All posts tagged "lesbians"
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For the Children
December 1, World AIDS Day, will again mark that sad anniversary that, while a time to tout advances such as an entirely new class of...
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Avenging Angel
Fred Phelps will never go away. That's the harsh reality Romaine Patterson has come to realize about Phelps, leader of the infamously homophobic Westboro Baptist...
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Courting Greatness
In a world where gay professional sports icons are few and far between, Martina Navratilova definitely stands out. But even if the pro playing fields...
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Girl Power
Think of ''Queer Life, Queer Love'' as a sweeping 101 course for lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LBTQ) women, on how to live happy, healthy...
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Noble Woman
There often is confusion regarding the first elected, out GLBT person in America. José Saria was the first to run for office in 1961. A...
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Suspected Shooter Surrenders
A six-day search for 34-year-old Raina Johnson, suspected of shooting a former domestic partner in the neck, came to an end Oct. 1 when she...
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Celebrating Growth
True to its title, the Mautner Project's annual gala dinner and auction is all about ''Love, Strength and Hope.'' ''It's really a time for us...
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Happy Accident
Imagine this: you're shaving your legs in a bathtub. You slip and fall. Somehow, during the slip, the razor meets your wrists. There's blood everywhere,...
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Saying Goodbye to Cheryl
Cheryl Ann Spector After a 10-week battle with leukemia, local lesbian activist Cheryl Ann Spector died on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the George Washington University...
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In Phase
The recent juggernaut of alternative offerings in the nation's capital -- from Art in Heat to the Fringe Festival -- shows no sign of stopping....
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Harnessing Sexual Energy
While music moves people in primal ways, there is, arguably, nothing more primal than a person's sex drive. The organizers of Phase Fest are acknowledging...
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K. Love the Infinite
IT'S NOT JUST about the music, says Kaye Love, the 27-year-old lesbian rapper who performs as K. Love the Infinite.''I feel like I have a...
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Transcendental Rock
''I remember being as a dyke or a bitch for liking loud, aggressive music,'' says Lucas Silveira, about his days as a teenage metal...
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Blessing in Disguise
Just a few short weeks ago, Cheryl Spector was devastated when her apartment caught fire and destroyed some of the hundreds of videotapes, photographs and...
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Margaret Dowell
Margaret Dowell ''Self-Portrait With Holy Man'' 4' x 6' oil on canvas 2007 Margaret Dowell learned her work ethic early in life, toiling in Maryland...
