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Choral Connector
''Bach is my favorite composer, hands down,'' Chase Maggiano says, when asked what he listens to in his spare time. But in addition to baroque...
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The Right To Be Wrong
I have been fighting the Catholic Church since I first argued with a nun at St. Catherine Labouré Elementary School in 1962. I don't recall...
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A Wish for Ukraine
The Crimean Peninsula is an autonomous republic within Ukraine, and the home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, in Sevastopol, in accordance with a bilateral...
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Goucher Poll shows widespread support for Maryland’s gender-identity bill
The Goucher Poll, conducted by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Baltimore-based Goucher College, released findings Wednesday showing widespread support for Maryland’s gender-identity...
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Pettigrew To Lead Wanda Alston Foundation
The Wanda Alston Foundation, which operates the Wanda Alston House providing housing for homeless and at-risk LGBT youth in the District, announced Tuesday that Ken...
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Mizeur Nets Democracy for America Endorsement
The progressive political-action organization Democracy for America (DFA) on Wednesday announced it was throwing its support to Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), one of three...
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GLAA Revises Ratings for Three Candidates
The nonpartisan Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) of Washington, D.C., on March 12 released revised ratings for three candidates running in the April 1...
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Community Responds to Task Force Recommendations
Seven local groups that deal with LGBT rights issued a combined response Thursday to findings of the Anti-Defamation League's Hate Crimes Assessment Task Force (HCATF)...
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Film: New Movies for Spring 2014
Blockbuster season nears, and for every webslinger, mutant and giant lizard, there seems to be fare more intimate and potentially interesting -- a sex-hungry woman,...
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Stage: Plays, Musicals and Live Theater
The theatre season may be half over, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty left to see on D.C. stages, starting with the Kennedy Center,...
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Dance: Ballet, Hip Hop, Folk and Contemporary
Dance Place will conclude its season, in which its Brookland home venue has undergone extensive renovations, by presenting performances elsewhere by many of dance's leading...
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Classical Music
At least two of the region's major orchestras will perform a toast to the 150th birthday of German composer Richard Strauss, while two local Bach-focused...
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Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz
One of the biggest concerts this spring will be Adam Lambert filling in for the late, great Freddie Mercury performing with Brian May and Roger...
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Not in love with that new iPhone? You now have just 14 days to return it
Apple had one of the most generous returns policies of any manufacturer, with those buying an iPhone from the company treated to a 30-day window...
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Senate confirms lesbian judicial nominee to federal bench
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to confirm out lesbian Judith Levy to the federal bench. Voting 97-0, the Senate confirmed Levy, along with three...
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Revealed: how the NSA scans millions of PCs for data
It’s no secret that the National Security Administration loves collecting data from computers. As German paper Spiegel reported last year, the NSA can track a...
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European Parliament adopts new data protection laws protecting LGBT people
The European Parliament has adopted new data protection laws that seek to better protect the private information of an individual pertaining to their sexual orientation...
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Straight artists have greater influence over improving gay rights, claims Boy George
“If it had been a gay rapper that had done Same Love I think it probably wouldn’t have had the same impact,” said singer Boy...
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Neil Patrick Harris: Women still want to marry me
“I’ve found that a lot of girls have no issue with me being gay… They still want to marry me. And I love that.” —...
