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Washington Rallies around the Gay Games XI
The city is doing all it can to bring Gay Games XI to the nation's capital in 2022
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Good eats: The National Capital Barbecue Festival
Giant barbecue battle draws cooks from across the country for the chance to win over $40,000 in cash and prizes
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The return of America the Game Show
Chris Griffin is one of several actors who will doff their clothing in "America the Game Show"
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Punked: Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Kennedy Center
Euan Morton makes an entertaining Hedwig, but you can't say the same for the touring production
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Out on the Town: Arts & entertainment highlights, June 22-28
FILM A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Malcolm McDowell is over-the-top magnificent as a Beethoven-loving ringleader of a band of thugs in one of Stanley Kubrick’s most shocking...
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How I Learned What I Learned at Round House Theatre
An autobiographical tour-de-force from another of America’s greatest playwrights
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Lynda Carter presents original “Wonder Woman” script to Library of Congress
On Friday, the Library of Congress thought it was just getting a sit-down interview with Lynda Carter, the woman who portrayed Wonder Woman on the...
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Check It Enterprises opens its doors at Southeast D.C. facility
Check It Enterprises, a business venture of the Check Its, a former gang of LGBTQ individuals who had banned together for support and protection, has...
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D.C. bill will allow residents to choose non-binary gender on driver’s licenses
A proposed D.C. Council bill would allow District residents to select a non-binary gender option on their driver’s licenses, learner’s permits, or resident ID cards...
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Food & Friends receives $2 million gift from the Bresler family
Food & Friends, the nonprofit organization that provides prepared meals and nutrition counseling to individuals suffering from life-threatening illnesses, has accepted a multi-year $2 million...
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European Court declares Russian “gay propaganda” law to be discriminatory
On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights declared a Russian law banning expressions of “gay propaganda” to be discriminatory, and has ordered the country...
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Details of Jim Graham’s funeral services released
The body of former Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham will lie in state at the John A. Wilson Building from noon to 5 p.m. on...
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Taqueria del Barrio partners with DC queens for new drag brunch
Petworth eatery Taqueria del Barrio launches new monthly drag brunch with Desiree Dik
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Georgia GOP congressional candidate distancing herself from Log Cabin ties
A Republican congressional candidate running in a special election in Georgia is being accused of trying to distance herself from her past embrace of the...
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Jim Graham to lie in state at Wilson Building on June 23
The body of former Councilmember Jim Graham will lie in state at the Wilson Building on Friday, June 23, according to Nyasha Smith, the Secretary...
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Department of Education issues new guidance on transgender students
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued new guidance to employees on how best to deal with discrimination complaints lodged...
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Texas governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill into law
On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that allows adoption or foster care agencies to refuse to place children with certain prospective...
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Don Blanchon of Whitman-Walker remembers Jim Graham
The current Whitman-Walker ED recalls the impact of a legendary predecessor
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Bill introduced in Congress to collect data on LGBTQ violent deaths
An openly gay congressman has reintroduced a bill that would direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect data on LGBTQ violent deaths,...
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Pride in Numbers: Everything that happened at Capital Pride 2017
Thanks to the Equality March, record numbers of LGBTQ people celebrated Capital Pride, which encountered a few bumps in its parade road
