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Whitman-Walker Welcome
Inviting the community to drop in for an open-house event may have been a fairly regular offering at Whitman-Walker Clinic. In its new incarnation as...
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Lesbian Central
Why have all the lesbians gone to Alexandria? That may be the question on many minds next weekend, when the Birchmere hosts a couple shows...
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Surround Sounds
''In the '80s, I was a synth-pop boy,'' says Richard Chartier. ''I was very into that.'' But unlike many or even most synth-pop fans, the...
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Dirty Girl
Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Will O'Bryan Rating: (4 out of 5) Thursday, 10/13/2011, 7:00 PM Feature presentation, $20 at Lisner Auditorium SUMMER MAY...
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In Colorado House Race, Out Servicemember is a First in a Post-DADT America
Today, in the 28th House District in Colorado, a little bit of history is being made as Brian Carroll announces his candidacy for the 2012...
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The Ahn Trio at Wolf Trap
A classic chamber group, The Ahn Trio isn’t afraid to have fun or be funny. It’s most recent album was amusingly title Lullaby for My...
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The works of Rob Vander Zee at Vitruvian Gallery
The gay-owned Vitruvian Gallery, located near Eastern Market and focused on male figurative art, officially opens this weekend with an exhibit of over 20 male...
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Rebecca Luker, Aaron Lazar and Rod Gilfry with the NSO Pops
Steven Reineke conducts the NSO Pops in the program “Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein,” featuring soprano Rebecca Luker (Broadway’s Mary Poppins),...
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Senate to Vote Today on Alison Nathan’s Nomination, Would Be Second Lesbian Federal Judge
[Photo: President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. “Ali” Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan,...
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Reel Affirmations 20
Welcome to Metro Weekly's total review and guide to the Reel Affirmations film festival for 2011. Reel Affirmations 20 runs from Thursday, Oct. 13, through...
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Movie Magic
The 2011 installment of Reel Affirmations, the 20th anniversary of the international LGBT film festival, is many things. It's a showcase of LGBT culture. It's...
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Junk No More
Mark Morgan had a rough transition in 2001. First, he underwent major surgery in May that could have left him with a colostomy bag or...
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Cher cries as Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley survive another episode of “Dancing with the Stars”
Cher took to Twitter after this week’s fourth edition of Dancing with the Stars. Her son, Chaz Bono, the show’s first transgender contestant, made it...
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Supreme Court Turns Down Louisiana Adoption Birth Certificate Challenge Brought By Gay Couple
Today, without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging Louisiana’s policy that prevents unmarried adoptive parents from both being listed on...
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Frank Kameny Dies at 86
Frank Kameny, 86, a pioneer of the modern gay rights movement, was found dead on Tuesday evening, Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day. ''It is...
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CA Gov. Brown Signs Two Pro-Trans Bills Into Law [and Signs Bullying Bill, Vetoes LGBT Data Bill]
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed two pro-transgender equality bills into law on Oct. 9. Masen Davis, the executive director of the Transgender Law Center,...
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The Human Centipede 2 Midnight at Landmark’s E Street Cinemas
Landmark’s E Street Cinema presents the D.C. premiere of The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence, sequel to one of the most controversial horror films ever...
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I Shot Andy Warhol at Busboys & Poets
Busboys & Poets offers a special screening of the 1996 film I Shot Andy Warhol, about the life of the anti-male lesbian Valerie Solaris (Lily...
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Judge Considers Government’s Writ Request in Choi’s Trial
The federal government asked U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Chief Judge Royce Lamberth today to stop a magistrate judge in the court...
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The Habit of Art – Extended (and now with video!)
Alan Bennett’s play-within-a-play, The Habit of Art, follows an imagined meeting between openly gay poet W. H. Auden and closeted composer Benjamin Britten a year...
