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Letter from the President
As the President of the Board of Directors of Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Day, Inc. (BLGPD) events, I want to personally welcome you to...
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Theater Alchemy
When you live in a city like Washington, D.C., whose primary commerce is fact, or as is sometimes the case, the manufacture of truth, it...
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Making History
As the nation's capital or simply as an American city with infinite plots playing out at the local level, Washington, D.C., offers a great setting...
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Horoscope
05-17-07 Horoscope Heavenly Round-Up: Look around you. Look, look, look -- but don't touch anything you don't want to pay for. This is a great...
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On the Red Carpet
One in Ten, the organization that has produced the Reel Affirmations film festival in Washington for the past 16 years, among other events, raised over...
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Stein Dems Back Bill
The regular May meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the primary voice of GLBT Democrats in the district, was billed as a chance to...
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Safe Haven
At 22, Gramoz Prestreshi says he now has a reason to live. ''I'm in a safe country,'' he says, ''I can be just who I...
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Listen Up
It's been too long since we heard anything good from the Cranberries. Remember them? Think back to the '90s and some of the Irish band's...
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Hearsay
Lost Longings... Last weekend was Mother's Day, but Hearsay was in more of a daddy mood. Oh, don't worry: Hearsay made time for mother on...
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The Long Haul
Although director Paolo Micciche is known for some adventurous productions, his rendering of Verdi's Macbeth is more a long and rather creepy dream. It's precise...
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Past Perfect
We have been spoiled by the multiplex, lulled into a sense of security and confidence by the men and women behind the curtains who make...
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Dressing Up
Called an exploration of the will to survive, it's no wonder that performing I Am My Own Wife at Olney Theatre Center leaves Arnie Burton...
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Ich bin Transvestit
This is the root of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf's story: ''I am a transvestite.'' Brave words, even now. Imagine saying them in Germany during the rise...
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Crosscurrents in 2008
Gore Vidal once said that God is a convenient fiction. The same can be said of ''gay community.'' Despite the common tendency to generalize based...
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Whitman-Walker high school essay contest
What can you do to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in your community? That is the question Whitman-Walker Clinic is asking high school students (between...
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HIPS Needs Help
Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) will hold its quarterly volunteer orientation -- a requirement for anyone hoping to volunteer for the organization -- on Saturday,...
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Bus Boys Head to Beach
From New York City, the trip to Fire Island starts with catching the Long Island Railroad at Penn Station. Gay Bostonians hop onto a high-speed...
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Tale of Two Mommies
Janet Jenkins has been fighting for visitation rights to her 5-year-old daughter, Isabella, for more than three years now. Throughout her ongoing custody battle with...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: It's a long and winding trail, no question. Yet you're receiving information faster than you can find a place to put it. You're...
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Czech Mate
Who knew a 19th century Czech opera could be as riveting and edgy as anything you're likely to catch on HBO? Thankfully, the Washington National...
