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Out in the Open
A lack of resources inspired Bruce Weiss, former executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), to join forces last summer with a...
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Uncommon decency
In August 2007, D.C. announced the firing of three corrections officers for wrongfully placing a transgender inmate, who had female genitalia, in a male jail...
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History Making
For lucky students, there is one teacher who touches their minds in a special way that opens the world of knowledge to them and changes...
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Marathon Man
The phrase ''he's running a marathon'' is very often followed by ''why?'' Understandably so. Training for and competing in a marathon involves endless hours of...
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Jazzy Fare
''I tell you, 'Charlie Brown' is a big tipper!'' Yvonne Johnson knows just what the crowds like at M Street Bar & Grill. Johnson serves...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Can things simultaneously heat up and cool down? Is it possible for something going backward to make forward progress? Chaos physics aside, yes,...
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Kosher for Passover
Jewish food -- especially that which is served during Passover -- all too often gets a bum rap. Take gefilte fish, for example. It's essentially...
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Eco-Friendly
Everybody's going green. Some cities - though not D.C. - went dark last weekend for ''Earth Hour'' to inspire people to turn their lights off...
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The government is hiding behind the court…
“The government is hiding behind the court to close the newspaper. It is sending a message to the media that it will not tolerate press...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: You knew what you were getting into, but weren't into dialoguing with your inner parent on the day. Does this mean that...
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Calling on Rhee
Students at D.C.'s public high schools who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were four times more likely to attempt suicide over the past year,...
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Memorial Day Disconnect
The District is familiar with Black Pride. After all, hitting its 18th year in 2008, the DC Black Pride festival is the nation's oldest, a...
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Discovering Our Past
As a child in rural Illinois, Mark Meinke read the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence's account of his time spent with the Arab Revolt...
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High Rollers
''Winner, winner, chicken dinner.'' It's more than hungering for a simple meal that drives a group of MIT students to Vegas every weekend, but it's...
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The X Spot
She'll be 40 in just two months, but Kylie Minogue still can't stop reliving her first time. ''The DJ's got me feeling like I did...
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Hi Tech
Should you attend any of this weekend's performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, you will upon entry be handed an iPod Shuffle. You don't...
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Hooters Hoedown
When it comes to hooters, one sort is definitely more gay than the other. The kind that comes with burgers, fries and bright-orange hot pants,...
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Gaydar Detector
We have our gay music, gay design, gay movies and gay clothing -- all suitably fabulous, of course. We have gay houses, gay neighborhoods and...
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“if I was a girl and he was a girl”
”Well, you know, if I was a girl and he was a girl, and I was a lesbian and he was a lesbian, I’d be...
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“take the books off the shelves”
”ll I want from you today is to take the books off the shelves, so children can have a safe place to learn like I...
