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Young Bucks
There is nothing rotten – though there are some slightly malodorous bits – in Folger Theatre's state of Denmark. Folger's new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet...
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Icelandic Surprise
How is the singer-songwriter Jon Thor ''Jónsi'' Birgisson similar to the Icelandic volcano that shut down air traffic in Europe for days on end last...
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DJ SPIN-OFF
Ever hear of ninja house? ''I don't know how to put it into words,'' says Cobalt's Sean Morris. ''It sounds very different.'' The stealthy music...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Between things seen and unseen lay the doors of perception. Will you walk across the threshold into the unknown? Will you glance through...
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Iron Fortified
When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) takes the stage at an Expo at the beginning of Iron Man 2, he does so in a manner...
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Wone Reckoning
The Robert Wone trial officially started inside a D.C. Superior Court room on Monday, May 10. The traditional trappings of a trial’s beginning, opening statements...
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''Raising the Roof'' at Town [video]
On Monday, April 26, the national touring company of Fiddler on the Roof convened at Town Danceboutique, where they performed an assortment of Broadway standards,...
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Washington Post “conservative” writer apologizes for calling out anti-gay marriage “bigots”
DaveWeigel: I can empathize with everyone I cover except for the anti-gay marriage bigots. In 20 years no one will admit they were part of...
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Madonna reflects on gay ballet teacher who exposed her to gay clubs, encouraged dreams [video]
”Growing up in Michigan, I didn’t really know what a gay man was. was the first man-the first human being-who made me feel...
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Michael Jackson: ”Gay” say doctor, “Bi” say boyfriend, ”Not gay” says papa Joe [video]
”We hugged. And it was kind of then that the hug was a little bit more… It wasn’t until a few months later that it...
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Minister who promotes ex-gay conversions caught on “vacation” with gay male escort?
”I had surgery, and I can’t lift luggage. That’s why I hired him.” George Alan Rekers as quoted by the Miami New Times which describes...
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Center Deadline
After months of operating The Center, the local LGBT community center, out of 1810 14th St. NW, David Mariner, executive director of the organization, announced...
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Multiple Arrests in Betts Investigation
The Brian Betts homicide investigation came to a head yesterday, May 3, with the arrests of four suspects: Deontra Q. Gray, 18, of the 1300...
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Hate Crime Conviction
''They don't lock you up for hitting faggots.'' Those are the words the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (USAO-DC) say 42-year-old...
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Marriage Opponents' Appeal
Although no judges, thus far, have accepted the arguments made by opponents of marriage equality in D.C. that they should be able to go forward...
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News Analysis: DADT's State of Play
On Friday afternoon, April 30, at a little past 4 p.m., the Associated Press's Anne Flaherty posted a brief story that the secretary of defense...
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Laura Bush asked former President not to use gay marriage as wedge issue
”In 2004 the social question that animated the campaign was gay marriage. Before the election season had unfolded, I had talked to George about not...
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Arrest in Betts Case UPDATED
This morning, May 3, police arrested Artura Otey Williams, 46, a resident of the 5300 block of 5th Street NW, in the course of the...
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Man Collapses at Town
On Saturday night, May 1, a 57-year-old patron of Town Danceboutique, a popular gay nightclub located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., suffered a...
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Howard Dean on DADT Repeal [video]
Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean joined more than 100 people in Lafayette Park on Sunday, May 2, at a rally organized...
