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DC responds to Maine voters repeal of gay marriage
Washington, DC’s gay marriage supporters protest the rollback of same-sex marriages in Maine on November 3. This hastily organized protest features speaker Michael Crawford of...
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Maggie Gallagher, head of NOM, attends pro-gay marriage rally in DC; still supports Carrie Prejean [video]
Washington, D.C. — A protest rally held in Dupont Circle tonight brought together same-sex marriage supporters who say they were angered by yesterday’s vote to...
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Dupont Circle protest of Maine marriage setback unleashes gay anger, builds hope for DC [video]
”We should also be celebrating what happened in Kalamazoo, and also celebrating what happened in Washington where pro-LGBT referendums passed in both those places. That’s...
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GAYS LOSE MAINE MARRIAGE! (53-47%)
MAINE: (with 98% reported)REJECT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW?Yes = 52.78%No = 47.22%’ The latest tally from Bangor Daily News on the anti-gay referendum known as Question...
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Suddenly settled: Carrie Prejean walks away from lawsuit, gets ”nothing” after ”XXX home video” emerges?
”Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials — that is, until the lawyer for...
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Community Mourns Stansbury
Longtime gay activist Larry Stansbury, 61, died Saturday, Oct. 31, following a weeks-long struggle at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the District. Stansbury (Photo...
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Pitch In for Pride
Capital Pride 2010 may be more than half a year away, but organizers are already starting to hum. Following a recent announcement that the Capital...
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Cupcakes for a Cause
Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care Inc., a local nonprofit group assisting children and families affected by HIV/AIDS, has announced a fundraising partnership with Georgetown Cupcake to mark...
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Move for One in Ten Murray
Margaret Murray, executive director of One in Ten, the area's nonprofit organization responsible for the annual Reel Affirmations LGBT film festival every October and a...
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Battle of the Ban
In August of 2008, Ron MacInnis, a gay Petworth resident working in HIV policy and prevention, grabbed headlines speaking at the 17th International AIDS Conference...
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Leading By Example
Before wrapping up his Nov. 2 testimony in favor of the marriage-equality bill the City Council is considering, Andrew Hertzberg got down on one knee...
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Gone Too Soon
As a child, Brian Picone would run around in the park winding his arm like a propeller. ''Brian was a force of nature,'' Picone's father...
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Ol' Blue Eyes
''She's the one who really encouraged us to get married,'' says singer-pianist Michael Feinstein, referring to his ''close friend'' Judith ''Judge Judy'' Sheindlin. Judge Judy...
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Sofa, So Good!
Some would argue that languages say so much about the cultures that create them. For example, the lore that the indigenous people of the northern...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: The spotlight is on the harvest of your ego-based investments. What have you made of yourself lately? What does it bring on the...
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Perpetual Motion
It's often smaller companies who try for the kind of experimental staging that defies the usual juxtaposition between audience and players. In last season's Small...
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Classic Fare
Go ahead. You know you're dying to do it. ''STEEEELLLLLAAAAAA!!'' Kennedy Center seats for Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by film icon...
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Wrapped Up
The beast is almost here. Do you hear the tintinnabulation of its bells around the corner? See the glinting gold and silver of a million...
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Washington state gays hold narrow approval of partnership law R-71
WASHINGTON STATE: APPROVE REFERENDUM 71? Approved = 51.13% Rejected = 48.87% Current results of public vote to approve a same-sex partnership bill known as Referendum...
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Conservatives, Republicans win Virginia, NJ
CNN projects that Chris Christie will unseat New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, giving Republicans wins in both races for governor contested Tuesday. CNN also projects...
