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Court Backs Trans Plaintiffs in Oklahoma Lawsuit
A federal appeals court restored a lawsuit challenging Oklahoma's prohibition on amending gender markers, calling the policy "irrational."
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Advertisers in the June 20, 2024 Issue of Metro Weekly
Please check out our advertisers in the June 20 issue of Metro Weekly, featuring Ben Platt on the cover.
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‘Thelma’: One Bad Grandmutha on a Mission (Review)
June Squibb is a feisty grandmother hunting the scam artists who robbed her in the satisfying caper-comedy "Thelma."
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Raises $2 Million for ACLU
Launched in April 2023, the ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund works to counter attacks against the LGBTQ community on multiple fronts.
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Noah J. Ricketts is Living His Passion in ‘The Great Gatsby’
Ricketts, who was featured in Showtime's "Fellow Travelers," is playing a pivotal character in the Broadway musical adaptation of "Gatsby."
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Alleged Fentanyl Dealer Charged with Deaths of Two Gay Men
Jevaughn Mark was linked by investigators to the accidental poisoning deaths of Brandon Román and Robert Barletta.
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Bailey Anne is the First Trans Woman to Win Miss Maryland USA
There’s always something new at D.C.’s Capital Pride Parade. The route might get tweaked. Some contingent goes particularly over the top, or there might be...
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160 Pride Flags Vandalized at Iconic Stonewall National Monument
For the second year in a row, dozens of Pride flags adorning the LGBTQ monument in New York were torn down.
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Lia Thomas Loses Challenge to Overturn Transgender Ban
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected a challenge from Lia Thomas seeking to overturn World Aquatics' ban on transgender athletes.
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Children’s Novel ‘Ban This Book’ Banned by Florida School District
A Florida school board removed "Ban This Book" from shelves after board members whined it encouraged "rebellion of school board authority."
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Brittany Howard, With Pride
As the Grammy-winning singer prepares to headline Wolf Trap's Out & About Festival, she takes time for some deep talk.
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Robert Davis Gets 15 to 30 Years for Murder of Josh Kruger
Kruger, a gay journalist and recovering addict, was shot by Davis seven times at his home in South Philadelphia last October.
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Thailand Makes History by Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Thailand passed a bill that moves the country a step closer to becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize marriage equality.
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Club Q Shooter Sentenced to 55 More Life Sentences
Anderson Lee Aldrich plead guilty to federal hate crime charges in the 2022 Colorado shooting and was sentenced to additional prison time.
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Federal Judge: “There Are Two Sexes: Male And Female”
Judge Danny Reeves ruled that the U.S. Department of Education, which issued Title IX guidance for schools, overstepped its authority.
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Chemical Agent Causes Panic and Injuries at Baltimore Pride
Baltimore Police are investigating the incident and say the release of the chemical did not appear to specifically target Pride.
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Step Afrika! Pays Swaggering Tribute to Jacob Lawrence (Review)
Step Afrika! stomps up a storm with grace and precision in the uplifting epic "The Migration" at Arena Stage.
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‘Postcards from Ihatov’ is an Amusing, Escapist Adventure (Review)
Bold ingenuity drives 1st Stage's "Postcards from Ihatov," a transporting visual play that doesn't fully gel.
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The ACLU Sues Loogootee, Indiana for Blocking a Pride Festival
The ACLU is suing the city of Loogootee for blocking PrideFest, claiming city restrictions on public events violate the First Amendment.
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85-Year-Old Army Vet Comes Out as Gay in Obituary
Col. Edward Thomas Ryan, who spent his entire life in the closet, came out in a self-authored obituary as one of his final acts of...
