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Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Willow and Tara reflect on groundbreaking relationship
Alysson Hannigan and Amber Benson discussed lesbian romance during 20th anniversary reunion
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Texas House Speaker: Bathroom bill “manufactured and unnecessary”
A bill that seeks to restrict which restrooms transgender people in Texas can access seems destined for the scrap heap, if comments from the state’s powerful...
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HRC calls for filibuster against Gorsuch
In an unprecedented step, the nation’s largest LBGTQ rights organization is calling for a filibuster of the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s first nominee to...
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Montana lawmakers kill anti-transgender “bathroom bill”
Montana Family Foundation promising to mount a statewide ballot initiative to circumvent the legislature
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Trump rescinds Obama executive order on labor discrimination
On Monday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order allowing companies that do business with the federal government to avoid disclosing past instances of discrimination...
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Federal court to hear challenge to Mississippi’s anti-LGBTQ “religious freedom” law
Law would have granted people who subscribe to 3 specific religious beliefs carte blanche to discriminate against gays
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Discrimination against transgender renters prevalent, even in Massachusetts
Suffolk University study finds gender-nonconforming people are 61 percent more likely to receive disparate treatment
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Baltimore “lights up” for a major arts festival
Festival returns to light up the Inner Harbor this weekend
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Folger Consort presents Starry Messenger
Starry Messenger features the ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library in a performance of innately dramatic music from late-16th century Italy. The program includes songs...
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Is North Carolina headed for financial disaster?
HB 2 could cost North Carolina $3.76 billion over 12 years, reports AP
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Federal appeals court: Title VII may prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court decision and restored a gay man’s lawsuit against his employer, finding that discrimination based on sexual orientation...
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Federal court: Florida must list surviving same-sex spouses on death certificates
Same-sex spouses will no longer need a court order or to spend money out of pocket to amend partners' death certificates
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Peter Brook’s “Battlefield” at Kennedy Center
"Battlefield" is a revised and extended excerpt from a sweeping epic poem of ancient India
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Hamburg Ballet offers a stunning, dark adaptation of “The Little Mermaid”
Dark adaptation explores the experiences of a young woman who risks everything to follow her heart
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Library of Congress screens “Thelma & Louise” on March 31
1991 classic concludes a series of films celebrating Women's History Month
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Noam Pikelny: Three-time Grammy nominee performs at Wolf Trap
Pikelny takes to the Barns at Wolf Trap for a solo show on March 29
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Everyman Theatre’s “Los Otros” explores cultural and sexual identity
Broadway vets Judy McLane and Philip Hernandez star
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Metro Weekly Magazine: 2017-03-23 edition (PDF)
Metro Weekly – 03-23-17 – Anthony Rapp in Bwoy by MetroWeekly on Scribd
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Human Rights Campaign testifies against Gorsuch nomination
LGBTQ groups have come out in strong opposition to the nomination of Neil Gorsuch as U.S. Supreme Court Justice, arguing that both his philosophy and judicial...
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George Weinberg, creator of “homophobia,” dies at 87
George Weinberg, who supported gay rights, coined the term to describe fear of homosexuality
