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Two Coasts, Two Visions of Equality — for AFER and SLDN
[Photo: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network co-founder Michelle Benecke speaks at SLDN’s 20th annual dinner, where the plaintiffs of the organization’s ongoing lawsuit seeking equal spousal...
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The Hamilton’s Perpetual Groove
Variously described as a band playing “improv rock” and “trance arena rock,” the Athens, Ga.-based Perpetual Groove has become popular on the rock festival circuit...
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SMYAL Youth Arts Ensemble at Intersections
The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League’s Youth Arts Ensemble offers a work-in-progress this weekend at Intersections: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas. Dance...
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First Look: GMCW’s Frank-N-Furter
It’s not conventional by any means — then again, Rocky Horror never is — but the Gay Men’s Chorus has gone in a somewhat different...
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Bobcat Goldthwait tonight at Riot Act Comey
Yes, he’s like that all the time — or at least, the high-pitched comedian Bobcat Goldthwait has been doing standup since he was still in...
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12th Annual Flamenco Festival
For 12 years, the Flamenco Festival USA and Lisner Auditorium have showcased the best of flamenco music and dance from Spain. This year’s highlights center...
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What is your favorite Fran Drescher performance?
// Don't miss this related story: Frantastic! An interview with Fran
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HRC’s Incoming President, Chad Griffin: “This is the grandest, most exciting opportunity of my life.”
On his way to the airport to return to Los Angeles from DC, the incoming president of the Human Rights Campaign, Chad Griffin, spoke with...
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Cendana Shooting for Charlotte
The 2012 Democratic National Convention may be half a year away – kicking off Sept. 3 in Charlotte, N.C. – but the time for D.C....
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Shakespeare in Klingon II: The Wrath of (Michael) Kahn
Victor Shargai of theatreWashington and local broadcast news celebrity couple Joe Palka and Sue Palka join the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Michael Kahn in a fundraising...
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BREAKING: Chad Griffin Named HRC’s Next President, Prop 8 Foe to Take on the Nation
The Human Rights Campaign today announced that Chad Griffin, the force behind the challenge to California’s Proposition 8,...
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From Shuffle to Show Boat
From Shuffle to Show Boat: Prelude to the American Musical explores how the musical came to be, drawing from vaudeville, operetta, blues and Tin Pan...
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Final Farewell
[UPDATE: Organizers of the planned March 3 service for Frank Kameny announced today, March 2, that the service is “on hold in deference to the...
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Coverboy: René
There was a time when René, 21, growing up in Aurora, Ill., was in the shadows, suffering the bullies in elementary and middle school. Then...
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Prop 8 Perry Plaintiffs Say Ninth Circuit Should Deny Full-Court Review
Responding to the Feb. 21 decision by the proponents of Proposition 8 to seek expanded review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
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In Midst of Chick-Fil-A Protest at NYU, Student Government Reiterates Opposition to Ban
Although students gathered outside Chick-fil-A at New York University today to stand in opposition to the restaurant’s substantial contributions to anti-LGBT groups, the university’s student...
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BREAKING: Gov. O’Malley Signs Marriage Equality Bill, Making Maryland Eighth State (Plus DC) to Do So
[Image: Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), flanked by Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller (D-Calvert, Prince George’s counties), left, and House Speaker Michael Busch (D-Anne Arundel...
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LIVE: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley Signs Marriage Equality Bill
Watch live now as Marlyand...
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How Lady Gaga and Gay Students From the ’20s Overlap: A Secret Court, a New Foundation
On Wednesday, Feb. 29, a rally in support of nine Harvard students expelled for homosexuality in 1920 coincided with the launch of Lady Gaga’s pro-LGBT...
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HRC Endorses Dem Elizabeth Warren Over GOP Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts
The Human Rights Campaign announced today that it is endorsing Elizabeth Warren (D) in her challenge to unseat Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who won the...
