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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...
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John Ensign: Anti-gay marriage Senator caught in major sex scandal cheating with mistress [video]
”Sadly, the effort to redefine marriage against the wishes of a majority of the people is, with help from activist judges, succeeding…. In order to...
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L.A. Times Poll: African-Americans remain mostly opposed to gay marriage, Latinos still evenly split, but overall L.A. is in favor
From the Los Angeles Times: Overall, the poll showed a majority of voters in Los Angeles support the right of same-sex couples to legally marry,...
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Google gays it up for Pride season
From Google’s Twitter feed: google – A rainbow with your search results for our LGBT friends & family. Happy Pride Month. http://bit.ly/f32sB (works on desktops...
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White House asks Census Bureau to do 180 on exclusion of same-sex marriage data
From the Wall Street Journal: The White House said Thursday it was seeking ways to include same-sex marriages, unions and partnerships in 2010 Census data,...
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Tammy Baldwin: President was limited by Congress on extension of gay benefits
” require an act of Congress — a change in the law in order to grant those benefits. The President signed a limited, but...
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Bitter loser Harry Jackson files lawsuit to force referendum against gay marriage in DC
”We are not going to sit by and allow an unelected board of bureaucrats to deny voters their rightful say on this issue and, by...
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The Capital Pride Parade: The Metro Weekly Video
Hearsay will have its complete report on Pride for you tomorrow — and not just online, but also in the magazine! Yes, a rare print...
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Obama extends some benefits to gay partners of Federal workers [video]
Many of our government’s hard-working and dedicated, and patriotic servants, have long been denied basic rights that their colleagues enjoy — for one simple reason:...
