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Wealthy LGBT Americans Urge Support for Obama’s Plan to Avert “Fiscal Cliff”
In a Dec. 5 letter sent to Democratic and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, 24 of the country’s most financially successful gays and lesbians urged...
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Cities of Refuge
On the night of Dec. 1, members of Light Brigade Maryland, joined by members of GetEqual DC and the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA),...
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Protest Shines on Ugandan Embassy
Groups of local activists joined Saturday evening, Dec. 1, to protest the renewed push in the Ugandan Parliament for a bill that would further criminalize...
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Giving Thanks
Philip Pannell is getting a vacation. Finally. ''It's only the second vacation I've ever had in my life,'' says Pannell, 62, an icon of grassroots...
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A Pop-Up Success
Now you see them, now you don't. One of the hottest trends in business, from corporate giants to sole proprietorships, is ''pop-up retail.'' Also known...
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Breakups and Breakdowns
There are several moments on Rihanna's new album Unapologetic in which the synthesizers sound as if they simply couldn't handle all the pressure and sputter...
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Birchmere Babes
''I like to say I went from being a Hag to being a Bitchin' Babe, which is clearly a promotion,'' jokes local singer-songwriter Debi Smith....
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Musical Trips
No doubt, you've heard the hype. Last month The Washington Post reported that Signature Theatre decided to stage Dreamgirls, purely and simply, as a showcase...
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Back to the Bard
''Elizabethan London and contemporary Washington, D.C., probably have more in common than any two other cities,'' says Ethan McSweeny. It's because of that link that...
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Fairy Dust
Enchantingly atmospheric and often funny, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream is rich with love's intangibles: wistfulness, a touch of cynicism, and its...
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Winter Travel
The so-called holiday season is just the beginning of winter. The D.C. days might start getting the tiniest bit longer by Dec. 22, but that's...
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Desert Diamonds
In the 1960s, five men who defined cool took Las Vegas and Palm Springs by storm. The Rat Pack's Frankie, Sammy, Joey, Dean and Peter...
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Snow Hope
Let's just say it: The 2012 ski season was crap. Ski resorts across the country received some of their smallest amounts of snowfall in recent...
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Don't Miss the Boat
Once winter really takes hold, when the cold wind chafes cheeks and the thickest layers can't keep out the chill, that's when Washingtonians really want...
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Jet Set: Winter with Chi Chi LaRue
Chi Chi LaRue is one busy drag queen. From small-town beginnings in Hibbing, Minn. – where he was better known as Larry Paciotti – to...
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DC Hyatt Regency completes major renovation in time to welcome Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill is in the final phases of a $12 million guestrooms renovation that is scheduled for completion in time for hosting Mid-Atlantic...
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White House Gives No Updates on Workplace Nondiscrimination Executive Order
The White House provided no new updates Wednesday on an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation...
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The Waiting Game
So, after weeks and months of careful consideration, voluminous reading and personal consultations with friends and family, I'm finally ready to make an important announcement:...
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Calendar of Events: Winter Travel 2012-2013
December Pied Piper Christmas and New Year's CruiseCaribbean, via New YorkCunard Queen Mary 2Dec. 22-Jan. 3piedpipertravel.com Mega G5Taipei, TaiwanDec. 29-Jan. 1g5-taipei.com January Arosa Gay Ski...
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Review: GoPro Hero3 is teeny, tiny and totally pro. (Video)
Metro Weekly Multimedia Producer Aram Vartian took a new micro-video camera, GoPro’s Hero3, to check out the big features that come in very small package....
