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Conservative principal quits over Gay-Straight club in South Carolina school
“The formation of this club conflicts with my professional beliefs in that we do not have other clubs at Irmo High school based on sexual...
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GLBT Center draws young, ethnic crowd, and clash with surrounding Chicago community
“They are loud. They are exuberant. It’s a real tribute to the neighborhood that these kids feel they can come and be safe. They say,...
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Portland, Oregon’s new gay mayor, Sam Adams
“I’m running not to be a gay mayor, but a great mayor…. But I’m very cognizant, very aware that I’m the first openly gay mayor...
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Governor Schwarzenegger welcomes marriage moola
“You know, I’m wishing everyone good luck with their marriages and I hope that California’s economy is booming because everyone is going to come here...
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Jamaica leader’s gay-unfriendly, defiant comments; Activists reply
“We do have a long-standing culture that is very opposed to homosexuality. I think that is changing. I believe there is greater acceptance now that...
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Equal Protection Victory
The California Supreme Court's May 15 ruling ending marriage discrimination is remarkable not just for the fact of victory, but for the strength and sweep...
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Officially Empowered
Earlier this month poet Dana Gioia, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, delivered a commencement address to the 300 graduates at Wisconsin's Beloit...
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Soldiering On for HIV Vaccine
The September 2007 announcement by Merck that the pharmaceutical giant was halting its large-scale, HIV-vaccine trial due to poor results, haunted a May 16 gathering...
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Hello, Heroes
The Capital Pride Planning Committee, the body responsible for Washington's annual Capital Pride celebration, has selected six people to be honored as this year's Capital...
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Hill Exits SMYAL
Tasha Hill, a Michigan native who came to Washington from Colorado last year to accept the top spot at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League...
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Spring Surprise
As baseball season enters full swing, the new Washington Nationals stadium will mark its official two-month anniversary May 30. Meanwhile, it seems those Southeast D.C....
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A Place to Call Home
Two weeks before opening the District's first transitional home for homeless GLBT youth, Brian Watson is working on only four hours of sleep, consumed by...
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Soundwaves
W'S MAGIC MOREL... Right now, there's a new track credited to a Morel with a D.C. pedigree that is generating buzz. No, not Rich Morel's...
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Princely Return
''You may find Narnia a more savage place than you remember.'' Truer words were never spoken by a dwarf in Narnia. It's time to go...
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Slain David
The title of Theater J's world premiere musical, David in Shadow and Light, refers to the process by which motion pictures work. As described in...
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Summer's Day
No matter that it's been 20 years since her last major pop hit, 17 years since her last album, and she's only had a few...
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School's Out
All one can really say about the Folger production of The School for Scandal is that it should have been good. A British director such...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: This is a good time to clear up any misunderstandings, before they get deeper. It's time to educate yourself so that you don't...
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Abode Well
Once upon a time, the princes and princesses of metro D.C. lived in a fairytale land of easy money and easy profits, flipping a Logan...
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The Cute Patrol
Given the continuing backlash on gas-guzzling SUVs and the ever-growing pain at the pump, ''cute utes'' -- the smaller sport utility vehicles that offer expanded...
