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Obama Talks Faith Inside, Get Equal Protests The Family Outside
This morning, President Barack Obama addressed the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual event sponsored by The Fellowship — also known as The Family, where he...
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Word Play
Being the good uncles I imagine us to be, my husband and I took our 10-year-old nephew out to dinner at the mall this past...
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Bravery in Black
An extraordinary display of gay courage and determination comes to us from Mukono, Uganda, thanks to a YouTube video of last Friday's funeral for murdered...
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Working for Change
As the Obama administration releases new details on ending ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' and the president continues his public evolution on the vital issue of...
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Appointments for Equality
In a trio of nominations or appointments this past week, the Obama administration gave a nod to many corners of the struggle for LGBT equality...
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Call for Action
The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), an organization dedicated to the needs of LGBTQ youth ages 13 to 21 in the D.C. area, is...
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Pager Problems
Mayor Vince Gray's Office of GLBT Affairs made its first public announcement under the new leadership of Jeffrey Richardson this week, sharing the Metropolitan Police...
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Frisch, Covered LGBT Issues Often at Media Matters, Leaving to Start New Communications Firm
In the first two years of the Obama administration, Media Matters for America had expended some serious energy toward addressing LGBT issues, most notably in...
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Todd Wright and Cal Everett at Jammin’ Java
D.C.-based Todd Wright has been the touring guitarist for such national acts as the Pat McGee Band, Better Than Ezra and Lucy Woodward, and his...
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Disney in Concert at the NSO
Michael Krajewski conducts the NSO Pops in Disney in Concert, an evening of musical selections from Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins,...
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Alfred Hitchcock Early Films Retrospective
The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre presents the first in a three-part series this year exploring the works of Alfred Hitchcock. “Part I: The British...
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SNL humor called ‘blatantly anti-transgender’ by gay media watchdog, GLAAD [video]
”The violence, discrimination and harassment that transgender Americans experience each and every day is no laughing matter…. Saturday Night Live is a touchstone of American...
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Coverboy: Kory
There are currently 42 unique pieces of art on Kory's body. The tattoo enthusiast likes to get new ink about once a month – a...
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Virginia National Guard Gay Ban Bill Dies in Committee
Some news tonight from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Attempts to ban gays from openly serving in the Virginia National Guard and, conversely, to have the Guard...
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Glee’s gay teenage dream, Darren Criss, visits Ellen Degeneres [video]
”It’s been really special for me because the character is something that I’m very personal about. It’s something that I believe in. It’s just so...
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MD Marriage Equality Effort Picks Up GOP Support
Sen. Allan Kittleman (R-Carroll, Howard), who had been supporting civil-union legislation in Maryland in recent weeks, today announced his support for full marriage equality —...
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David Pakman asks: What the difference between Dr. Laura & Westboro’s Shirley Phelps-Roper? [video]
Talk show host David Pakman said he looked up the beliefs of satellite radio advice guru Dr. Laura Schlessinger, and says he read that she...
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All of Us
There are different ways to mark the anniversaries of Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc. Bishop Kwabena Rainey Cheeks formed the organization in 1985....
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Herndon Hideaway
Last summer, So Addictive Lounge started a gay night on Wednesdays. By November, Thursdays and Fridays had gone gay too. ''We were thinking about adding...
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Temperature Rising
Eddie Elias knows a thing or two about heating up and cooling down a room. He toiled for 12 years as a heating and air-conditioning...
