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Top Court Declines
For updates to this story, visit Metro Weekly's Poliglot blog.On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request by Bishop Harry Jackson and others...
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Pittsburgh Proud
Some might say that 2011 was the year Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather took the easy way out. Doug Pamplin, competing at the Mr. MAL contest as...
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Momentum in Maryland
It was just a few days ago that Maryland State Sen. Allan Kittleman (R-Carroll, Howard) announced publicly that he would be introducing a civil-union bill...
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Changes in the Chamber
The Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce has begun accepting nominations for honorees at its upcoming annual gala at the Park Hyatt Washington...
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Art Housed
It's going to cost about $6,000 to keep the ''Museum of Censored Art'' going through Feb. 13, but the two men responsible for bringing back...
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The Canadian Dream
It could be considered trial by bureaucracy or by bigotry, but at least it is coming to a sort of end, as Steve Orner and...
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It Takes a Village
It would be very easy to talk about playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney's rise with the same kind of mythic spin as his ''Brother/Sister'' trilogy. His...
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Swanky Sunday
Remember Lizard Lounge? Mark Lee's popular Sunday night party permanently closed over two years ago, but a new decade brings what could be a long-awaited...
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Lost Horizon
Being credited as a seminal contemporary American play doesn’t make Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon easy to watch. In fact, the best approach to this...
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On the Wright Track
Life after coming out may be liberating, but that doesn't mean there won't be some speed bumps along the way. When Chely Wright came out...
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A Good Year
Have you ever had one of those years that seems to fly by and it's only at the end that you realize just how much...
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Bully for That
''It just broke my heart, and I felt a little helpless,'' says Eboné Bell of last fall's spate of news stories surrounding gay teen suicides....
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New Year Numbers
Maybe you'll be giving up smoking or dropping a few pounds. It's that time of year – the beginning – when the months ahead seem...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: It's not so much the trouble in paradise as that there are flaws in the perfection of stasis. It might be tempting to...
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Outspoken, Ep. 20: Bra or No Bra? [video]
In this week's episode of Outspoken, host Ebone Bell hits the second anniversary of Bare at Cobalt to find out just who are the favored...
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DC’s Eleanor Holmes Norton chastises gay marriage foes who ask for Congress to interfere
“We knew this direction was a long shot… The answer now is for us, return to the political process. All is not lost at the...
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Teen’s ‘bullying suicide’ in Minnesota was likely heart failure instead: TV report
Lance’s father called KSAX and said he received a call from the coroner saying...
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Gay partners in UK win lawsuit against hotel owners’ religious discrimination
”The judge has confirmed what we already know – that in these circumstances our civil partnership has the same status in law as a marriage...
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Transgender lover of Kelly Osbourne’s ex-boyfriend tells all
”From the moment I met , he was telling me he loved me and he wanted us to get married,. But now I realise...
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U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down D.C. Marriage Initiative Case
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request by Bishop Harry Jackson and others to hear their case seeking an initiative on marriage equality...
