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The Republican Wave
Midterm elections often chip away at the governing majority's rule – sometimes casting out whole chunks of that majority. This year, however, a rough quarter...
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In Lexington, a Sign of Inclusion
In Lexington, Ky., Jim Gray -- currently the vice mayor of the city -- defeated incumbent Mayor Jim Newberry in an election that would have...
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Court Keeps DADT in Effect
With one judge dissenting, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a stay on Nov. 1 of the...
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Looking Locally
In the District of Columbia – a vastly Democratic jurisdiction – the real excitement is September's Democratic primary. When Vincent Gray secured the party's nomination...
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Clinic Preps Fall Function
Next Friday, Nov. 12, the Whitman-Walker Clinic will give Dr. Shannon Hader its first-ever Community Service Award ''in recognition of the tremendous work she's done...
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IGBO Returns
Whatever the Aztec calendar may herald, the cycle over at the International Gay Bowling Organization (IGBO) seems to hold that the D.C. area manages...
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Sweet Slice
Crossing into November, the scent is in the air. No, not the smell of dead leaves and burning logs. It's fear – fear of pulling...
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DADT on the Line
A senior fellow with the progressive Center for American Progress has said he couldn't think of ''anyone else'' who had the credibility to lead ''Don't...
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Résumé Reveal
A few years ago, Riley Folds applied for a job at a company with a poor reputation toward gays and lesbians. He debated how of...
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Emboldened Bigotry
The war on bullies is on. That's a good thing. Bullying is bad. Sadly, it's not that simple. We're competitive, violent creatures. We pet our...
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All in the Family
As one contemplates the Washington Shakespeare Company's move from Clark Street to Rosslyn, it's easy to imagine a magical creature emerging from its dark cave...
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Close Encounters
''Can two divorced men share an apartment, without driving each other crazy?'' That was the question left hanging at the start of every episode of...
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Shear Brilliance
kennedy-center.org Of the many egregious acts perpetrated on the American public by the advertising and marketing industry the worst may be this: ''Let the Sun...
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Homecoming Tribute
As early as 1955, Anna Sokolow refused to alter her choreography with a gay sequence for a concert. ''She was a Jewish, straight white woman....
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Surreal Life
Scott G. Brooks was so inspired by people's frustration with President Obama and the Democrats, he put Glenn Beck in a painting. Actually, Beck wasn't...
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Drumming Decades
''My passion for the group grows every time I'm with them,'' says Joe Bello of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Bello is not the only one. This...
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Man in the Middle
As a young boy in New Jersey, just about yay-tall, Jonathan Capehart knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: a television...
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After Midterms, Obama Still Pushing DADT Repeal
At his news conference Wednesday afternoon, President Barack Obama was asked by CNN’s Ed Henry about the repeal of the “Don’t...
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Outspoken, Ep. 12: At the Rally to Restore Sanity [video]
In this week's edition of Outspoken, Ebone Bell and Aram Vartian venture over to the Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the...
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Dakshina at the Clarice Smith Center
As early as 1955, Anna Sokolow refused to alter her choreography with a gay sequence for a concert. “She was a Jewish, straight white woman....
