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Legacy of 'The Laramie Project' [video]
Few plays have taken root in the public consciousness — and served as the public conscience — as has ''The Laramie Project,'' Moises Kaufman and...
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A Modest Step, Some Sharp Complaints
In 2010, President Barack Obama took the opportunity to use the State of the Union to declare that he would ''work with Congress and our...
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Doritos’ gay Superbowl ads? Funny contest entries not considered finalists
”What’s funnier than a man making eyes at another man? What’s funnier than hapless homosexual males guessing that a straight guy is interested in them?...
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HRC’s Sainz Lowers Expectations for LGBT Americans at SOTU
On Friday, Jan. 21, Human Rights Campaign vice president Fred Sainz told The New York Times, “This past year Americans were confronted with the epidemic...
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Singer Tiffany confirms Jonathan Knight is gay: ‘New Kids’ star responds on Twitter [video]
”I did, yes, Jonathan Knight…. ‘the quiet one, the shy one.’ He became gay later. I didn’t do it. But he’s fabulous…. I had issues...
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RuPaul explains heart attack rumor: ‘Drag Race 3’ begins tonight [video]
”The best drag queens always come from the southeastern part of the country. I don’t know if it’s because of the Bible Belt, but there’s...
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Richardson Confirmed
Mayor Vincent Gray appointed three top-level managers on Friday morning, Jan. 21 during a press conference at the John A. Wilson Building. Among them was...
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The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires
In “Tango Inferno: The Fire Within,” The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires, Argentina’s most acclaimed dance company, performs to traditional tango music played by...
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Author Mark Hertsgaard at Politics and Prose
Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth documents innovative responses from various regions around the world already struggling with climate change-driven problems like...
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Arizona Hero Hernandez to Sit With Michelle Obama at SOTU
Daniel Hernandez Jr., the intern who aided Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) until medical personnel arrived after she was shot earlier this month, will be attending...
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Pianist Sofya Gulyak at the Kennedy Center
The Washington Performing Arts Society presents Russian pianist Sofya Gulyakin her Kennedy Center debut in a program that includes Schubert, Chopin, Franck and Ravel. It’s...
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The Dismemberment Plan at the 9:30 Club
A D.C.-based indie-rock band formed in 1993, The Dismemberment Plan actually dismembered a decade later, in 2003, with a final show at the 9:30 Club....
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Pianist Tzimon Barto with the NSO
Christoph Escenbach conducts the NSO and guest pianist Tzimon Barto in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, plus a few pieces from Bernstein. Then, actor Richard Dreyfuss reads...
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Return to Haifa at Theater J
A gripping drama from Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theatre, Return to Haifa follows a young soldier torn between his Palestinian birth parents who fled Haifa during...
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Maria La O & Pagliacci at The InSeries
The In Series’s latest “pocket opera” powerhouse double-bill of passion, betrayal and revenge, features Ernesto Lecuona’s Cuban zarzuela masterpiece Maria la O and Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s...
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
What if Mr. Darcy was just Darcy? That question is essentially answered in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, a pre-Victorian era lesbian love...
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Genesis at The Warehouse
Winner of Best Drama at the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival, Genesis returns for an eight-show engagement at the Warehouse at an opportune time, as it...
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GAO: 40 Percent Of DADT Discharges Were in “Critical” Roles or Spoke “Important” Languages
According to a report released today by the Government Accountability Office, 40 percent of the servicemembers discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” from 2004 through...
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Jason Mraz, Adam Lambert, Jane Lynch comment at Elton John’s marriage equality benefit
”I can’t wait until they add an ‘S’ at the end of ‘LGBTQ…S’ for straight, so that it’s all the same, all across the board,...
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HUD Unveils Proposed Housing Nondiscrimination Rules
Today, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan unveiled new regulations being proposed by HUD that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of...
