arizona-native Caleb Laieski, 17, who made the Washington rounds in 2011 lobbying for the Student Non-Discrimination Act, is joining Phoenix...
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Shock-Pop Diva: Madonna's 'MDNA'
Some fans might have paused on hearing the first single, ''Give Me All Your Lovin'.'' Others might have skidded on ''Gang Bang,'' the second track...
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The Sound of Music
Is Joe Bello Godzilla? ''Maybe,'' laughs the executive director of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Officially, Bello will just be the conductor of the Capitol Pride Symphonic...
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Very Cherry
For the first time in many years, the hit radio station Hot 99.5 has been touting Cherry as an HIV/AIDS dance benefit, mentioning it as...
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Raw Talent
Growing up gay in rural Virginia, Bil Todd bonded with music in a way he didn't with people. ''I retreated to music more than I...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: There's so much that might happen if the fates take a hand. There's so much that could turn around if the timing is...
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Santorum Tells Young Man: “You’re not gonna use the pink ball. Not on camera.”
Today, at an event in a bowling alley, presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum told a young man bowling with him, who apparently...
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Rahsaan Patterson is at The Birchmere on Thursday
Named after ’60s jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the openly gay Rahsaan Patterson is probably best known for portraying The Kid on the popular ’80s...
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Unchained Arias
Joey Arias is one strange fruit. That's true not just because the gay male performance artist gained some fame a couple decades ago singing –...
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Born to Puppeteer
When Basil Twist saw Joey Arias flirting with his puppets, he knew it was fate. ''They had so much chemistry together,'' Twist says. ''The puppets...
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Martina Navratilova first voted off of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Tennis superstar, breast cancer survivor, and gay rights activist Martina Navratilova was not able to conquer the ballroom on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” this...
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Talk About Sex
Whitman-Walker Health will hold its third ''Community Conversation'' Thursday, continuing the series that began Jan. 26. Already having explored ''healthier hookups'' and substance abuse, the...
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News Analysis: NOM’s “Strategy for Victory” Shows Attempt to Sow Seeds of Discontentment
“Marriage will be won or lost in the United States in the next two to three years,” the previously confidential memorandum from 2009 stated. In...
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Dulles gets more Turkish
Turkish Airlines, “Europe’s Best Airline,” is getting a boost at Dulles International Airport, upping its six weekly flights to Istanbul to seven with the addition...
