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Plane Queer and the Male Flight Attendant
For those looking for a headier sort of beach read this summer, an academic offering may be of particular interest to LGBT audiences. Phil Tiemeyer,...
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Delays in Anti-Gay Robbery Case
The status hearing for two men accused of attacking and robbing a man while yelling homophobic slurs at him has been postponed for the second...
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Obama returns to Chicago to push for Illinois gay marriage bill
With the clock ticking, President Barack Obama urged Illinois lawmakers to approve marriage-equality legislation during a fundraiser in Chicago Wednesday night, stating he is “absolutely...
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Backlash to the Future
France is such a strange country. I don't say that from first-hand experience of strolling the streets of Paris — my only brief time there...
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Beyond the Border
When you think of the ongoing battle for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) rights, which activists stand out in your mind? My guess is...
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Promoting Pride
In just a few days, Chris Obermeyer's weeks of planning will come to fruition with Woodrow Wilson Senior High School becoming the first D.C. public...
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Celebrating Community
The Celebration of the Spirit Coalition (COTSC) will host the annual Pride Week Interfaith Service on Tuesday, June 4, marking the 30th anniversary of the...
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Sin-sations
''I think it'd be a shame if people missed this show,'' Craig Cipollini says, ''because I think it's one of our best.'' There's actually no...
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Kick Starter
''Just watching people try and play kickball in drag is hilarious,'' Karl Muller says. ''The dresses are flying, the wigs are going, and everything.'' This...
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Friendship in Black and White
A single line by the funky British pop band Hot Chocolate sums up the pleasant worldview of Frances Ha: ''Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the...
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Paying Tribute
''The theme is Peter's theme, the lineup is Peter's lineup. The production is Peter's production. It's pretty much Peter,'' says Nima Nasseri, referring to Peter...
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Sensually Cerebral
One of the things that separate playwright Tom Stoppard from the herd is his near ruthless assumption of his audience's intelligence, his plays racing with...
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Wintry Mix
There are two challenges to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. The first is protagonist King Leontes's near-instantaneous and murderous conviction that his pregnant queen Hermione is...
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Summer Travel Issue 2013
While Montreal is perfectly charming in winter, you can't do better than a summertime trip to Quebec's cosmopolitan cutie. The same holds for the Pacific...
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Bear Weeks at the Beach
As local lore has it, the proprietors of Provincetown, Mass., love ''Bear Week.'' These are, after all, men who love to eat, drink and be...
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ExxonMobil shareholders again reject workplace protections for LGBT employees
For the 14th consecutive year, ExxonMobil shareholders voted overwhelmingly today to reject a resolution that would have protected LGBT people from workplace discrimination. During their...
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Michele Bachmann announces retirement from Congress
Rep. Michele Bachmann announced early Wednesday she will not run for re-election in 2014. In a nearly nine-minute YouTube video posted to her website, the...
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Amazon UK prices Xbox One at $900
Amazon UK has tentatively priced Microsoft’s Xbox One, revealed last week, at over $900. Worry not, however, as the finished item is likely to cost...
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Arrested Development scores record viewing figures
The long-awaited return of the Bluth family drew record viewing figures for Netflix. Unsurprisingly, the hype that surrounded the much-loved comedy transferred into a large...
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Weekend incident in New York possible anti-gay hate crime
New York’s ninth reported anti-gay attack happened over the weekend when Eugene Lovendusky, co-founder of the grassroots equality organization Queer Rising, was allegedly assaulted not...
