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Priming the Primaries
In one of the peculiarities of the District, the Democratic primary Sept. 14 is largely the local equivalent of what other jurisdictions nationwide will experience...
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Beating's Good-Bye
When Francisco J. Martin was mugged in the Shaw neighborhood a month and a half ago, he was not physically assaulted. ''They only took my...
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Modern Family
Modern families are funny. There's a sitcom that proves it. But the modern family in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right is more than...
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Dream State
Ever had one of those dreams when you couldn't wake up, a dream that seemed to go on forever and ever? Welcome to Inception. At...
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Camp Celluloid
''The first time I ever went out in drag was as Patty Duke. So I have this thing.'' That ''thing'' is why Valley of the...
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Vocal Glee
''I'm really excited about sharing the stage with Marvin Hamlisch,'' says Idina Menzel. ''We might even do a song together. I'm trying to get him...
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Jolly Holiday
For every Lion King, there is a Little Mermaid. For every Beauty and the Beast, there is a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. There is perhaps...
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Lip Service
Special Agent Galactica is every woman – figuratively. The lip-syncing character whose attire usually entails a pink wig, short dress, heels and subtle makeup, ''channels''...
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Sand Men
''Fire Island, for me, it's the mecca of disco. You read about it in old disco books,'' says Russell Small of the British dance duo...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Nothing is on fire, under fire, or going to be fired. Not in the sense you've imagined. Now you'll want to calm down,...
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What Would Machiavelli Do?
Writing about “political fear” and the oft-repeated line that “lected officials and candidates view the gay community as an ATM,” AmericaBlog’s Joe Sudbay posits, “We...
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Log Cabin Goes to Court
As others focus on the questions the military is asking troops, Log Cabin Republicans are focused on questions of another type, as the group’s lawsuit...
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Fergilicious: Black Eyed Peas singer, Fergie, pushes Obama for gay marriage equality
“Barack Obama? I think that definitely he gave a different perspective on America from other countries. And I think that on foreign relations, he’s really...
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“Absolutely” No Segregation Being Considered, Pentagon Spokesman Says
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell hit back hard on Monday afternoon against the claim alluded to at Talking Points Memo and circulating in the LGBT blogosphere...
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Gay boys, the FTC has your back: Defunct magazine, XY, cannot sell members’ data
”The XY privacy policy is simple, explicit, and clear. Subscribers and members were told that their personal information would not be sold, shared, or given...
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DC’s Whitman-Walker Clinic running TV ads for HIV/AIDS, gay healthcare [video]
Whitman-Walker Clinic is now running two TV commercials on Comcast networks in the DC area through the end of the year. The commercials focus on...
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GLAAD keeps pushing Sherri Shepherd, ABC to correct info about HIV, black women, “down-low” men [video]
”Where it’s starting is, it’s so big in the black community with women because they’re having unprotected sex with men who have been having sex...
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More From Pentagon’s Morrell
Following up from the Friday evening, July 9, news conference held by Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, I believe many questions remain about the survey, its...
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Transgender group protests Rhode Island Governor’s “confusing” veto
”We’re not talking about cases where someone has a problem with the victim’s gender identity or expression. We’re not talking about cases where someone doesn’t...
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“Lesbian” mice created in South Korea through genetic alteration
”The mutant female mouse underwent a slightly altered developmental programme in the brain to resemble the male brain in terms of sexual preference.” Chankyu Park....
