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Tennessee school bill would prevent any discussion of homosexuality [video]
”The Don’t Say Gay bill raises all kinds of issues about anti-gay bias, free speech and government overreach. It limits what teachers and students are able...
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The Big Small Screen
While I love movies, I actually rather hate movie theaters. I realize that many people enjoy the communal experience of a movie — sharing in...
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Chamber Honorees
Following a nominations process that opened in December, the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, better known as The Chamber, has announced the...
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Looking for Leaders
Metro Weekly will be accepting nominations for its third annual Next Generation Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of LGBT activists, artists and leaders under the...
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Family Ties
The Irish tenements of the early 1920s were a close-knit and crowded place. Seated cheek-by-jowl at the Washington Shakespeare Company's Juno and the Paycock, Sean...
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Winds of Change
When Valerie Coleman was forming what became the Imani Winds quintet, Mariam Adam says, ''she wanted the players to look like her.'' Specifically, Coleman, a...
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Cultural Crossroads
''There's so much stuff going on,'' says Scott Kenison. ''It's really like multicultural on steroids.'' Kenison, chief operating officer of the Atlas Performing Arts Center,...
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Oscar Night
What movie are you rooting for to win at this Sunday's Academy Awards? The Kids Are All Right? Black Swan? As long as you like...
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Sex and the Apocalypse
Gregg Araki's Kaboom is a gay, sexually charged version of Donnie Darko. It's destined to either become a cult classic or fade into obscurity. The...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: You've been under the gun and on the fence and caught between the horns of dilemma. You've been up the road and down...
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25 Gay Films Everyone Should See: The Sequel
Another round of films that helped to define the culture -- and cultural impact - of LGBT cinema
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Banking on It
You may think of bankers as very traditional people, but that's not how Ken White thinks of himself. ''I like to think outside of the...
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Kathy Griffin at the Kennedy Center
Kathy Griffin‘s hit a rough patch of late. She recently lost in her third bid for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album, this time to...
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Bill T. Jones pays tribute to Lincoln at the KenCen
The ever-provocative Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, led by the great Tony Award-winning choreographer Jones, offers a performance of “Fondly Do We Hope"Ā¦Fervently Do...
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Newt Gingrich confronted on ‘hypocritical’ opposition to gay marriage
”I’ve had a life which, on occasion, has had problems,” he added. “I believe in a forgiving God, and the American people will have to...
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AP looks at corporations that cover surgery for transgender employees
”We understand people simply get appendicitis, and it is something our community deals with through insurance…. That’s what we need to understand about transsexualism. Not...
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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago Mayor
Rahm Emanuel, the former head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who served as President Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff, was elected...
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Outlandish Britney, Gaga posts from Examiner’s ‘gay culture’ blog were hoaxes?
”In several of my articles, I have quoted Joel Waddell and his organization, the supposed ‘Orange County Equality Project.’ It has now come to my...
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News Analysis: The Changed Landscape, and the New Focus
Although the changed political winds in Washington, D.C., spell an end to any likely chance of the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act or...
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Lady Gaga claims record deal with Target Corp. included support for LGBT charities
“That discussion was one of the most intense conversations I’ve ever had in a business meeting…. Part of my deal with Target is that they...
