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U.S. Embassy “Strongly Condemns” Iraq Killings Targeting Young Gay Men and Others
Addressing the recent spate of “emo killings” in Iraq, in which young gay men and others with similar public presentation have been targets, the spokesman...
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Theater Alliance’s reappears with How to Disappear
After a two-year hiatus, Theater Alliance relaunches itself with the area premiere of Fin Kennedy’s award-winning darkly comic drama chronicling one man’s journey down the...
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Kameny Estate Dispute Leads to Lawsuits
Plans for a gravesite memorial service for Frank Kameny, a local leader in the national gay civil rights movement who died on Oct. 11, 2011,...
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Reid Seeks Senate Vote on 17 Judicial Nominees, Including Out Gay Nominee Fitzgerald
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he was filing a cloture petition to attempt to force Senate votes on 17 federal trial...
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Obama White House, Campaign Silent on Federal Contractor LGBT Nondiscrimination Policy Questions
Since Metro Weekly‘s exclusive reporting on March 8 that...
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Daniel Oppenheimer at Barnes and Noble
Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn’t Work at All Works So Well, which also explores political psychology, is the latest book by Daniel...
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Communion-Withholding Priest Suspended
A Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Washington who denied communion to Barbara Johnson, a lesbian, at her mother's funeral has been removed from ministry...
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Mark Brennan Rosenberg at Duplex Diner
Blackouts and Breakdowns humorously recounts the antics and experiences of a D.C. native who spent the past few years partying and playing his way through...
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Monty Python’s Spamalot returns.
The National Theatre brings back for a few dates the national tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot, the 2005 Tony-winning musical from the British comedy team,...
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Christoph Eschenbach and Dan Zhu at the Kennedy Center
Though he’s better known as the music director for the Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach is also a pianist, and for...
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
In Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Ewan McGregor stars as a British fisheries expert who helps bring the sport of fly-fishing to the Arabian desert....
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Island House Key West offers a stay now, stay later deal
Island House Key West, an award-winning gay men’s clothing-optional guesthouse located in the sun-drenched Florida Keys, announced that it’s continuing its popular “Buy 4, Get...
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Coverboy: Cedric
Born in Tallahassee, raised in Tampa, Cedric may be a long way from the beach weather he craves. But a stint at Quantico from his...
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ACLU: Contractor Policy “Most Important Step” Obama Can Take Now to Fight Anti-LGBT Job Bias
Following Metro Weekly‘s exclusive report on March 8 that then-Sen. Barack Obama told the Houston GLBT Political Caucus in February 2008 that he would support...
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New Poll Gives Boost to Marriage Equality Supporters in Maryland
Advocates of marriage equality in Maryland are touting a new poll that indicates a majority of voters — 52 percent — are supportive of the...
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Review: Game Change
You know the difference between Sarah Palin and Frankenstein's monster? Neck bolts. Before you think that's a bald-faced insult to Palin – and whether that...
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Council Unanimously Approves Same-Sex Divorce Bill
Without much fanfare, the City Council unanimously passed a measure Tuesday, March 6, that permits same-sex spouses who were married in the District but reside...
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Joey Arias and Paddy Boom at L’Enfant Cafe
Following on its insanely popular brunch house party La Boum every Saturday and the annual Bastille Day French Maid Relay Race, L’Enfant Café and Bar...
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Fetishwear at Vitruvian Gallery
“Fetishwear” is a photographic celebration of “men in and out of uniform,” which of course is a particularly prominent aspect of gay art and literature....
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Chris Hughes, Out Gay Facebook Co-Founder and Former Obama Staffer, Buys The New Republic
Chris Hughes, the out gay 28-year-old co-founder of Facebook who left the company to help create then Sen. Barack Obama’s social media effort in his...
