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Policy Change, At Least Locally, Puts Bi-National Couples’ Immigration Cases On Hold
A growing body of evidence suggests that deportations of foreign partners who are married to a same-sex partner and would otherwise be eligible for a...
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Maryland House of Delegates Votes 86-52 in Favor of Gender Identity Bill
The Maryland House of Delegates voted 86-52 in favor of the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, today, during the bill’s third and final...
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Maryland House of Delegates in Session and Scheduled to Vote on Gender Identity Bill Today
The Maryland House of Delegates is scheduled to discuss and vote on the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, during the bill’s third and...
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Hot Pick: Jil Aigrot
Charming French vocalist Jil Aigrot, who provided the singing voice for Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose and specializes in chanson francaise,...
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Maryland Gender Identity Bill Passes 2nd Reading on House Floor, Third Reading Scheduled for Saturday
The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, went through its second reading this afternoon on the Maryland House of Delegates Floor and was ordered to...
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Maryland Gender Identity Bill Passes Through Committee 15-8
The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, House Bill 235, passed through the Maryland House’s Health and Government Operations Committee with a 15-8 favorable vote, according to Equality Maryland....
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Hot Pick: Elton John’s Greatest Hits
Legendary piano popster Elton John brings his “Greatest Hits Live” concert to our area this weekend. The concert boasts number one chart hits and classic...
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Hot Pick: The Whiz at Dance Place
The Whiz is a loosely based adaptation of The Wizard of Oz for the Obama generation, featuring choreography by Nicolas Leichter and a commissioned adapted...
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The Tennessee Williams Centennial Festival
Georgetown University, in partnership with Arena Stage, offers a festival with famous guests in tribute to the legendary gay playwright, whose father called him “Miss...
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Outspoken, Ep. 26 — SLDN Dinner: DADT Repeal
In this special edition, we attend the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, to ask guests -- including Col. Grethe...
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Maryland GOP Delegate Holds Up Gender Identity Bill, Says She Needs Definition of “Transgender”
A bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, licensing and commercial leasing against transgender Marylanders was scheduled to be voted on...
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DADT Discharges for Fiscal Year 2010: 261
Despite the passage of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act in December 2010, numbers released today about discharges under the law in the year...
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Ricky Martin launches world tour
Ricky Martin launches his “Musica+Alma+Sexo” world tour tomorrow, his first in over three years and certainly the first since he came out. Giorgio Armani is...
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Remembering Taylor's D.C. Contributions
Elizabeth Taylor was across the ocean, consoling Michael Jackson in Europe in 1993 just days before the Whitman-Walker Clinic ceremony dedicating its facility at 1701...
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Hot Pick: The Agony and the Ecstacy of Steve Jobs
Following his smash hit monologue The Last Cargo Cult, Mike Daisey pulls back the curtain veiling America’s most mysterious technology icon. With a wickedly funny...
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Coverboy: Lance
Lance started dancing in musicals when he was five years old. Now, the 20-year-old native of Missouri is studying modern dance and ballet at Towson...
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And the Curtain Rises: Signature’s Pride Night
Part Three of Signature’s American Musical Voices Project, aimed at nurturing new shows, focuses on this valentine to musical comedy, a classic backstage comedy about...
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Ninth Circuit Denies Request to Vacate Stay, Keeps Prop 8 in Effect During Appeal
In a brief order issued today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the plaintiffs’ request to vacate its earlier stay order,...
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Maryland Gender Identity Bill Moves Ahead
A bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, licensing and commercial leasing, against transgender Marylanders, just passed its first hurdle,...
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Getting With The Future
CAGLCC Connections What's in a name? For a new business, quite a bit. In 2009, Thomas Sanchez founded Wamwaw LLC, a D.C.-based firm focused on...
