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Book It
''It's so rare these days that we have the opportunity to celebrate LGBT literature,'' says David Mariner of The Center, D.C.'s LGBT community center. ''We've...
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Kelly's Dilemma
Kelly Rowland is a tease. Take a few headlines over the past year as evidence. ''Kelly Rowland Tries Disco for Third Album.'' ''Kelly Rowland's Album...
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Jersey Boys
When William Waybourn took the photographs for the D.C. Strokes 2008-2009 calendar, he was able to pose the rowers -- or at least keep a...
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Game Theory
Some people play to escape. Some people play to belong. Some people play to experience virtual worlds of fantasy, others play to explore realistic recreations...
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Industry Insider
Picture the adolescent boy, game controller in hand, sitting in front of his TV. In some virtual world of impossibly large-breasted women and explosive gore,...
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Putting the Gay in Games
Among people who don't play video games, there are plenty of misconceptions about gamers. And among LGBT people who don't play games, David Edison says...
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The Rules of Warcraft
He doesn't care about fantasy themes or the storyline behind World of Warcraft -- for Mike Larson, it's the social aspect of the game, the...
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Gaming the Court
Paul Smith, one of the leading Supreme Court litigators in the country, has a history with video games. That history, however, has come from working...
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Equality Maryland continues search for new executive director
Equality Maryland announced today that is seeking applicants for the organization’s executive director position. While Lynne Bowman has served as the interim executive director of Equality Maryland since May...
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You gotta love this Matt & Kim video
Yet another irresistible music video that uses New York as a “set,” this one from the fetching duo, Matt & Kim. Follow @metroweekly
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NPR disappoints listeners by airing claim that ‘ex-gay’ therapy works
On August 1, NPR’s Morning Edition aired a story that sought to portray “two sides” of a debate surrounding gay-to-straight “conversion therapy.” NPR says it was...
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Auditions alert: Laurel Mill Playhouse
Laurel Mill Playhouse, a community theater at 508 Main Street in Laurel, Md., is holding auditions for Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room or the...
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Dolly Parton apologizes to lesbian family over gay marriage t-shirt
“I am truly sorry for the hurt or embarrassment regarding the gay and lesbian t-shirt incident at Dollywood’s Splash Country recently. Everyone knows of my...
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4 Questions for Raja
Raja -- the winner of season 3 of Ru Paul's Drag Race -- performed at Town Danceboutique last Saturday, July 30, and Metro Weekly got...
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ABC Family comes out on top of GLAAD’s annual “Responsibility Index”
That intrepid LGBT media watchdog GLAAD — The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — released its fifth annual Network Responsibility Index this morning. The...
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House GOP Leaders Say Court Should Dismiss Edith Windsor’s Lawsuit, Find DOMA Constitutional
The House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) has been defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court since President Barack Obama and Attorney General...
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Tour Thursday: Alaska
Olivia, specialists in lesbian travel, is offering a seven-night Alaskan cruise, September 16 to 23, 2012. Onboard the exclusively chartered ms Zaandam, participants can explore the...
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Video Recap: NAACP tackles black & gay tensions at national convention [video]
A week ago, the NAACP held a groundbreaking discussion about LGBT issues in Los Angeles for its 102nd Convention. The panel was hosted by CNN’s...
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Washington International Piano Festival at the KenCen
Participants in the Washington International Piano Festival festival, in collaboration with the Catholic University of America, perform a recital of solo piano music on two...
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''Identical Situation''
Just 11 days after a transgender woman, Lashai Mclean, was shot and killed, another transgender woman, Tonya Harrell, says unidentified suspects fired shots at her...
