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Federal court strikes down Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman found a state constitutional amendment approved by...
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Student denied readmission to Baptist college after coming out
“I was told I couldn’t come back unless I petitioned to the president or I wrote a statement that I would adhere to the moral...
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Richard Sandoval’s Toro Toro nears completion [PHOTOS]
Chef Richard Sandoval, the mastermind behind D.C.’s Zengo, Masa 14 and the duo of El Centros, is soon to add to his culinary empire, which...
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Gay GOP House candidate urges party to embrace marriage equality
A gay Republican running for Congress warned that his party must evolve on LGBT-rights or face extinction. Richard Tisei, who is again seeking to unseat...
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Fueling Efficiency
There’s a lot of pressure when buying a car. You’ve got the obvious choices: make, model, color, body style, whether there’s enough space for your...
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Kate Bush to perform live for first time in 35 years
The legendary British musical icon, Kate Bush, is never predictable, but nobody could have imagined the news that hit this morning and sent shock waves...
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POEFV Rallies On
A group of about 50 people, led by the pro-LGBT group People of Faith for Equality in Virginia (POFEV), gathered behind the Loudoun County Circuit...
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Twitter’s new tool lets you revisit your first tweet — doesn’t guarantee you’ll want to
Oh Twitter. You’re a wondrous time capsule of social fads and cultural norms, where average folks can shout at their favorite celebrities, journalists can directly...
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Volvo testing cars which talk to one another to make winter driving safer
Given the rather severe — and incredibly persistent — winter weather that has affected most of the United States, this announcement from Volvo sounds incredibly...
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Magazine: 2014-03-20 edition (PDF)
Metro Weekly – 03-20-14 – Lily Tomlin by MetroWeekly
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Flashback: Top 25 Modern Rock hits this week 20 Years Ago
As the ‘80s faded into the ‘90s, many so-called ‘Children of MTV’ and fans of punk, post-punk and new wave bands turned away from the...
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Westboro Baptist’s Fred Phelps dead
“When Americans were faced with the choice of accepting their LGBT neighbors or endorsing Phelps’s unfiltered hate, they chose the former. He showed anti-gay bigotry...
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A Mighty Wind
There are people -- plenty of them -- who absolutely love the maudlin 1988 chick flick blockbuster Beaches, about the platonic love of two women....
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Twelve Outstanding Albums to start 2014
2013 was a terrific year for music — there were dozens of outstanding releases, 30 of which we compiled in a list of last year’s...
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Film: Particle Fever
We don't glamorize physics. Whether theoretical or experimental, there's very little recognition of the incredible, fascinating work that those dedicated to either side of the...
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Tales of the Tomlin
There is no argument: Lily Tomlin loves show business. And that love has driven her from stage to screen and back again, countless times. With...
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The Fitness Five
Consider that you go about your day thinking, “This is how I do that, and this is how I do this.” It works, you feel...
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RIP, Fred Phelps
While many people will be celebrating the death of Fred Phelps, whose name is synonymous with irrational hate and vitriol, I think that today the...
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Washington as the Globe’s Gay Capital
Earlier this month, I shared a post on my Facebook wall regarding Dmitry Kiselyov. The post was critical of the anti-Western, anti-LGBT Kiselyov, taking what...
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Ciao Bello
For his swansong to the DC Different Drummers -- and to D.C. -- Joe Bello has put together a concert focused on dance. ''No, I...
