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Edith Windsor’s Lawyers Slam BLAG’s “Failure to Respond” in DOMA Challenge
In a letter filed on July 18 with the magistrate judge overseeing the discovery — or evidentiary — portion of Edith Windsor’s ACLU-led challenge to...
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Courtly Conversation
D.C. Superior Court's chief judge has accepted an invitation from Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) to speak to members of the local LGBT community...
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Pat Benatar: Hit us with your best shot
Multi-Grammy-winning ’80s hitmaker Pat Benatar, a pioneering woman in rock, is about to go into the studio to record her first album in nearly 20...
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Swinging at DOMA
Before this week, President Barack Obama had, on several occasions – including from the Oval Office in June 2009 – stated his support for the...
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DOJ Argues to Keep DADT Repeal In Executive Branch’s Control, Out of the Courts
The government this evening continued its attempt to keep the end of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the hands of the executive branch,...
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Oetken Approved By U.S. Senate, Is First Out Gay Man OK’ed for Federal Judgeship
Today, in a 80-13 vote completed at a little past 6:10 p.m., the Senate approved the nomination of out gay attorney J. Paul Oetken to...
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Panel Set for July 20 Senate Hearing into Respect for Marriage Act
In advance of this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on the Respect for...
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Coverboy: London
London is new to the nation's capital. The 28-year-old native of New Orleans moved to D.C. from Detroit two months ago to consider a job...
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This Afternoon: NatGeo presents Peruvian Films and Dances
In collaboration with the Embassy of Peru, the National Geographic Society presents screenings today of two Peruvian films, each followed by demonstrations of the dances...
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Editor’s Pick: A Perfect Circle, tonight at D.A.R.
An American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan, A Perfect Circle now includes bassist Matt McJunkins...
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Visit to a Small Planet at American Century Theatre
Gore Vidal lampoons the Cold War and humanity’s self-destructive preoccupation with world domination in Visit to a Small Planet, a 1956 satire originally written for...
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Active-Duty Military Contingent Marches in San Diego Pride Parade
[Photo: The contingent of active-duty servicemembers and veterans line up to march in the San Diego Pride Parade on Saturday, July 16. (Photo by Tony...
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Tonight: Lil Wayne at Jiffy Lube Live
Just a few months after stopping at the Verizon Center, rapper Lil Wayne returns to the region to perform at Jiffy Lube Live. He’s still...
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Angela Winbush at Blues Alley
R&B singer Angela Winbush started her career as a backup singer for Stevie Wonder and then joined in the duo Rene and Angela. She produces...
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Hey, it’s tradition! Fiddler on the Roof at Wolf Trap
A Jewish Sound of Music of sorts and one of Broadway’s cash cows, Fiddler on the Roof was first staged in 1964, as directed and...
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Ninth Circuit Keeps Bar on DADT Discharges In Effect While Considering DOJ Motion on Stay in Log Cabin Case
Although “temporarily reinstating” most of its stay of the injunction in the Log Cabin Republicans v. United States case tonight, the U.S. Court of Appeals...
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LCR Responds to DOJ: “On-Again, Off-Again Status” of DADT “Plays Havoc” With Servicemembers’ Rights
Responding to the two filings on Thursday evening, July 14, by the Department of Justice in the Log Cabin Republicans v. United States challenge to...
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Harry Potter, already breaking records
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 broke the domestic box office record for a midnight opening. The film took in a whopping $43.5...
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Equality Maryland Seeking 10-20 People to Serve on its Board of Directors
Following months of turbulence at Equality Maryland, from board member resignations to the departure of the organization’s executive director in April, the organization announced today...
