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Big Lies
As gays and lesbians, we're not unused to hearing lies told about us. For decades, homophobes and anti-gay activists have relied on the big lies...
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Court of Public Opinion
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan left more questions than answers, since she quite properly refused to prejudge matters that might come...
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Stories of Life
As a transgender woman writing at Feministing.com, I regularly cover trans-related stories. I also critique the almost-always poor coverage from mainstream and even LGBT publications....
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Kagan Ends Hearings
President Barack Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, finished testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the evening of June...
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Missing Persons Report
The Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs on June 30 released ''A Report of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Health in the District of Columbia,'' based on...
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Paddling with Purpose
The DC Aquatics Club (DCAC) is preparing to welcome more than 170 swimmers from the mid-Atlantic region for the 19th annual Maryland Swim for Life...
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Outraged
He's not much of a grandstander. In person, he's unassuming. He can laugh heartily, but he's otherwise fairly soft-spoken. His roots are in suburban New...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: In a world of subtle, parabolic arches, everything that rises must converge. This much is true. But what does it mean in mundane...
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Siren Songs
At last month's inaugural Siren, local promoter and DJ Aaron Riggins closed the night playing Mariah Carey's ''All I Want For Christmas Is You.'' ''For...
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Wise Guy
''I'm still working this out.'' If you walk away from Theater J's production of David Ives's play New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza...
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Club Cutlery
''What if music hadn't stopped dead in its tracks? What if you could pick up where that left off?'' Those were the questions that...
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Bitter gay priest steals $1.3 million because of Catholic Church’s anti-homosexual stance [video]
”The life he was leading in New York City was much different than the life he was leading in Waterbury as a priest. He’s certainly...
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Life's a Cabaret
In a few weeks, Colleen McHugh will perform ''Friend of Dorothy: The Songs of Judy Garland'' at Signature Theatre. ''I mean, that's so stereotypical, but...
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Veto in Hawaii
Calling it “marriage by another name,” Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle (R) today announced that she would veto the state’s civil union bill, passed earlier this...
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Hawaii’s Gov. Lingle claims Civil Union veto not based on her personal anti-gay marriage beliefs
I have been open and consistent in my opposition to same gender marriage and find that HB 444 is essentially marriage by another name. However,...
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Constitutional Follow-Up
Following up on the question raised — and unanswered — at the July 1 LGBT media briefing with White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes...
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Wedding Jitters
When “doom” appears in a headline these days, you know that we’re either talking about the Gulf — or an overheated political argument. The Washington...
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Babes in Arms
Virginia’s American Century Theater offers a concert presentation of the Rodgers and Hart’s musical Babes in Arms. Forget the plot — all you need to...
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Palm Springs (GO)Party?
The day after the U.S. House of Representatives voted in May on an amendment aimed at ending the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, the Human...
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As the Fireworks Clear
It wasn’t the rockets’ red glare tonight, but all the colors of the fireworks over the National Mall that kept the District’s attention as the...
