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Athletic Supporters
{2011 Team DC Fashion Show (Photo by Julian Vankim)} Years ago, a model passed out onstage at Team DC's Fashion Show. ''He hadn't eaten...
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Deal Reached After DOJ Joins Bullying Lawsuit
''I made change for kids that aren't strong enough to make change,'' Dylon Frei, an out gay student in the Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota,...
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Showdown at Stein
Former Councilmember Sekou Biddle (D-At Large) and sitting Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large), who replaced Biddle in an April 2011 special election, sparred over their...
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Sampson’s Intimate Evening of Comedy
Local standup comedian Sampson performs “Live Love Laugh” along with special guests for a performance at the DC Center to benefit the local theater arts...
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Kimpton opens new hotels in San Diego, Portland and South Beach
As they say, good things come in three, so – given that Kimpton has recently opened new properties in San Diego, Portland and South Beach...
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Romney Ends Up With Five States on Super Tuesday, Including (Eventually) Ohio — But Santorum Takes Three
With former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) winning primary races...
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Whitman-Walker Touts Growth, Fiscal Health
Whitman-Walker Health, the local community health center specializing in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and LGBT health care, announced Monday that it is projecting an operating...
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Civilization at Woolly Mammoth
Six hungry city-dwellers scramble for sustenance in Civilization (All You Can Eat), a scathing satire — or “provocative vaudeville,” to quote the press release —...
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If gays can marry, “how can we deny the same right to two siblings?” says Euro MP Roger Helmer
“Cardinal O’Brien makes the point, quite reasonably, that once you start to tamper with the institution of marriage, you get into some very murky water...
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DOJ Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against MN School District; Settlement Proposal With DOJ, Students Follows
Following an investigation that began in November 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice today filed a federal lawsuit against the Anoka-Hennepin School District, the Minnesota...
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Trevor Thomas, Out Gay Michigan Congressional Candidate, Gets Former Gov. Granholm’s Backing
Today, out gay Michigan congressional candidate Trevor Thomas (D) announced the support of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) and former Lt. Gov. John Cherry (D)...
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Kirk Cameron calls homosexuality “destructive” to “civilization,” GLAAD fights back
In an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN, actor Kirk Cameron, best known for his role as Mike Seaver on the show Growing Pains, once...
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Just announced: Radiohead at DC’s Verizon Center
Radiohead is coming to D.C.’s Verizon Center on Sunday, June 3. The ongoing world tour is in support of their new album, The King of...
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Lights at the 9:30 Club
Canadian electro-rock singer Valerie Anne Poxleitner has actually changed her legal name to Lights. A child of missionary parents who grew up in remote places...
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Rise of the Griffin
''I truly believe, unlike any other issue, whatever it takes to win we will do, and we will not cut a single corner,'' Chad Griffin...
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Two Coasts, Two Visions of Equality — for AFER and SLDN
[Photo: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network co-founder Michelle Benecke speaks at SLDN’s 20th annual dinner, where the plaintiffs of the organization’s ongoing lawsuit seeking equal spousal...
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The Hamilton’s Perpetual Groove
Variously described as a band playing “improv rock” and “trance arena rock,” the Athens, Ga.-based Perpetual Groove has become popular on the rock festival circuit...
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SMYAL Youth Arts Ensemble at Intersections
The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League’s Youth Arts Ensemble offers a work-in-progress this weekend at Intersections: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas. Dance...
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First Look: GMCW’s Frank-N-Furter
It’s not conventional by any means — then again, Rocky Horror never is — but the Gay Men’s Chorus has gone in a somewhat different...
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Bobcat Goldthwait tonight at Riot Act Comey
Yes, he’s like that all the time — or at least, the high-pitched comedian Bobcat Goldthwait has been doing standup since he was still in...
