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Resolution to Wed
The Kensington, Md., Town Council passed a civil marriage equality resolution on Monday, Dec. 10, calling on Maryland legislators to enact the Religious Freedom &...
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Mum's the Word
Metro Transit Police have not yet released surveillance video or video images of the seven men who attacked a gay man on the Metro during...
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Locating Linder
Nearly three years ago, Feb. 20, 2005, Geraldine ''Jerrie'' Linder passed away. At 83, it was no surprise that she died of natural causes. What...
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We Are Everywhere
Is there anything more ubiquitous on American highways than the twin titans of Japanese sedans, the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry? It's hard to imagine...
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Daredevils
Attending a performance of the Washington Shakespeare Company feels a little like getting admitted to a very hip club. Like the hole-in-the-wall bar that always...
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Friend of Judy
It's been said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that's the case, then Rufus Wainwright's live double-disc recording Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie...
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Human Remains
Sweeney Todd It all seems so familiar. The first few notes are reminiscent of a tune you've heard before. Then Edward Scissorhands appears -- he's...
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Last Word
''Estrangement from family, marginalization within and isolation from society, separation from children,...and inadequate access to culturally sensitive health-care practitioners are all factors that can adversely...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: This year won't end with a whimper. And it may not end with a bang. But there's still time to tidy up,...
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Xmas Fear
This week I'll be heading to New Port Richey, Fla., to spend Christmas with my widowed mother who lives alone in a ''55 and older''...
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Two Christmases
In one of the more poignant moments of a motion picture that I hold dear -- a staple of my personal cinematic catalog -- there...
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Holiday Tidings
Given the avaricious nature of the season -- when Santa treats everyone like a little baby Jesus, everybody wins -- it's no surprise that I...
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Beyer Opts Out
During a Maryland District 18 forum at Montgomery County's Leland Community Center in Chevy Chase on Sunday, Dec. 9, Dr. Dana Beyer, a transgender Democrat...
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D.C. Center Plans 2008
The D.C. Center, metropolitan Washington's GLBT community center, held an annual brunch and planning meeting Saturday, Dec. 8, asking community leaders to offer upcoming events...
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Naked for NOVAM
In 2007, with proceeds from the group's sold-out calendar, the D.C. Cowboys donated $11,000 to Whitman-Walker Clinic. Now, the local dance troupe is getting ready...
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Hate Rail
By the time Nathaniel Salerno finally made it home to his apartment on Capitol Hill around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, his white shirt...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round Up: have you lost the key to your doors of perception? Have you fumbled your integrity? Have you woken up wondering what your...
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Intimate Encounters
At first glance, Atonement appears to be your garden variety Merchant Ivory-style epic. It begins in the 1935 English countryside, all glowy and green and...
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Tangled Kite
I'm not someone who cries easily. So when I do, and when I feel like it's because of some heavy-handed movie making, I get a...
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The Joey-O Spot
If Joey Oldaker -- better known as Joey-O -- wasn't born to be a DJ, it's at least something that he aspired to from an...
