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So You Think You're a Drag Queen @ Town Danceboutique: Episode 4 [video]
Nine contestants -- that's right, NINE -- took part in So You Think You're a Drag Queen at Town Danceboutique on Friday, June 4, 2010....
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Feels Like the First Time
I was 19 years old and newly out of the closet -- not entirely by choice -- when I saw my first gay Pride parade....
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From Stonewall to the Workplace
One by one, they stepped up to the podium and got personal. ''I believe what my parents taught me — that if I work hard,...
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Winning Gracefully
The LGBT community has a long, hot summer ahead. The last election put avowed allies at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, yet the midterm election...
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Rhee's Tardy Response
Two years ago Michael Sessa was outraged by the results of the city's 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for students attending public schools in...
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Eagle Keeps Its Roost
Thanks to a new lease, the DC Eagle leather bar has at least five more years at its Mount Vernon Square locale -- where it...
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Murder Prompts Renewed Warning
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) released a photograph of Michael Geoffrey McKoy to Metro Weekly on Monday, June 7, asking for information from anyone who...
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IML Entourage
While Washington took time during Memorial Day Weekend to celebrate DC Black Pride, Chicago spent the weekend with the International Mr. Leather contest. A few...
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Chely Wright
When Chely Wright first took the stage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry in 1989, the young country singer from Kansas was fulfilling a childhood dream....
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Transcendental Joy
''I didn't want anyone to think that I had stayed too long -- I was just too proud for that,'' says Joy Zinoman, an note...
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Federal Act Applies
The criminal provisions of the Violence Against Women Act – which allow the federal government to prosecute those who travel across state lines to attempt...
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Biographer says: Gay Elton John picked for wedding because Rush Limbaugh is deaf
”Most of all, you want someone you can hear. Limbaugh has been deaf for many years. He can make out speech thanks to a cochlear...
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Zipping Along
Have you ever wanted to leave behind the concrete trappings of the city and leap off a tree like Tarzan? Thanks to Go Ape!, you...
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Pride By Night
If Dorothy mistook Capital Pride 2010 for the Land of Oz, she'd have a new refrain. ''Drag queens and DJs and bears, oh my.'' And...
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Tony Fever
In a recent episode of Glee, Kristin Chenoweth cued up a little Burt Bacharach in an effort to once again woo Matthew Morrison's character. She's...
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Lady Like
Enrique Divine, who just celebrated a birthday last week, laughs off questions about his age. ''You never ask that to a woman!'' The character of...
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Slumber Dome
So maybe you know about the dome. Or, maybe you don't know about the dome. Maybe, when looking at advertisements and posters for Arena Stage's...
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Bionic Vanity
Is Christina Aguilera the greatest singer in the world? Well, she sure thinks she is. Neither modesty nor subtlety is her strong suit. ''Everyday I...
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Soul Activism
Unlike a lot of soul singers, Goapele didn't get her start singing in talent shows or church. ''When I first started singing in public as...
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Money Girl
Several years ago, when Joan Rivers starred in a GEICO commercial where the whole concept centered on her plastic surgery, it seemed like a wonderful...
