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Star Attraction: Laura Benanti’s ties to GMCW extend beyond song and dance
Laura Benanti remembers having a slight existential crisis as a kid. “What is this world that I live in? What is this horrible place where...
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Simpson To Run for State Board of Ed
Scott Simpson, a gay man, has announced his candidacy for the open Ward 1 seat on the D.C. State Board of Education that is being vacated...
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Capital Pride Announces 2014 Honorees
Capital Pride, the D.C.-based nonprofit organization focused on serving the needs of and celebrating the diversity of the area’s LGBT community, announced Monday the recipients...
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Neil Patrick Harris poses naked for Rolling Stone
“Once all cards were on the table, I got more opportunities than ever. Some actors don’t get hired because you can’t look into their soul...
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Indoor Puppy Playground
On a recent Friday afternoon nearly a dozen dogs, guided by their owners, were put through the paces of an indoor obstacle course in a...
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Pritzker To Receive Kameny Award
The National LGBT Bar Association, a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, will honor Retired Army Lt. Col. Jennifer Pritzker with its Frank...
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Will Christie punish a New Jersey judge for his gay-marriage ruling?
The New Jersey Supreme Court justice who led Gov. Chris Christie to abandon his fight over a court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the Garden...
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Prince: Ranking His Albums, Bottom to Top
Thirty years ago this month, in May 1984, Prince was readying the release of the first single from his upcoming album and film, Purple Rain....
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LGBT concerns grow as Brunei implements Sharia law
With the expected implementation of an anti-LGBT law in Brunei that would punish homosexuality with death by stoning, LGBT-rights advocates are mobilizing against the financial...
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Homegrown Edibles
“It’s an attractive houseplant, but it’s also edible.” That’s not something lifelong horticulturist Jonathan Bardzik gets to say very often. In fact, during a conversation...
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Coverboy: Jose
Walk into Number Nine and you’re likely to see Jose, a 32-year-old bartender by night who is a high school counselor by day. Born and...
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Pet Cemetery
Walking your dog in a cemetery may seem a somewhat creepy way to exercise your canine. Then again, particularly when you live in a crowded...
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Rainbow Response Receives Grant
The Mayor’s Office of Victims Services on Tuesday awarded a $50,000 planning grant to the Rainbow Response Coalition, the local grassroots advocacy organization focusing on...
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Republican Delegate Leads Launch of Repeal Referendum
MDPetitions.com, the conservative political site that is the brainchild of Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington Co.) and was formed to make it easier to collect signatures...
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Washington state Supreme Court gains first gay judge
“She has brought to her work and to her life a never-wavering commitment to ensuring justice for everyone. Her appointment today is a moment all...
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AT&T named most LGBT-friendly employer
As the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) continues to languish in Congress, it’s important we remember those companies who invest in and support their LGBT employees,...
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Classic album revisited: The Cure’s “Disintegration” turns 25
By the end of the ‘80s, The Cure was poised for success in America. Their 1987 double-album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me sold well,...
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Apple, Google, Microsoft & Facebook: We’ll tell you when the government wants your data
Four of the biggest companies in technology are preparing to defy U.S. authorities. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook petitioned the government last year for permission...
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Movie Review: A So-So Spider-Man 2
What, exactly, was the point of rebooting the Spider-Man franchise with 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man? Arriving in theaters just five years after the incredibly lackluster...
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20 Years of Metro Weekly
It seems just like yesterday. Running around frantically in my tiny apartment at the corner of 17th and T Streets, scrambling to get the very...
