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Cyrano opens at the Folger
In Edmund Rostand’s classic, Cyrano, the titular character secretly adores Roxanne but fears she could never share the sentiment because of his extraordinarily huge nose....
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Federico Aubele at the Rock and Roll Hotel
An Argentinean-born singer and guitarist on the D.C.-based ESL Music label — named after the Eighteenth Street Lounge and home to Thievery Corporation — Aubele...
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Vigil Planned For Physically Attacked Trans Woman at Baltimore McDonald’s
A candlelight vigil is scheduled to take place at the McDonald’s at 6315 Kenwood Ave. in Rosedale, Baltimore, at 7 p.m. on Monday night where...
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Coming Together
''This is the beginning,'' prominent transgender activist Dana Beyer said. ''Our legislators are going to have to listen going forward.'' Beyer made those remarks when...
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Different Light’s closing is end of an era for gay bookstores in California
”From the moment it was founded, this store became a cultural center for the emerging queer community in the late 1980s…. Events, exhibitions, panel discussions,...
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Larry Kramer continues fiery rants about gay life, uncaring youth, AIDS and online hook-ups
”There are these issues now. It’s just that you don’t think of them as galvanizing, mainly because they’re not so life and death. I cite...
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Editor’s Pick: Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
Femi Kuti carries the torch for his late father, Nigerian Afro-beat pioneer and superstar Fela Kuti, the subject of the exhilarating recent Broadway musical sensation...
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Todd Haynes retrospective launches with Poison
The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre launches a retrospective of gay filmmaker Todd Haynes with a new 35mm print celebrating the 20th anniversary of Poison,...
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The Smoking Gun identifies beaten transgender woman; McDonald’s employee calls her ‘a man’ faking seizure [video]
”Tha Title Of That Video Is A Lie…. That Was Not A Female That Was Getting Beat Up…. That Was A Man….He Was Dressed Lik...
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Director Kevin Smith marries gay ice hockey fans on ABC’s Nightline
“Suddenly, it goes from the 50 people here in this room to potentially the entire world to hear your wedding. And the more...
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Elton John shows off baby Zachary; says Lady Gaga is godmother [video]
Pop icon and 68-year-old gay father Elton John tells ABC’s Barbara Walters that Lady Gaga is his son Zachary‘s godmother. Watch the full video online...
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Hip hop artist Lil B claims death Tweets over ‘I’m Gay’ album title
“And a hundred years later, people gonna thank me because, you know, people gonna be free. And that’s the main thing. Even if it’s one...
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Community Outraged by Disturbing Video of Apparent Anti-Trans Assault
A video that has garnered attention within the LGBT community appears to show a Baltimore County transgender woman being assaulted physically by two patrons of...
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Concierge Travel announces its offers for 2012
Houston-based Concierge Travel shared the following information about its 2012 trips to the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Peru and the Amazon: Concierge Travel, the largest gay-owned...
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Equality Maryland Director of Development Quits, Protests Decision to “Remove” ED
Shortly after Morgan Meneses-Sheets released a statement announcing her departure from Equality Maryland and that it was not her choice to leave, the organization’s director...
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Equality Maryland Executive Director Leaving, Says “Not My Choice to Leave”
Morgan Meneses-Sheets, executive director of Equality Maryland, announced today, April 22, that she is it no longer with the organization. Shortly after her announcement, Equality...
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FBI Nabs Suspect in Kidnapping
A man accused of helping a former lesbian sneak a child out of the country, violating a court order that the mother turn the child...
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Now Playing: Making the Boys
Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, there was Mort Crowley’s brilliant, bitter...
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The Helen Hayes Awards: Honoring the Thespians
The Washington theater community has grown in the past quarter century to the point where it is arguably one of the largest, strongest thriving regional...
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Gay Traveler Alert: Key West and Maui are courting us
As June is LGBT Pride Month, many hotels are offering promotions to attract gay travelers. Here are two offers that were shared with Metro Weekly:...
