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  • Daly Dose of the Arts [video]

    On Friday, April 30, The Creative Coalition, ''a nonprofit, nonpartisan social and political advocacy organization'' comprised of members of the entertainment industry, came to Washington...

  • Baltimore GLCCB planning gay youth drop-in

    ”Youth are coming out at a lot younger ages…. It is becoming less stigmatizing, but there are still a lot of challenges. It is still...

  • Court grants change of gender for Chaz Bono

    ”The court has granted the petition, and Chaz now has a court name change and a court order recognizing him as male…. Chaz couldn’t be...

  • Youth Pride Day on Stage [video]

    SMYAL dancers vogue, duckwalk and Shablam! on stage at Youth Pride 2010: Michelle Raymond performs an acoustic version ''Umbrella'' for Youth Pride

  • Mya Homecoming

    The Capital Pride Alliance announced on Thursday, May 6, that this year's Capital Pride Festival headliner will be R&B singer Mýa. ''We're really excited to...

  • Culture and Recruiting

    Like the five other LGBT organizations in the District sharing space with The Center, the area's LGBT community center at 1810 14th St. NW, the...

  • Moving to MAP

    Calling it a ''natural progression,'' Nathaniel Frank will be leaving the Palm Center -- his academic home of the past decade where he gained national...

  • Bruce Onboard

    When GOProud, the recently formed gay group for conservatives, announced on Wednesday, May 5, that popular conservative lesbian radio host Tammy Bruce would be heading...

  • Sweet 16

    Sweet 16. The age of driver's licenses and birthday bashes, an iconic moment in the life of an American teenager when you're treated as an...

  • Fighting Back

    The difficulties of having a bill to repeal the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy considered by a committee whose chairman said only in January that...

  • Focusing Forward

    Like both my grandfathers, when I have a good story I'm going to take every opportunity to tell it. So, don't stop me if you're...

  • Pentagon's Perilous Pause

    Plenty of progressives have mixed feelings about the military, particularly pacifists. But I'm not a pacifist. Nor am I a hawk. And I've never been...

  • Where Truman led, Obama defers

    In his State of the Union message President Barack Obama said repealing ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' was the right thing to do. But last Friday...

  • Commissions Calling

    Plenty of people are looking for work during this recession of double-digit unemployment rates. But how many might be looking for unpaid positions? The Presidential...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...