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Country Pride [video]
Nashville star Chely Wright, who earlier this year became the first prominent country artist to come out of the closet, headlined this year's Capital Pride...
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Two marines beat Savannah gay man unconscious over alleged “wink”
”The guy thought I was winking at him. I told him, ‘I was squinting, man. … I’m tired…. That’s the last thing I remember is...
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Sen. Orrin Hatch: Gays ”don’t pay tithing” was meant as a compliment
”Gays and lesbians don’t pay tithing, their religion is politics.” Utah’s Senator Orrin Hatch at a Town Hall on June 1, 2010, discussing his perceived...
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Proud in Leather [video]
D.C. Leather Pride presented a street festival and fair on Sunday, June 6, 2010, in the parking lot adjacent to the city's longstanding leather bar,...
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Political Pavement [video]
As Eliza Doolittle's suitor Freddy sings in My Fair Lady, ''I have often walked down this street before....'' It's the one where Eliza lives and...
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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...
