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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: What gets big must get small. What seems dark carries the seeds of light. What was impossible may now be merely cutting edge....
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Magic Carpet Ride
Aladdin doesn't appear in Mary Zimmerman's The Arabian Nights. Neither does Sinbad the Sailor. Both fairy tales weren't originally part of the stories of Scheherazade,...
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Deconstructions
It's not often that a top Washington tourist destination aims to reach the stone-washed masses and the discerning, over-educated locals, but Ford's Theatre strives undaunted....
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Fractured Fairy Tale
Of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, the illustrious Dr. Johnson wrote: “To remark the folly of the fiction, the absurdity of the conduct, the confusion of the names...
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Marine Life
While being discharged from the military just for being gay can deal a gut-wrenching blow to a member of the armed forces, it's certainly nice...
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Military Serenade
Mike Almy only came out to his parents after he became a leading activist pushing repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. ''I...
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Winds Power
''We're a family,'' says Laura Harris, president of D.C.'s Different Drummers. ''We try to take care of each other, we look out for each other.......
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Muslims, Chinese, Russians will have a ‘hard time’ with gay US troops says Virginia Republican Bob Marshall [video]
”Unit cohesion is compromised. You’re going to have a significant departure from troops in the Marines. Up to 48% will quit or leave early. Uh,...
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Persecuted gays seek asylum: Required to prove they’re gay [video]
”Judges and immigration officials are adding a new hurdle in gay asylum cases that an applicant’s homosexuality must be socially visible…. The rationale is that if...
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Illinois legalizes civil unions for lesbian, gay couples [video]
”I think this is something really, really special, because we believe in civil rights and we believe in civil unions. And that’s what we’re going...
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Iowa legislature moving to ban gay marriage despite testimony against discriminatory bill [video]
”The vote today by House Republicans was a big step backwards for the constitutional rights of all Iowans. I remain committed to protecting the rights...
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3 Dollar Bill
Some of the national gay community’s most talented and dynamic writers appear for a queer reading at the 2011 Association of Writers & Writing Programs...
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George W. Bush’s daughter, Barbara, supports gay marriage with HRC [video]
”Barbara Bush’s advocacy shows that equality knows no party label.” Joe Solmonese in a press release from the Human Rights Campaign. He announced a video...
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GMCW’s Open Mike/Piano Night
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington hosts a monthly piano bar and open-mike night at Dupont’s Black Fox Lounge. Singers of all levels are welcome...
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Alvin Ailey at the Kennedy Center
The popular Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre returns to perform several mixed repertory programs, including Ailey’s signature piece Revelations, celebrating its 50th anniversary next season....
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Robert Plant and the Band of Joy
Before Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant had formed a short-lived group called the Band of Joy. He’s now revived the name, this time with famed singer-songwriter...
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Chick-fil-A ‘anti-gay’ controversy blows up: Conservatives see restaurants as part of ‘war’ against ‘gay agenda’ [video]
”In recent weeks, we have been accused of being anti-gay. We have no agenda against anyone. At the heart and soul of our company, we...
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Get Equal Plans to Protest Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast
Get Equal announced plans today to protest the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual D.C. event attended by many D.C. luminaries, including the president, that is...
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Gov’t Loses Request to Put LCR’s DADT Case on Hold
In a Friday evening ruling issued by the clerk’s office for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the government’s attempt to put...
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Dar Williams in concert with IBIS at the Artisphere
Pop-folk musician Dar Williams, whose music has always defied gender and genre, has taken it a step further by teaming with Ibis for a “crossover...
