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Secretary Clinton to LGBT People Worldwide: “You Have an Ally in the United States”
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a major address on LGBT equality as her Human Rights Day Address. Delivered in Geneva, Clinton acknowledged...
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P.B. Groszmann’s new exhibit at The Center
“Juxtapositions” is a photography exhibit by queer artist P.B. Groszmann, whose work explores the LGBT experience through topics such as “Gaiety,” “Joy,” “Memories” and “Histories/Herstories.”...
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Leading By Example: The Marriage Problem and Other U.S. Inequalities
At a background briefing held today in advance of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Human Rights Day Address about global LGBT equality, the issue...
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Metro Weekly Poll: Defending LGBT Rights
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Obama Issues Memorandum Directing Government Action on International LGBT Issues
President Obama today issued a memorandum “directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights...
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Howard County Approves Gender Identity and Expression Non-Discrimination Bill
The Howard County Council has approved legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression, making it the third jurisdiction in Maryland to...
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Alan Sues, Laugh-In’s resident flamboyant, dies at 85
“He felt like he couldn’t publicly come out. He felt like people wouldn’t accept him.“ Michael Gregg Michaud, a friend of the comic Alan Sues,...
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Yelle brings her infectious beats to Baltimore
France’s answer to Robyn, Julie “Yelle” Budet is another woman with a little girl’s voice and killer beats, though the style is more playful, party...
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Woolly Mammoth and Second City join forces
Woolly Mammoth isn’t just hosting Chicago’s The Second City to offer more off-the-wall improv humor as in years past. Rather, Woolly’s company members Jessica Frances...
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Lady Gaga honored by The Trevor Project
“As much as we can, come together, as it will take a village and an army — countries and continents, too — to make bullying...
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Rosie O’Donnell is engaged to Michelle Rounds
“She’s lovely inside and out. Vivi said, ‘You guys are the perfect match.’ The biggest difference with her than with anyone else...
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10… 9… 8… New Year’s Eve Destinations!
The pop of a Champagne cork might sound the same no matter where you are doing New Years Eve but not all destinations are created...
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Scandals sink Atlantans: Herman Cain and Eddie Long’s anti-gay politics key focus of hypocrisy
Over the weekend, two of Atlanta, Georgia’s most prominent, powerful and conservative public figures, Eddie Long and Herman Cain, announced that they would be stepping...
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Metro Weekly Poll: Getting Festive
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Coverboy: Gary
Call out the welcome wagon, Gary has arrived. The 25-year-old – originally from Detroit, and most recently Atlanta – moved to metro D.C. in August...
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Shalom, Cinemaphiles: The Washington Jewish Film Festival is underway
The 22nd Washington Jewish Film Festival offers 11 days of 47 new and award-winning films from around the world exploring the modern-day diversity of the...
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Tori Amos plays DAR Constitution Hall on Monday
When Deutsche Grammophon asked Tori Amos if she’d be interested in creating a classical album, the fashionable pop eccentric with the pixie-sque voice was reticent....
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Neil Patrick Harris apologizes for using the slur “Tranny” on live TV
“Truly sorry for saying the word ‘tranny’ on Live this week. Twice! Should have been more thoughtful. Didn’t at all mean to offend.” A tweet...
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The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Eight years ago, The Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre refashioned The Nutcracker to be a tribute to the nation’s capital, starring George Washington as the heroic...
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Arlen Blues and Berlin Ballads at the InSeries
The songs of Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen defined what America played and sang and danced to for much of the 20th century. Abel Lopez...
