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Hair at the Kennedy Center
Equal parts revival and outright rave, there is something slightly bizarre about mounting Hair in the red velvet box that is the Kennedy Center’s Opera...
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The Legacy of Laramie
As part of the Arena Stage productions of The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, Metro Weekly and Arena Stage will host...
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Coverboy: Omar
11-18-10 COVERBOY Omar Omar came out just one year ago and has found support and friends while working at Town Danceboutique. The 25-year-old Northern Virginia...
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Girlyman at the Barns at Wolf Trap
Girlyman, a sweet and sensitive queer quartet of three girls and a boy creates its own soaring three-part harmony in the acoustic-leaning folk-pop manner of...
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Stale Air
So, here's what I've been struggling with lately: I'm 42 at the moment and will all-too-soon turn 43. It's not my age that's nagging me...
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History Repeating
There's a project I'm working on that is fascinating me. It involves scanning loads of old photos. One, in particular, is captivating. My late Uncle...
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Ups and Downs of a Lame Duck
Visit Metro Weekly's Poliglot for further updates to this story. As the first week of the lame-duck Congress opened, the LGBT advocates who have been working...
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World Bank Relents
On Nov. 10, Metro Weekly reported that Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) had been listed as an eligible organization in the World...
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Expanding Effort
More than 60 people applied for a part-time, paid position, to become the first HIV program associate at The Center, the area's LGBT community center....
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Love Game
Tennis icons Billie Jean King, Andre Agassi, Martina Navratilova and other players joined forces at American University on Monday, Nov. 15, and raised more than...
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Colorado Springs student allowed to wear ‘Marriage is so gay’ shirt
”The ACLU contacted me actually because they saw my story and I had wanted to but hadn’t gotten around to it yet. My rights were...
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Laramie Project at Arena Stage
New York theater troupe Tectonic Theater stops at the brand new Arena Stage as part of the national tour of both the original Laramie Project...
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Obama Calls Levin With “Commitment” to Lame-Duck DADT Repeal; Reid’s Office Commits to NDAA Vote
This afternoon, White House spokesman Shin Inouye told Metro Weekly that President Obama had spoken with one of the Senate leaders of “Don’t Ask, Don’t...
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GALA’s 6th Annual Flamenco Festival
Part of GALA Theatre’s ArteAmericA series in collaboration with the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Flamenco Festival explores the diversity and depth of flamenco and...
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Get Equal’s McGehee: “I don’t, for a second, plan on backing down.”
Get Equal’s Robin McGehee told me in March, “Our goal is not to be the person who gets to be in those negotiations.” She added,...
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GLEE’s bully takes time to talk to gay youth with online video
”Recently I’ve had the opportunity to sit down and talk to a lot of you out there, and it’s been a privilege. It’s been awesome....
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14-year-old gay student defends teacher for ejecting intolerant classmates
”I’ve been in rooms, in classrooms where children have said the worst kinds of things. The kinds of things that helped drive me to a...
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Catholic students censorsed for criticizing Church official’s anti-gay marriage mailings
”The people who said it was inappropriate for us to publish these stories are the same people who are perpetuating an atmosphere of homophobia on...
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Outspoken, Ep. 14: Gay Bowling [video]
Host Ebone Bell ventures into the AMF Alexandria Lanes during the International Gay Bowling Organization's (IGBO) mid-year tournament and asks the bowlers about their skills...
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Annie at Olney Theatre
Yep, the sun’ll come out tomorrow — in a manner of speaking — as Olney christens its new main stage with Annie, the popular musical...
