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JR.’s will drag you to drink
Contrary to last week’s ad in Metro Weekly, you won’t find David “Sweet Tart” Perruzza at JR.’s tonight for the bar’s Drag Bonanza, when all...
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Two in one week: Second Anti-gay Republican leader scandalized by marriage infidelity
”I’ve been unfaithful to my wife. I developed a relationship with a — what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina. Um, it began...
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‘Homosexual demon exorcism’ video posted on YouTube by Connecticut church [video]
”Loose your hold, in the name of Jesus, you homosexual sprit-tah! We call you out right now. You have no power! … Come on homosexual...
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Chicago Pride Parade: No to beads, water canons, street revelers
”Parade spectators MUST stay behind barricades. Only registered parade entries, Parade Marshals, police, and other city officials will be allowed in the street.” Organizers of...
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‘Real World’ TV cameras at DC’s gay bars
”We’re in no way going to promote invading anyone’s privacy, especially in this scene.” — Mark Rutstein “ow everyone who walks through the door has...
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Full Circle
Frank Kameny in the 2009 Capital Pride Parade Fifty-two years after being fired from the federal government for being gay, Frank Kameny has now being...
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Love, Bal'mer Style
Crowd of Pride partiers at Charles and Eager Streets in Baltimore ''We need more love in the world,'' Amber shouted from Baltimore Pride's main stage...
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Virginia Vanity
Two years after the Virginia DMV sent a letter of apology to a Virginia resident for demanding he return his ''poofter'' license plate, 41-year-old Sidney...
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Injury, Then Insult
In his first few days living in the District last fall, Jonathan Howard found himself caught in a daily routine: opening his Web browser to...
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Employing Anger
Gay-rights pioneer Frank Kameny was in the White House on June 17 to attend the signing of the Presidential Memorandum on benefits for the same-sex...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: There's a seed germinating in your soul. There's a grain of sand irritating your heart just enough to bring on the emotional mother...
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Red, White & Booze
''Red versus blue, which are you?'' It's not a reference to your political affiliation. And it's not a question of whether you're mad or sad....
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Homebody
Some retail proprietors don't care much for the lingering, ''I'm just looking,'' sort of patron. Not so with Erin Mara and Henriette Fourcade, owners of...
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Utter Madness
There will be those who will embrace the Shakespeare Theatre Company's current production of King Lear as bold, political, and über-entertaining. They will marvel at...
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Life's Lessons
Life is made up of little lessons that, when strung together, form a whole that allows us to see the larger truth. The same can...
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Cardiff East Enders
''It's urban -- in Welsh terms,'' says Sian Summers, literary manager for the Sherman Cymru theater company, of the upcoming Studio Theatre reading of Cardiff...
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Beat Rock
A decade ago, the Black Eyed Peas was an alternative hip-hop trio with a devoted cult following. They soon exploded into the mainstream to become...
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Homes for Hounds
Dogs are not allowed in the house. That's a motto Tim Williams had to accept growing up in his parent's home in Southeast Georgia. ''My...
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Senator Dodd shifts from civil unions to full support of gay marriage
”While I’ve long been for extending every benefit of marriage to same-sex couples, I have in the past drawn a distinction between a marriage-like status...
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Gay Perez Hilton blurts out anti-gay slur during argument
”No, no, no. You’re not a fucking artist. You’re a fucking faggot.” Perez Hilton, one of the world’s top celebrity gossip bloggers, during a heated...
