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Outspoken, Ep. 24: What's Your Favorite LGBT Film?
In this week's Outspoken, host Ebone Bell hits The DC Center's annual Oscar Night Benefit, ''Glamour, Glitter & Gold,'' and inquires of those assembled, ''What's...
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NYC Rush-Hour Warning: “NY DEMANDS MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW!”
Metro Weekly has received a media advisory that on Tuesday morning, Mar. 1, “Queer Rising Will Block Traffic in Midtown Manhattan to Demand Marriage Equality.”...
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More DOMA Fallout: DOJ Tackles How DOMA Decision Impacts Judicial Benefits Case
The Department of Justice filed its response today to an inquiry from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California about the case...
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Boehner Would Be “Very Surprised” If House Doesn’t Mount DOMA Defense
In an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) sounded very much like a man planning on spearheading a defense...
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Newt Gingrich calls on Congress to force President Obama to uphold anti-gay marriage law; discusses impeachment
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House and current Republican Presidential candidate, spoke with Newsmaxx about the White House’s recent decision to stop defending...
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Texas school superintendent: Cancel all club meetings to circumvent new Gay-Straight Alliance
”They’d rather get rid of all organizations rather than to allow this one to start? Wow,…. If she’s not going to allow any other clubs...
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Lady Gaga gives birth in video celebrating sci-fi motherhood, new race of humanity [video]
Lady Gaga, the self-designated ”Mother Monster” of pop music, released her latest video today. It is not the ”gay anthem” that many had expected, but...
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Maryland Marriage Opponents Gearing Up for a Referendum
Immediately following the Thursday, Feb. 24 passage of a bill on Maryland’s Senate floor that would grant same-sex couples in the state legal marriage recognition,...
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Steve Davies is first pro cricket player to come out as gay
“If I am brutally honest, I’ve never enjoyed touring because of my secret and having to conceal my sexuality. My friendships with the guys would...
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TV station outs gay men in India: Broadcasts dating website photos, names, recordings [video]
A report from NDTV tells of an “investigative report” by TV9, a station in Hyderabad, India, which outed “at least 4” gay men. (NDTV) The salacious...
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Glamour, Glitter and Gold benefits The DC Center
There are still tickets available for Glamour, Glitter & Gold, an Oscar-watch gala benefitting The DC Center, Sunday, Feb. 27, at Town Danceboutique, 2009 8th...
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Basra Boy and The Weir at Keegan Theatre
In the one person show Basra Boy, The Keegan Theatre offers a look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their impact on the...
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Oscar Nominated Shorts at the Avalon
The Avalon Theatre offers two feature-length programs of the short films nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards, set for Sunday, Feb. 27 — a program...
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News Analysis: DOJ Avoids DADT Constitutionality Question, Argues DADT Repeal Act Changed LCR Case
As suggested this afternoon by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, the Department of Justice has filed its brief defending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in...
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DOJ Urges Continued Delay of LCR DADT Appeal, But Notes That Courts Have Found DADT To Be Constitutional
As suggested this afternoon by...
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White House Press Secretary Suggests DADT Court Defense Will Continue
Notwithstanding the government’s decision to stop defending Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act against constitutional challenges, White House press secretary Jay Carney suggested...
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The Fallout: DOJ Drops First Circuit DOMA Defense; Immigration and DADT Questions Raised
The fallout has been rapid and expansive from the Feb. 23 letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to House Speaker John Boehner regarding the government’s...
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The City Choir of Washington
Robert Shafer conducts the choir in a concert tribute to 9/11 on its 10th anniversary year. Featured on the program are Haydn’s Mass In The...
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Maura O’Connell at The Birchmere
Irish singer Maura O’Connell got her start as vocalist for the traditional Celtic group De Dannan, but now as a solo artist, she offers contemporary,...
