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Personal trainer Bob Harper comes out on “The Biggest Loser”
In a move that will surprise few and delight many, Bob Harper — a personal trainer on NBC’s The Biggest Loser — came out publicly on...
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MetroStage’s Holiday Musical Spoofing Broadway, Dickens
Last week Metro Weekly offered a roundup of many of the holiday-themed shows and events on tap this season. But there are just so many...
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LGBT Strategy To Stay the Course in Richmond
LGBT allies and advocates in Virginia say they are committed to permanently banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public employment and...
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Alec Baldwin blames Andrew Sullivan and GLAAD rep for killing his show?
Actor and MSNBC talk show host Alec Baldwin spoke with Gothamist about recent events in which he allegedly used a gay slur against paparazi. In...
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Stand Up, Write Back
There is something electric about being in an LGBTQ space. The spark, the sizzle of energy, compassion and willingness to both question and listen fills...
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Calendar: 2014 LGBT Ski Weeks
Joey. Yard Sale. Pow Pow. Brain Bucket. Ripper. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with these ski terms, there are plenty of snow bunnies...
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Federal judge orders early issuing of marriage license to Illinois same-sex couple
A lesbian couple in Illinois will marry sooner than expected after a federal court Monday ordered a county clerk to issue a marriage license to...
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CAP Releases LGBT Detainee Report
Four days before Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, an audience at the downtown D.C. headquarters of the Center for American Progress (CAP) listened to a story that...
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Lesbian waitress’ anti-gay receipt story challenged by customers
Last week, a news report was widely circulated about a lesbian waitress, Dayna Morales, being left an unkind message instead of a tip at her...
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Landless Theatre Reprises Its ‘Prog-Metal’ Frankenstein
After a run over the summer at GALA Theatre, D.C.’s quirky Landless Theatre Company reprises for one night a concert version of Mary Shelley’s classic...
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Certification Gives Herring Virginia AG Win
The Virginia State Board of Elections today certified Democrat Mark Herring as the winner in the commonwealth's attorney general race, giving Herring, an LGBT-supportive candidate,...
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11 hottest cars of the LA Auto Show
It’s that time of year again. The holidays are beckoning, Black Friday is looming, cold weather is slowly encroaching and the world’s car manufacturers have...
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Mayor Gray to Officially Open the DC Center Today
Almost a year after the official announcement of its new location in the Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center, The DC Center, the city’s LGBT community...
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British Airways takes the award for most awesome billboard
We’ve all seen them — littering highways, buildings and a myriad of other places as we navigate daily life. Billboards are just an accepted part...
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David Crabb’s Goth and Gay Days Deep in the Heart of Texas
A two-time winner of the storytelling organization The Moth’s StorySLAM, the New York-based David Crabb offers a local presentation of his off-Broadway one-man show all...
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Virginia Caucuses Continue Through Saturday
Despite regional differences between the Tidewater and Northern Virginia exurbs, Democrats and Republicans – so far – seem to be adopting a traditional ''red-blue'' divide...
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Talking Transmission
A panel of LGBT advocates specializing in health and social welfare, moderated by MSNBC's Thomas Roberts, met Thursday, Nov. 21, as part of a webcast...
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Obama signs bipartisan bill lifting ban on HIV-positive organ transplants
President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill lifting the ban on organ transplants between people who are HIV-positive. The HIV Organ Policy Equity...
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Holy Mole: El Centro D. F. honors a traditional Mexican sauce with a special menu
It happens to everyone. You catch a whiff of something cooking and it transports you to a different time and place. For me, it’s the...
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Maurice Hines Is Tappin Again for ‘Warm’ D.C. Audiences
“I love the D.C. audiences. They’re very, very warm,” Maurice Hines tells Metro Weekly. “Certain cities are not. You have to warm them up…I don’t...
