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Animal Style, the new video from rapper Murs, advocates for gay rights
In his new video, straight hip hop artist Murs deploys a powerful narrative to show support for gay rights. Read more at the Last Word....
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Jay Brannan, tonight at U Street Music Hall
Jay Brannan isn’t the most charming of gay folk-pop singers, and he can be testy live. But he’s definitely got the looks and more importantly...
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Google purchases iPhone Gmail client Sparrow
The New York Times is reporting that Google is purchasing Sparrow, an app that allows people to use Gmail on the iPhone. There was no...
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New Video: Wut from Le1f is not-so-vaguely homoerotic
Wut is the new video from Le1f’s Dark York mixtap. Can anyone say “homoerotic”? Follow @metroweekly Get Soundwaves in your inbox. Join our mailing list.
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Health Benefits To Be Extended to Children of Gay Federal Employees
The Obama administration moved to expand a key provision of the Affordable Care Act to the children of same-sex couples today. A new rule proposed...
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Tickets Available for National Cathedral Service with GMCW
For those planning to attend the Saturday, July 21, interfaith service at the Washington National Cathedral, there is still time to reserve tickets. Admission is...
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Republican Congressman Moves To Ban Same-Sex Weddings on Military Bases
Nearly a month after two men became the first gay couple to marry on a military base since the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,”...
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Mike Daisey brings a revamped Steve Jobs to Woolly Mammoth
Earlier this year a storm erupted in the theater and media worlds when it was exposed that Mike Daisey had either exaggerated or flat-out fabricated...
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Gay troops given permission to march in uniform in San Diego Pride Parade
“It was absolutely thrilling last year to walk down the street. But this year — to be able to march in uniform — wow! I’m...
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Chef Art Smith Enters Chick-fil-A Fray
“As a gay southern man who found health and married Jesus, why would I eat at a place that serves poison and preaches it?“ Chef Art...
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Samsung didn’t copy iPad, Apple forced to agree
A UK judge has ruled that Apple must publicly declare on its website and in British publications that Samsung did not copy the iPad’s design for...
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HHS Commits Funds To End ADAP Waiting Lists
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the Obama administration will invest nearly $80 million in grants to increase access to...
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Windows 8 arriving on October 26
After months of teasing and speculation, Microsoft has finally come clean and given Windows 8 an official launch date. At the company’s annual sales meeting,...
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D.C.’s Own Aisha & Danielle Moodie-Mills Pen Response to Lt. Gov. Carroll
After it was suggested she had a lesbian relationship, Florida’s Republican Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carrol responded this week by saying, in part, “Usually black women...
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DNC Chair Says Party Platform Will Include Marriage Equality
Come this fall, the Democratic Party could officially endorse marriage equality. In an interview with Philadelphia Gay News, the chair of the Democratic National Committee...
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Google adds face-blurring technology to YouTube
Google is introducing face-blurring technology to its YouTube site. It’s largely an effort to protect civil and human rights activists and protesters whose identities could...
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AIDS 2012 Conference Calendar Highlights
THURSDAY, JULY 19 Faith & AIDS 2012 Interfaith Pre-ConferenceRuns through July 21Opening Networking Reception6 p.m.Howard UniversityRegistration $280, $140 one dayiacfaith.net FRIDAY, JULY 20 Gay Men’s...
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Campaign Challenges Romney’s Record on Gay Rights
A new campaign is taking direct aim at Mitt Romney’s record and agenda on LGBT issues. Announced on Wednesday and playing off of the wildly...
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True Talk
Back when I was still a young HIV-prevention worker in the long-ago 1990s, I came across a new campaign for gay men that had launched...
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International Flights
The end of America's HIV immigration ban has allowed the XIX International AIDS Conference to be held in Washington. This welcome change reminds me of...
