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House Arrest for IHOP-Shooting Suspect
The woman arrested and charged with shooting a gay man following an altercation at a Columbia Heights IHOP restaurant has been placed under house arrest...
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New USA tourism campaign includes a gay couple
The first series of commercials to ever promote the U.S. to world visitors include a gay couple. Developed by Washington, D.C. based Brand USA, the commercials were launched yesterday in...
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New Video: Cher Lloyd’s Want U Back is pure pop candy of the best kind
Cher Lloyd’s video for “Want U Back” is as confectionary as pop gets. We love, love, love it. And by love, we mean we can’t...
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Atari Teenage Riot, Collapse of History
Atari Teenage Riot just concluded its American tour and is now heading over to Europe, followed by a South American run. They just released their...
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Samson & MEN at the May Day March
Samson & MEN played at the May Day march on May 1, 2012 in New York City. The video quality is a bit sketchy, but...
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Last Chance: Crown of Shadows
Jason Gray Pratt wrote the Round House Theatre world premiere Crown of Shadows: The Wake of Odysseus offering a gripping, modern take on The Odyssey...
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Keegan takes to Dupont Circle
Actors from the Keegan Theatre will step outside of its Church Street home to perform in Dupont Circle this Saturday, May 5. The purpose of...
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Generation Now
Eighteen years old may seem young for a human being, but it seems pretty old for a magazine. This issue of Metro Weekly is the...
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Surveying the Transgender Scene
For the next six months to a year, the DC Trans Coalition (DCTC) will be surveying members of the District's transgender community in hopes of...
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Ruby Corado to Open LGBT Latino Resource Center
Everybody is welcome at Casa Ruby. That's the pitch from local transgender activist Ruby Corado, who plans to open an LGBT-targeted resource center in Columbia...
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Circle Celebration
D.C.'s 16th annual Youth Pride celebration went ahead as planned Saturday, April 28, with periods of cloudiness and sunshine, but none of the showers that...
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Dancing to Memories
''It started out as kind of a stutter,'' says Kyle Abraham, about his father's aphasia, a type of brain damage. ''Two years later, it started...
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Black Bluegrass
The black string music tradition predates the blues. It even influenced and echoes what is today commonly known as traditional folk and bluegrass. But don't...
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Uplifted: Pilobolus
Nile Russell was all ready to give up dancing. ''In modern dance, there were people freaking out the audience just for the sake of freaking...
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Avenging Marvels
Take a minute to consider how incredible it is that The Avengers exists. This movie, after all, is more than seven years in the making....
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The Bach Sinfonia presents Zelenka
Ever hear of Jan Dismas Zelenka? Well, the Bach Sinfonia calls Zelenka “the Bohemian Baroque,” and says his rich and colorful output equals that of...
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Christopher Barnhill
Christopher Barnhill may be only 25 years old. But to hear this Metro Weekly Next Generation Award winner tell it, he's already fulfilling his life's...
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Iimay Ho
Iimay Ho remembers one of the first times direct activism paid off for her. While a junior in high school, one of her classmates drew...
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Terra Tempest Moore
Describing Terra Tempest Moore, Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League Executive Director Andrew Barnett wrote, ''She is a natural leader, talented public speaker, and fierce advocate...
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David M. Pérez
Some gay people grow up to run screaming from conservative Christian upbringings. Not David M. Pérez. This Southern California native embraced the values of his...
