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Catholic seminary applicant questions designed to keep out gays?
“We have no gay men in our seminary at this time. I’m pretty sure of it…. I’m just reporting what is…. Whether he is celibate...
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Hip hop star Wale apologizes to gay crowd at DC Black Pride [video]
”One thing I stand for is hip hop music. And hip hop music knows no race, no color, no age, no gender, no sexual orientation...
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The new, gay Roy Ashburn apologizes for past vote against gay Californians
”My practice in my entire political career when it came to gay issues was to prevent any kind of spotlight from being shined my way,...
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Malawi gay couple released from 14-year-sentence after UN Secretary’s visit
”The pardon only applies to the offence under which they were convicted. If, for example, they go back and the state is of the view...
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Wale Makes Amends [video]
Washington D.C.-based rapper Wale, who made headlines last week after canceling his performance at DC Black Pride's main event on May 30, appeared at Sunday's...
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Tim Daly on Barack Obama and LGBT issues
At a recent visit to Floriana Restaurant, Tim Daly talks with Metro Weekly about whether or not President Obama is doing enough on LGBT issues.
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Gay military should stay in the closet? New votes on DADT change nothing yet
”The legislation involved is a deferred repeal. In other words, it would repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ but only after — I repeat, after! —...
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Another US soldier comes out gay on national TV news
”I am violating ‘don’t ask, don’t tell. And I understand if has to, he has to take the proceedings he does, because it...
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”Te Amo,” Rhianna’s lesbian themed music video premieres
”The daring scenes portray the heterosexual Barbadian singer as a leather clad dominatrix, kissing and striking suggestive poses with dark-haired French supermodel Laeticia Casta. …...
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Board of Directors and List of Sponsors
The 2010 Black Lesbian & Gay Pride Day, Inc. Board Patricia R. Corbett Jimma Elliott-Stevens Earl D. Fowlkes, Jr. Jhahbriel C. Moore, Sr. Corporate &...
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Letter from Earl Fowlkes, International Federation of Black Prides Inc.
May 26, 2010 Greetings, In my capacity as President and CEO of the International Federation of Black Prides Inc., I write to applaud you on...
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Singular Sensation
''I was gay, but I never thought about putting a dress on,'' laughs Jerry Van Hook, about the first 32 years of his life. Those...
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Charlotte's Legacy
This year's DC Black Pride events strive to be the largest yet -- though few would argue that there's one significant element missing: Charlotte Smallwood....
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Festival Vendors
Sunday, May 30, 2010 Washington Convention Center801 Mount Vernon Place NW1 to 7 p.m.$15 Afripeba AIDS Health-Care Foundation Capital Area gay and Lesbian Chamber of...
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Nightlife Events
WOMEN'S PARTIES Thursday, May 27 The District Certified Movement presents Alter EGO at DC Star, 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m....
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PrideScope
Heavenly Round-Up: If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, has feathers like a duck and sings like Diana Ross, is it still...
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Community Service
Though no one could imagine in 1991 what would grow from an effort to meet the basic needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in D.C.'s...
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Community Resource Guide
Addiction Prevention & Recovery Admin (APRA) 1300 First St. NE3rd FloorWashington, DC 20002Susan Dergman, Clinic Dir.Ph: 202-727-8857Fax: 202-727-0092 AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Blair Underwood Healthcare Clinic2141...
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Glancing Blows
The second week of the Robert Wone trial began with a sharp focus from the defense -- and discussion of sharp glances on the scene...
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Letter from Eleanor Holmes Norton
Congressional Record Honoring the 20th Annual DC Black Pride Celebration
