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Feldblum Approved for EEOC, DuMont Judicial Nomination in Question
On the Senate’s last day in session, on Dec. 22, out lesbian Chai Feldblum was confirmed by the Senate for her position as a commissioner...
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Anne Midgette at Politics and Prose
My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music is the story of pianist Leon Fleisher, written with the esteemed Washington Post classical music...
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Captain of aircraft carrier in goofy videos with mock “gay” sex content [video]
”Over the years I’ve gotten several complaints about inappropriate materials during these videos, never to me personally but, gutlessly, through other channels. This evening, all...
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Gay newspaper’s street boxes targeted in Canada
”The energy that’s required, the persistence to rip out a part that is very deliberately anchored in, suggests that this person has some significant issues....
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The Black Cat’s Drink and a Movie Series
The Black Cat offers a free series this week, with a double-feature cult film and specialty drink special each night. “Drink Away The Shame” kicks...
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Trombone Shorty at the 9:30 Club
Troy “Trombone Short” Andrews and his bandmates from the Crescent City merge rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul, or what he calls “supafunkrock.” His latest...
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Strathmore’s Salute to Vienna
Inspired by Vienna’s world-famous Neujahrskonzert concert, Strathmore hosts an afternoon of famous Strauss waltzes, polkas and operatta excerpts on New Year’s Day. Guido Mancusi conducts...
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New Year’s Eve at the Kennedy Center
Usher in the New Year with a dazzling concert at The Kennedy Center. Now in its 16th year, the concert features members of the National...
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Monty Alexander at Blues Alley
The legendary pianist Monty Alexander fuses American jazz and his Jamaican roots in a four decades-long career including work with everyone from Frank Sinatra to...
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The Year in Scene 2010
Picture it: Washington. 2003. A buoyant, long-haired guy walks into a magazine's offices. He's looking to buy a photo of himself in the starting lineup...
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The Many Voices of the LGBT World: Celebrating Six Months of Poliglot
Six months ago today, as the hearings for the nomination of then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court got under way, my editors and...
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New Year, New Goals
I'm not the type of person who makes New Year's resolutions, not because of any particular antipathy towards the holiday or the intentions of those...
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Strange Bedfellows
In all the hubbub of closing out 2010, with lame ducks and snowstorms, one little story with all the makings of TMZ-esque high drama –...
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''A Long, Hard Slog''
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who turned 70 this year, had tears in his eyes on Dec. 21 as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signed the...
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Routing in Richmond
Virginia Del. Bob Marshall (R-Loudon, Prince William) stirred up controversy last week with his response to the repeal of ''Don't Ask Don't'' when he announced...
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The Best Stage of 2010
From H Street to Columbia Heights to that new vast temple to the drama gods on the waterfront, D.C.'s theater scene is bright and varied...
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Funny Ladies
''You don't hear as many legitimate conversations about foreign policy in Chicago as you do ,'' says Brooke Breit of Chicago's Second City. You...
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The Year in Music
Twenty-ten will go down as the year of gay pop. Oh sure, at least a couple openly gay pop stars have gotten our attention most...
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Best & Worst Films of 2010
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the films of 2010. Hopefully you skipped the bad...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Roundup: Here at the heel-end of the year, you find yourself refocused, revitalized and refreshed. You're ready to pick up the pieces of your...
