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  • Breitbart Joins GOProud Advisory Board

    This news just in from GOProud is sure to rankle what GOProud’s Chris Barron calls “the gay left.” From the conservative gay group: GOProud, the...

  • Sen. Lieberman Announces Retirement From Senate

    Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) — one of the key champions of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in the Senate — announces his Senate retirement: Live...

  • Across the Threshold

    It can sometimes feel a little awkward to celebrate a victory achieved by something not happening. But even though the Supreme Court's decision not to...

  • Chely Wright at The Birchmere

    Country star Chely Wright returns for a second area performance since she came out and energized last year’s Capital Pride — which happened right after...

  • The B-52s at the 9:30 Club

    The B-52s, the frolicking foursome from Athens, Ga., with three gay members — Keith Strickland, Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson — are as festive and...

  • ABT at the Kennedy Center

    The American Ballet Theatre performs a premiere by Alexei Ratmansky, “The Bright Stream,” as well as a mixed-repertory program part of a Center-wide celebration of...

  • Grace Under Fire

    The light in the darkness of the mass shooting in Tucson came from the courage and poise of ordinary citizens who disarmed Jared Loughner and...

  • Top Court Declines

    For updates to this story, visit Metro Weekly's Poliglot blog.On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request by Bishop Harry Jackson and others...

  • Pittsburgh Proud

    Some might say that 2011 was the year Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather took the easy way out. Doug Pamplin, competing at the Mr. MAL contest as...

  • Momentum in Maryland

    It was just a few days ago that Maryland State Sen. Allan Kittleman (R-Carroll, Howard) announced publicly that he would be introducing a civil-union bill...

  • Changes in the Chamber

    The Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce has begun accepting nominations for honorees at its upcoming annual gala at the Park Hyatt Washington...

  • Art Housed

    It's going to cost about $6,000 to keep the ''Museum of Censored Art'' going through Feb. 13, but the two men responsible for bringing back...

  • The Canadian Dream

    It could be considered trial by bureaucracy or by bigotry, but at least it is coming to a sort of end, as Steve Orner and...

  • It Takes a Village

    It would be very easy to talk about playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney's rise with the same kind of mythic spin as his ''Brother/Sister'' trilogy. His...

  • Swanky Sunday

    Remember Lizard Lounge? Mark Lee's popular Sunday night party permanently closed over two years ago, but a new decade brings what could be a long-awaited...

  • Lost Horizon

    Being credited as a seminal contemporary American play doesn’t make Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon easy to watch. In fact, the best approach to this...

  • On the Wright Track

    Life after coming out may be liberating, but that doesn't mean there won't be some speed bumps along the way. When Chely Wright came out...

  • A Good Year

    Have you ever had one of those years that seems to fly by and it's only at the end that you realize just how much...

  • Bully for That

    ''It just broke my heart, and I felt a little helpless,'' says Eboné Bell of last fall's spate of news stories surrounding gay teen suicides....