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House Armed Services Committee Agrees to DADT Repeal Changes, Other Amendments
Beginning at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday evening, May 11, the House Armed Services Committee reached the “military personnel” portion of today’s committee markup of the National...
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White House Briefing: DOMA, Immigration and Obama
From today’s White House press briefing: Q Jay, I’ve got some questions for you, a series of questions where DOMA and immigration intersect. Under...
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New Hope celebrates the gays
New Hope Celebrates Pride kicked off today and promises a week of fun, diversity, inspiration and community. Among the week’s many events will be the Pride...
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Judge Sets Schedule in Edith Windsor’s DOMA Challenge
Legal filings in Edith Windsor’s challenge to the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act could be completed as early as August...
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Day of the Devil
In the Star Trek episode ''Day of the Dove,'' humans and Klingons are stranded together on the Enterprise by a non-corporeal life form that feeds...
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An Anniversary of Equality
Thirty years ago, a group of LGBT individuals formed what is now known as the Arlington Gay & Lesbian Alliance (AGLA). At first, most AGLA...
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For Frank
When The Academy of Washington announced that they were presenting Frank Kameny with a check for $3,500, during the Academy's 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday,...
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Shine On
May 14 is ''SHINE Night'' a nationally recognized annual reminder of the millions of youth facing homelessness. The Sasha Bruce House, at 1022 Maryland Ave....
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Pring Fling
If the gayest corners of D.C. seem a little quiet next Thursday evening, Jacob Nathaniel Pring might be to blame. The promoter behind Jacob Pring...
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The 2011 Next Generation Awards
Every generation builds on the accomplishments of those who came before. The rights we enjoy today were secured by the work of the generation before...
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The 2011 Next Generation Awards Panel
The Next Generation Award winners are chosen from community nominations by a panel of local LGBT leaders. The 2011 Next Generation Awards selection panelists are:...
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Gregory Cendana
In no small way being taunted growing up in Sacramento, Calif., inspired Gregory Cendana to activism. ''Even though I wasn't out in elementary and middle...
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Victoria Kirby
Ralph Ellison wrote The Invisible Man as a novel exploring the narrator's sense of social invisibility as an African-American man of the early 20th century....
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Daniel Fredrick O'Neill
''It's a sobering thought, how affected our community still is – whether it's preventable in a lot of ways or not,'' says Daniel Fredrick O'Neill...
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Sadie Ryanne Vashti
It was just before Christmas of last year that Sadie Ryanne Vashti sent an email to her mother asking if she could return home to...
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Sondheim that Sates
You love Stephen Sondheim, the gay genius behind such masterful musicals as Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion......
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Ten-Minute Masterworks
''As far as we know it's probably the first time anyone in town has done something similar to this,'' says Jeff Scott, marketing and events...
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Auntie Hero
At first glance, the upcoming OutWrite ''Pioneers'' event at The Center, the area's LGBT community center, is already substantial, celebrating re-releases of two powerful books:...
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The Glory and the Gloom
With Placido Domingo singing his last role as general director of the Washington National Opera, it's hard not to take the somber – at times...
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Clark Bars
Jeremiah Clark was weaned on sad contemporary Christian songs. But now that's he secular? '' doesn't have to be Jesus on a cross...
