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Poll: 8 in 10 say gays can parent as well as straights, but only 6 in 10 support adoption
Despite 78 percent of Americans believing that gays can parent at least as well as straight parents, only 61 percent say they support allowing gay...
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Arizona State Senator comes out following veto of anti-gay bill
“I’m gay, I’m a Latino, and I’m a senator. And it’s okay.” — Arizona state Senator Steve Gallardo (D.), coming out to reporters in the...
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Review – South Park: Stick of Truth
Let’s get this out of the way first: if you’re coming to South Park: The Stick of Truth because you like turn-based RPGs, you’re going to be...
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Galaxy Quest
At Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), the largest exhibition of its kind, technology companies from all over the world convene to showcase the best and...
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Magazine, 2014-03-06 edition (PDF)
Metro Weekly – 03-06-14 – Chris Svoboda by MetroWeekly
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A Love Letter to Carbs
Dear Carbohydrates, I was just sitting around thinking about you the other day and wanted to write. I know it’s been a while. I have...
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Medals for Motors
What did you get the last time you won an award? A certificate? Maybe a medal? A nice bouquet? For athletes competing in the Olympics,...
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Velvet Town
Ed Bailey can't say for certain that Thunderpuss's monster '90s-era club jams were first played publicly at D.C.'s Velvet Nation. ''I think that that's what...
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Unromantic Comedies
Have you ever nodded off at the theater? Do you worry that you might be particularly prone to doing just that during Shakespeare, the bard...
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Supporting Player
Center stage is quite possibly the last place you'll find Chris Svoboda. While she's had a hand in multiple efforts over the years, she's made...
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Finding Hope in Uganda
Not long ago, things were calm and somber in Uganda. But bigoted evangelical Christians from the U.S. seeking to promote a homophobic agenda led to...
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LGBT News Quotes: Whoopi, Rufus, Fox & Friends
“I have a message for the presidents of Nigeria and Uganda: You are on the wrong side of history.” — Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg...
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Locals React to Clarified Coverage
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D) last week announced that the District of Columbia's Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking (DISB) would be advising health insurance...
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Rah-Rah for Rye Rye
''My show is really high-energy, a lot of dancing -- Baltimore club dancing,'' Rye Rye says. Anyone who's seen the Charm City rapper perform knows...
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Anglophilic
''All three of these choreographers are at the top of their game,'' Septime Webre says, referring to Trey McIntyre, Christopher Bruce and Christopher Wheeldon. As...
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British broadcaster celebrates same-sex marriage with a musical gay wedding
British broadcaster Channel 4 is celebrating the start of same-sex weddings in England and Wales in the most appropriate way possible: by televising an hour-long...
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New poll shows same-sex marriage support at record high
“In a Post-ABC poll in March 2004, 38 percent said same-sex marriage should be legal, while 59 percent said it should not, the same percentage...
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Michele Bachmann “sorry” Jan Brewer vetoed Arizona anti-gay bill
“Religious liberties and the protection of our religious liberties is right. Right now, there’s a terrible intolerance afoot in the United States, and it’s against...
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Classic album revisited: Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” turns 25
Twenty-five years ago this March, after months of feverish anticipation, one of the most successful pop albums of the ‘80s hit stores with a whiff...
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Western conservatives make the case for marriage equality in court brief
A number of prominent conservatives from western states urged the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down state bans on same-sex marriage in a...
