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All That Yaz
”We love you Alison!” came the repeated shouts from the packed, adoring crowd at the 9:30 Club a few Sundays ago. They were mostly folks,...
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Daddy, Why is there a woman in the Men’s Locker Room?
“I can’t do it anymore. Every time I go through there, it’s tearing my insides out…. I don’t want to keep confusing these kids. This...
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Swedish children’s books include gay parents & nontraditional race, gender images
;”Portraying a gay family in a story that is not simply about gay families shows that these families exist too and are just as normal...
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17th Street identity crisis: Gays head east of Dupont; restrictions tough on business
”We used to know how well we were doing by the number of Safeway bags our customers would store behind the counter. As time went...
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Massachusetts House joins Senate in repealing out-of-state marriage ban
”This is a true victory for equality. In repealing this law we’ve sent the message loud and clear that in Massachusetts, we respect and honor...
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Party Girl
Ebone Bell's career path is more like a multilane highway. She's been a drag king with her alter ego, E Clef. She gave D.C. the...
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Riled Over Rules
In the months-long debate between the District and the transgender community regarding the treatment of gender-variant detainees in District jails, the ongoing dialogue seems to...
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Playing Out
At James Madison High School in Vienna, Va., being the gay member of an all-male swim team was ''rough'' enough, says Dan Martinelli. The feelings...
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Guarding Our Gains
The value of a coordinated effort by many people was never more evident than in the current battle against a proposed rulemaking by the D.C....
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Judicial Jousting
Equal-rights advocates in Maryland say they are disappointed, but not discouraged, following a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge's July 24 ruling in favor of Citizens...
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Tea Party
Bella Stassi is proving that girls of all ages still just want to have fun. ''Our event is different because we're not targeting one specific...
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Teen Spirit
Thirty-seven. That's how many times your heart might break during American Teen. It's high school-concentrate -- all the highs and lows and mistakes and inevitable...
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Mann Power
Aimee Mann writes wistfully about faded glory on her latest album. ''It must be hard seeing the same old crowd just pass you by on...
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Folk Iconography
''That was the first time I had actually seen it,'' Janis Ian says about NBC's rebroadcast of her 1975 performance on Saturday Night Live. NBC...
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Soundwaves
Ultra Nate LIKE A ROBOT AT YOUR COMMAND... Ultra Naté topped the Billboard Club Play Chart last summer with her fantastic cover of the Pointer...
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Horoscope
Heavenly Round-Up: Summer gets shorter and shorter, doesn't it? Have you done what you meant to? Are you on top of your leisure game and...
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Sleekly Styled
On the surface, the Mazda CX-9 crossover SUV -- a lower-profile SUV that combines the lower profile of a car with the larger capacity of...
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Barking for Bargains
Washington and Waverly, Tenn., may not be sister cities, but Greg Link knows of one cultural tie that makes them kin, of sorts. As owner...
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McCain’s befuddled “position” says something about being against gay adoptions — Huh? [video]
”My position is: It’s not the reason why I’m running for president of the United States, and I think that two-parent families are best for...
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Virginia female impersonators “pumped” with risky silicone procedures
”We call it ‘pumping’ because that’s just a signature name that we came up with our own language. They get pumped because they want to...
