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National LGBT Briefs: Protest, Praise and 'Ex-Gay' in Oregon
North Carolina’s Rev. Worley Warmly Welcomed It was May 13 when Pastor Charles Worley of Maiden, N.C.'s Providence Road Baptist Church told congregants how to...
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Global LGBT Briefs: Moscow Melee, Malaysia Book-Banning
Orthodox Christians Rough Up Moscow Pride Following an ongoing trend in Russia, dozens of gay-rights protesters were arrested May 27 for attempting to hold two...
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The Power of Print
In an era when laptops and Kindles are as ubiquitous as rainbow flags at Gay Pride, and using a pencil and paper seems as quaint...
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Glambert Goodies
Adam Lambert doesn't cover Destiny's Child on his new set Trespassing. But for some reason, something about the beat and the attitude of the album's...
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Dance to the Music
''I played Harold Hill in high school,'' laughs Parker Esse, when asked how familiar he is with The Music Man. Of course, his starring role...
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The A Word
''Our friends were just vanishing!'' says playwright Steven Dietz of the 1980s. ''It was hard to not write a play about AIDS.'' But unlike Larry...
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Some Enchanted Story
The precursor to today's fight for marriage equality was, of course, the fight for interracial marriage. And that didn't reach its biggest milestone, the Supreme...
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Superstars
A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, WSC Avant Bard's spring rep of Euripides's The Bacchae and Sam Shepard's The Tooth of...
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Vice Squad
It's worth knowing that Bachelorette has made playwright Leslye Headland a very, very popular woman. This was the play, after all, that attracted Hollywood goofballs...
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Lizzbian Power
Maybe you've heard the story about Lizz Winstead, as a budding comic, getting yanked off her feet by a bit of theater machinery as she...
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Lambda, ACLU Lawsuits Claim Same-Sex Couples’ Marriage Inequality Violates Illinois Constitution
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the ACLU each filed a lawsuit today seeking equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Illinois, as Metro...
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Kameny Home Sold
The house of Franklin E. Kameny, a leader in the gay civil rights movement who died in 2011 at age 86, has been sold, according...
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Committee Approves Beninda, Budd
The D.C. City Council's Committee on Aging and Community Affairs today approved the nominations of two well-known transgender women, Alexandra Beninda and Earline Budd, to...
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Lambda Legal, ACLU to File Lawsuits Seeking Marriage Equality in Illinois
Lambda Legal Defense and...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Foes Submit Referendum Signatures, Proponents Ready Campaign
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition seeking to uphold the Free State’s recently passed marriage equality law, issued a statement on May 29 outside the...
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Skype Video Chat: Phil Hartnoll of Orbital
On April 19, I was fortunate to interview Phil Hartnoll of the pioneering electronica band, Orbital. He was in his home in England, me in...
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Coverboy: Jacques
If Ne-Yo had a song called ''Mr. Independent,'' it would be Jacques's signature tune. The 22-year-old Howard University junior describes himself as a ''go-getter'' who...
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DC Black Pride Goes Back to School
With attendees filtering in and out, about 150 people filled the schoolyard of the Francis-Stevens Educational Complex Sunday, May 27, at any given time, all...
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Green Lantern to be the newly revealed gay DC Comics character, blog reports
The DC Comics character who is going to be revealed as gay...
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The Dan Tepfer Trio at Atlas
A New York-based pianist and composer, Dan Tepfer is a formidable jazz musician on the international stage. He’ll perform at the Atlas with bassist Thomas...
