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Reinventing the Wheels
This week, the Detroit Motor Show gets into full swing, with reveals, concepts and model debuts coming thick and fast as the world’s leading manufacturers...
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Marvin's Room
''It was very heartbreaking for our whole company.'' Marissa McGowan is recalling the 2012 death of storied American composer Marvin Hamlisch. ''He meant so much...
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Misdirection
The popular inability to distinguish fantasy from reality is not a new phenomenon. Snake-oil salesmen have long relied upon their marks' eagerness to believe in...
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Leather's Superheroes
''When you get all these men together, and they stand in these power stances,'' Anthony Dortch Jr. says, ''all I think of is, 'Wow, this...
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French Toast
On the surface you might not expect a collaboration between the InSeries's Carla Hubner -- originally from Chile -- and the Washington Ballet's Septime Webre...
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Sounds of Silence
He's not gay, but members of the LGBT community will identify straightaway with the character Billy in Studio Theatre's arresting production of Nina Raine's Tribes....
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Did Gov. Chris Christie know about Bridgegate?
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Hell Bent for Leather: a musical primer for Mid Atlantic Leather
Later this week leather afficianados from all over the world will descend upon Washington, DC for the annual Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend. Old friendships will be...
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U.S. sounds the alarm over anti-gay Nigerian law
The State Department and human rights advocates are voicing concerns over a new law in Nigeria that not only outlaws same-sex marriage, but LGBT organizations...
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Mizeur Wins More Endorsements
Heather Mizeur, the Montgomery County delegate seeking to become the first female governor of Maryland – and first out lesbian governor of any state –...
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McBride Gets 10 Years for Non-fatal Attack on Transgender Woman
A Washington man who pleaded guilty in October to a charge of aggravated assault while armed for stabbing a transgender woman last June was sentenced...
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Federal judge strikes down Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban
Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex marriage was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge Tuesday. “The Court holds that Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples...
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McAuliffe Fulfills LGBT Campaign Promise
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) was sworn into office in Richmond on Saturday, sparking hope among equal-rights advocates that his position as an LGBT ally may...
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Movie Review – August: Osage County
I didn’t have an opportunity to see Tracy Letts’ three-hour epic August: Osage County on the stage, but from everything I’ve heard, I’ve little doubt...
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My Old Virginia Home
This week in Richmond saw the inauguration of Terry McAuliffe as Virginia's governor and the start of a new Virginia political era: ''At Least It's...
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Chris Christie’s veto of transgender-rights bill enrages advocates
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed legislation Monday that would have lessened the requirements for transgender individuals seeking to obtain an amended birth certificate in...
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D.C. Restaurant Week pairs good food with low prices
Your post-holiday bank account and credit card statements might be looking a little depressing but that doesn’t mean you have to take a complete financial...
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Flashback: Top 10 Singles This Week 30 Years Ago – Jan. 1984
10. “Running With the Night” – Lionel Richie At #10 thirty years ago this week, on the Billboard Hot 100 issued on January 14, 1984,...
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Going Paleo: Wings ‘n’ Things
So, this Paleo Diet is not as hard as you’d think. Sure, I miss my dairy – including my nightly glass of milk – but...
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Maryland To Recognize Utah Gay Marriages
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D) announced Friday that Maryland will recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in Utah between the time the U.S. District Court...
