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Figuring It Out: Shawn Short of Dissonance Dance — Metro Weekly Digital Edition (Feb. 20, 2020)
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Minnesota parents outraged because school’s rainbow flag will “confuse” children
Parents are threatening to sue after Marshall Middle School opted to show support for LGBTQ students
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#BeardedButtigieg is causing major thirst on gay Twitter
"Proof that a beard can turn the most centrist mainstream candidate...into a hot centrist mainstream candidate"
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Florida Democrat calls primary challenger “batty boy,” an anti-gay slur
State Rep. Al Jacquet issues apology for using slur, but challenger Omari Hardy dismisses it as "damage control"
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Dissonance Dance’s Shawn Short is ensuring his place within DC’s storied legacy of dance
Short founded his own dance company to share a world of history and hard-won wisdom with his dancers and students
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‘And Then We Danced’ review: Gay coming-of-age drama finds tender romance amid tense competition
Two male dancers competing for a role can't keep their hands off each other in Levan Akin's "And Then We Danced"
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Spotlight: ‘Curious’ by Mike Taveira
Taveira's second single celebrates romantic and sexual exploration
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Tom Shepard’s documentary ‘Unsettled’ highlights LGBTQ asylum seekers in America
"Unsettled" offers four compelling personal stories that shed light on LGBTQ refugees who seek asylum in the U.S.
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DC Theater Review: ‘Boy’ at Keegan Theatre
Inspired by a true story, "Boy" takes a serious look at a singular struggle for self-acceptance
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Melissa White joins National Philharmonic for concert of all-African-American compositions
Note violinist White will perform Florence Price's "Violin Concerto No. 1"
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Out On the Town: DC arts & entertainment highlights — February 20-26
Everything arts and entertainment in the D.C. area this week!
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Team DC’s annual LGBTQ+ student-athlete scholarship program is open for applications
The scholarships help support athletes in their post-secondary endeavors
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Editor’s Picks: APO’s Music and Mindfulness, Niccolo Seligmann, Ben Schwartz, and more!
Our picks of the best arts and entertainment in the D.C. area this week
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Nightlife Highlights: National Margarita Day, Red Bear’s Masquerade Drag Bingo, Monday Night Skating, and more!
Our picks of the best LGBTQ nightlife in the D.C. area this week!
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French city cuts ties with Polish “sister city” over anti-LGBTQ policy
Mayor of Tuchow, Poland, implies that the decision to sever ties was politically motivated
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Arizona House committee approves bill barring transgender females from women’s sports
Bill would allow cisgender female athletes to sue if they lost competitions or opportunities because of transgender inclusion
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Ohio Republicans introduce bill to deny gender-affirming health care to trans youth
More than 1,800 parents of transgender children condemn "mean-spirited" bills as politically-motivated attack
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Mike Bloomberg referred to transgender people as ‘it’ and ‘some guy in a dress’
The comments echo similar ones from 2016 where Bloomberg referred to trans women as "some man wearing a dress"
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Alaska state employee heads to court to challenge trans surgery exclusion in health care plan
Lawyers for an Alaska transgender state employee will appear in court on Wednesday to argue that a provision in the state’s employee health insurance plan...
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Pennsylvania Democrats endorse Trump-supporting transphobe, reject bisexual progressive
The decision has been branded "appalling," with one Democrat saying those who supported the endorsement should be "ashamed"
