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Metro Weekly magazine, 2020-12-24 — Hope for the Holidays
Featured: DC’s LGBTQ bars scramble to adapt to the plan to temporarily ban indoor dining Forum: Hope for the holidays Wonder Woman 1986 And lots...
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Kathy Griffin shades ex-NFL player’s Trump-supporting gay son on Twitter
In a slightly unhinged video posted to his Twitter last week, NFL icon Herschel Walker’s son Christian went on a rant claiming President Trump won...
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FDA study could lead to end of restrictions on gay and bisexual blood donors
Study hopes to asses whether individualized risk assessments would be just as effective as categorical bans
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4 Things to Do This Week in DC (and Beyond)
Ford's maintains a Christmas tradition, the Kennedy Center gets digital, and GALA keeps dancing.
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Federal judge blocks Trump order prohibiting workplace diversity and sensitivity trainings
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing and enforcing an executive order prohibiting federal contractors and grantees from...
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London police fine gay men cruising in park for breaking COVID-19 rules
Police have said they will not penalize people engaging in late-night liaisons so long as it doesn't facilitate the spread of COVID-19
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Trump appoints Richard Grenell to Holocaust Memorial Council
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence will serve a five-year term on the Council, which meets twice each year
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Trump administration sued for blocking most LGBTQ or HIV-positive refugees from obtaining asylum
New rule would radically overhaul immigration system by creating narrow criteria for asylum eligibility
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Biden taps gay Obama staffer Gautam Raghavan for Office of Presidential Personnel
Former Obama White House staffer will be entrusted with recruiting and vetting more than 4,000 government appointees
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New York City Police seeking man who punched bus rider because he thought teen was gay
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called on New York's Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate alleged bias-motivated attack
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Providence City Council member resigns from leadership post after calling transgender activist “it”
Michael Correia made comments about a Black trans activist's breasts and misgendered her in recorded conversation
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Switzerland votes to legalize same-sex marriage
The European nation also made it easier for some transgender people to have their gender legally recognized
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Grindr reveals which country has the most tops in 2020 recap
'Grindr Unwrapped' also shows that D.C. is the app's most active city on Earth
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Gay couple says someone smeared feces on their Christmas lawn decorations
Eureka Police are investigating the vandalism incident as a hate crime
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Anti-LGBTQ Republican says drag queens reading books to children is “child abuse”
Failed Virginia politician E.W. Jackson said parents who normalize the events should have their children removed
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Gay Virginia Delegate Mark Levine announces run for lieutenant governor
A progressive Democrat, Levine would be the first LGBTQ and first Jewish person elected to statewide office in Virginia
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The Prom’s Ariana DeBose and Jo Ellen Pellman celebrate being queer on-screen and off
Pellman and DeBose star as queer teens whose secret love sparks controversy and choruses in Netflix's The Prom
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Virginia county GOP censures Rep. Denver Riggleman for officiating gay wedding
Outgoing Republican congressman says he's weighing a bid for governor as an independent
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Andrew Rannells goes ‘back and forth’ on straight actors playing gay roles
Rannells plays a straight character in "The Prom," which features James Corden in a gay role
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LGBTQ households disproportionately affected by COVID-19
LGBTQ people experience more job losses, reduced access to healthcare, and greater social isolation
