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May 9 Set As Hearing Date Showdown Between DOJ and House GOP Lawyers in Windsor DOMA Case
The Republican House leadership’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act, discussed earlier today here, just got a lot more concrete. They will be facing...
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As House GOP Fights to Defend DOMA, Democrats Start Push for Repeal Measure
The decision of the House Republican leadership on March 9 to authorize the House counsel’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in court prompted...
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Hanson’s exuberant new music video
Hanson’s new video for the upbeat single “Give A Little” — to be released on iTunes on April 5 — is playful, punchy and, quite...
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The Strokes headline Sweetlife Festival Sunday, May 1 at Merriweather
Just announced — The Sweetlife Festival 2011 is coming to Merriweather on Sunday, May 1, and what an amazing line-up of acts: The Strokes, Girl...
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Maryland Transgender Activist Exonerated of All Ethics Charges, Seeks Apology from Montgomery County
It was in the fall of 2007 that Maryland’s Montgomery County passed a bill that protects citizens from discrimination in areas such as housing, employment,...
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Loretta Lynn Postponed
The Loretta Lynn concert set for this Thursday, March 17 has been rescheduled. The new date is Oct. 15, 2011. Tickets will be honored. Refunds...
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Whores and Hard Candy
This weekend the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington presents a fully staged, all-male production of the Broadway musical The Best Little Whore House In Texas...
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Community Debates Gender Identity Bill
The exclusion of a public accommodations provision from a Maryland bill aimed at ending transgender discrimination has led one group of LGBT activists, Trans Maryland,...
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Oetken, Out Gay Nominee, “Unanimously Qualified” for N.Y. Federal Judgeship, ABA Panel Says
J. Paul Oetken, the out gay New York attorney who was nominated by President Barack Obama for a federal judicial appointment in late January, told...
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The Big Uneasy at AFI Silver
Simpsons castmember — voice of Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders and Principal Skinner, among others — and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer will appear...
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Theatre J’s The Chosen
Aaron Posner directs his adaptation of this beloved play based on the novel by Chaim Potok about two boys, two fathers and two very different...
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Outtake: Edward Albee on why critics should read plays
In creating a final cut of this week’s Edward Albee cover story, we had to lose a few passages for space. One of those was...
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Another anti-gay iTunes app: ‘Ex-gay’ Exodus fears Apple will ‘censor’
”We saw the app as another opportunity to reach the world — to reach a larger demographic with our message…. And based on a small...
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Gay Senator, Co-Author of Maryland Marriage Bill Says “Fight Not Over”
Sen. Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery), the only out gay member of Maryland’s Senate, who introduced the marriage legislation in the Senate with Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery),...
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Play in a Day
Teams representing six D.C.-area professional theater companies will write, direct, rehearse and perform six original plays in a 24-hour period in this seventh annual event...
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Maryland House of Delegates Chairman Sends Marriage Bill Back to Committee
UPDATE, Full report: No Maryland Marriage Vote. Maryland House of Delegates Chairman Del. Joseph Vallario stunned supporters and opponents of Senate Bill 116, the Civil...
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Maryland House of Delegates Continues Marriage Debate, Two Hours In
The Maryland’s House of Delegates is entering hour two of debates on Senate Bill 116, legislation that would grant same-sex couples in the state legal...
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Live Coverage of Maryland House of Delegates Debate on Marriage Bill
The Maryland House of Delegates is currently debating Senate Bill 116, during its third and final reading. If the bill is passed into law, it...
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Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
Originally broadcast on PBS, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life focuses on the composer, arranger and pianist who was Washington-native Duke Ellington’s right hand man for decades,...
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Campus Hate Crime
A George Washington University senior has been charged with a hate crime for an assault on a fellow student early Sunday, March 6, according to...
