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This Week’s Advertisers: Bruce Vilanch – March 6, 2025
Please support our advertisers in the March 6 edition of Metro Weekly, featuring Bruce Vilanch on the cover.
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Liza Minnelli Gets Her Due in a Vivacious New Documentary
"Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story" vibrantly celebrates the career of one of our greatest entertainers.
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Germany Warns Transgender Citizens About Travel to U.S.
Germany's Foreign Office is warning transgender and nonbinary travelers that they may face obstacles when trying to enter the United States.
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Target Faces Massive Boycott for Dropping DEI
Black faith leaders have called for a 40-day boycott of retail giant Target for dropping its DEI initiatives.
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A Second Judge Blocks Trump’s Anti-Trans Health Care Orders
A Maryland judge finds that transgender plaintiffs and their families are likely to succeed in proving the orders are unconstitutional.
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Cynthia Erivo to Headline WorldPride Concert on June 7
Organizers announced that award-winning actress and singer Cynthia Erivo will headline WorldPride's Street Festival and Concert on June 7.
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Trump Viciously Attacks Trans Community in Congress Speech
President Trump called transgender identity a "big lie" and flaunted his orders restricting trans health care and sports participation.
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Senate Democrats Shut Down Transgender Athlete Ban
The bill would have rewritten federal law to prohibit schools allowing transgender athletes to compete from receiving federal funds.
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Hungarian Facing Deportation Charged in Gay Murders
A Hungarian national illegally in the U.S. faces second-degree murder charges for strangling two elderly gay men.
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Exclusive Interview: Evan Low, New Head of the Victory Fund
Former California Assemblymember Evan Low has been named as the new president and CEO of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund and Institute.
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Gay Porn Star Tim Kruger Dead at 44
Adult film star Tim Kruger, co-founder of the popular TimTales gay pornsite, died in a "tragic, yet simple accident at home."
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Philadelphia Schools Defy Trump Trans Athlete Ban
The School District of Philadelphia will refuse to comply with President Trump's order to bar transgender athletes from female sports.
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The Purrr-fection of Miss Kitty
Rising local star and Helen Hayes nominee Miss Kitty is bringing down the house as Truvy in Creative Cauldron's "Steel Magnolias."
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The Star-Power of Idina Menzel Can’t Save ‘Redwood’
Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in "Redwood," a schmaltzy, shallow musical with little nuance.
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Kenya Hutton is an Advocate for All of Us
The Center for Black Equity's Kenya Hutton is leading an equity-centric organization at a time when anti-LGBTQ sentiment is on the rise.
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‘Material Defects’: The Strange Mutations of Jeff Herrity
Jeff Herrity's porceline creations are cute, playful, and spry but are also infused with underlying menace.
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‘Last Breath’ is a Riveting Disaster Drama
The new thriller "Last Breath" generates gripping suspense in its depiction of a terrifying underwater rescue.
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What It Means To Be Queer at the Oscars
Put on your ruby slippers to strut down the red carpet as we ask what queerness means for Academy Awards voters past and present.
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Overlooked by the Oscars: Here’s What We’d Have Picked
Several deserving cinematic achievements were egregiously overlooked by the Motion Picture Academy -- but not by us.
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This Week’s Advertisers: Queering the Oscars – February 27, 2025
Please support our advertisers in the Feb. 27 edition of Metro Weekly, featuring The Academy Awards on the cover.
