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Las Vegas: Ah, the spa and a hunk-a hunk-a burning love
DAY 2 I started my second day in Las Vegas by going to The Spa at Encore. I hit the fitness center first (I was...
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“Defending Marriage” House Hearing Panelists Set for Friday
On Friday, April 15, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution will take a look at “Defending Marriage” in a hearing called by the subcommittee...
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Delayed, Not Defeated
Hours after the Maryland Senate killed the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, Sen. Richard Madaleno (D-Montgomery), the only out LGBT member of the...
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Four Diligent Decades
It may not have been a courtroom, but one sunny afternoon in October 2009, a generic D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics hearing room was...
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Adoption Politics
On April 20 and 21, the Virginia State Board of Social Services will meet to consider ''adopting new standards for licensed private child-placing agencies,'' which...
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Judging Judges
On Thursday, April 7, the Senate Judiciary Committee moved forward the nomination of J. Paul Oetken, who was nominated for a judgeship in the Southern...
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Briggs Initiative
If Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Area seems like a mouthful, don't fret. The folks affiliated with...
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The Omega Man
Once upon a time, at a jam-packed gay bar known as the Frat House, there was a rush on Rush. ''We actually stopped selling liquor...
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Express Yourself
The three characters in Gustavo Ott's Divorcees, Evangelists and Vegetarians, now at GALA Theatre, are not played by drag queens, though it's easy to imagine...
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For Art's Sake
Just as a piece of modern art can at first seem deceptively simple, so the premise of Yasmina Reza's Art, at first blush, appears remarkably...
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Preacher of Love
It must be nice to be Tom Goss's husband. After all, the good-looking Goss, with his sweet tenor voice, is hopelessly devoted to the man....
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Scream Machine
What's your favorite scary movie? Odds are it won't be Scream 4. It might be your favorite funny movie, but not your favorite scary one....
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Knock on Wood
You might call Michelle Peterson-Albandoz a dumpster diver for art. The Chicago resident trolls for wood in ''dumpsters and back alleys and stuff'' to create...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Is it time to let it go? Time to forgive and forget? Time to build bridges instead of chasms? Time to release the...
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Uphill Battles
Sen. Jeff Merkely (D-Ore.) re-introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to the Senate on Wednesday, and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Patrick...
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Outspoken, Ep. 28 – Being Bossy [video]
In this episode of Outspoken, Ebone Bell attends the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce 2011 Annual Awards Dinner to ask: Is it...
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Coverboy: Devin
Devin came to Washington in 2009 from Micronesia, where he was serving in the Peace Corps, to accept a job as chemistry teacher. The 29-year-old...
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Gaming the System
In the Kodachrome memories of my youth, I'm sprawled on the brown shag carpet of the living room in front of the Zenith floor-model television,...
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We're in Business
Mark Guenther, executive director of the Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, told a moving story at the organization's April 8 awards dinner...
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Kobe fouls with double F-words: Bryant addresses anti-gay slur used during baskeball game
”What I said last night should not be taken literally. My actions were out of frustration during the heat of the game, period. The words...
