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News Analysis: Ninth Circuit Expects Prop 8 Trial Videotape Decision on Thursday
An appeals court ruling on whether the public should be able to watch video of the trial challenging Proposition 8 is expected on Thursday, Feb....
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Marriage Showdown at State Senate
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard more than four hours of testimony Tuesday from supporters and opponents of marriage equality as part of the...
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The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company at Smith Center
“Light Moves” is a collaborative piece, co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Center, from choreographer Margaret Jenkins working with media artist Naomie Kremer, composer Paul Dresher...
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Review: Wit
Cynthia Nixon laughs and laughs and laughs in one late scene in Wit. The actress even seems genuinely tickled, too. (Maybe she's reveling in the...
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A Sudden Loss
For regular readers of Metro Weekly or the Washington Blade, it's a good chance that Gary Teter handled more than one of the magazines or...
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Stacey Campfield: Insurance companies charge homosexuals higher rates due to shorter, dangerous lives
Tennessee state senator Stacey Campfield continued his media campaign against homosexuality and discussions about gay lives in schools by appearing on the David Pakman Show....
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BREAKING: Romney Coasting to Victory in Florida Primary
At the close of the polls in Florida at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Fox News was...
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Creating Change International Panel Highlights Trans Abuses And Ugandan Needs
Moderator Cary Alan Johnson, executive director of the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, noted that more than 80 countries around the world still...
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The Natty Beaux at The Hamilton
A multi-genre but roots-centered supergroup featuring D.C.-area musicians from the Billy Coulter Band, the Junkyard Saints, Alexandria Kleztet and Western Bob, The Natty Beaux will...
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Palm Springs hosts 7th annual Modernism Week
California’s gay-friendly City of Palm Springs is often described as a “living museum,” by design dwellers and architecture enthusiasts who gather in this famed desert...
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Seeking Order
Although the White House will not confirm the claim, several sources outside the administration familiar with the process tell Metro Weekly that a proposed expansion...
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Cynthia Nixon comes out again as “bisexual,” but in a gay relationship
For reasons all her own, actress Cynthia Nixon has given the Advocate magazine a clarification about her sexual orientation. She has been under pressure since...
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Meet Stacey Campfield: Gay & AIDS misinformation flows freely from Tennessee senator
Gay radio talker Michelangelo Signorile interviewed Tennessee state Senator Stacey Campfield about his pending, “Don’t Say Gay” bill. That measure would essentially prevent any discussion by...
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SLDN’s Sarvis to Panetta: “Troubled” New Pentagon Program “Continues … Discrimination”
Today, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis told Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that his organization is “troubled” that a new program directive released...
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Maryland churches show love for gay marriage rights: Rally in Frederick a big success [video]
Two hundred people of faith gathered in the city of Frederick yesterday to tell legislators the time has come to legalize civil marriage for gay and...
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HUD Releases Text of Final Housing Nondiscrimination Rule
The Department of Housing and Urban Development today released the final text of the department’s new nondiscrimination rule, which will prohibit sexual orientation and gender...
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Maryland lawmakers strongly support gay marriage at rally [video]
Three important state legislators helped to rally support for Maryland’s same-sex marriage bill on Sunday, Jan. 29, at a church in the city of Frederick....
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Maryland Atty. Gen. Gansler warns gay couples: ‘Marriage will go to referendum’ [video]
Maryland’s Attorney General, Doug Gansler, joined a standing-room only crowd at a church in Frederick on Sunday to support gay marriage. Gansler called Maryland’s current...
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Gay Marriage Law Endorsed by Maryland Churches [video]
A capacity crowd of 200 gathered at a church in Frederick, MD on Sunday, Jan. 29, to ask the state's Attorney General, Doug Gansler, and...
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Maryland Governor O’Malley: “We Must Choose Words and Laws” Of Compassion
At the closing brunch of...
