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Artists back away from Superman and Boy Scouts due to anti-gay controversies
An illustrator for DC Comics says he will not work on a new Superman project due to controversy associated with one of its authors, Orson...
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Dancing Bears
'' was pretty much just bears in bars,'' Matt Bearracuda says of the bear scene in San Francisco. ''It was a little too conservative and...
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Mautner on the Move
The Mautner Project has earned its party. Away from all the daily chaos and hoopla of Capitol Hill and iWatch whispers, the ''National Lesbian Health...
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The Best Medicine
Nearly 10 years ago comic Suzanne Westenhoefer told Metro Weekly she had quit smoking, in part because of the Mautner Project. ''I'm not going to...
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Valerie Harper, actress and 2009 Capital Pride Marshal, diagnosed with brain cancer
”I don’t think of dying. I think of being here now.” Actress Valerie Harper, 73, as quoted by People magazine regarding her diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. ...
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LGBT co-eds: Key West is offering great savings for spring breakers
Discounted flights, accomodations and activites are all available to LGBT co-eds seeking to escape to Florida’s gay-friendly Key West for spring break. And, BTW, there...
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The Naked Truth
Whether it's because of ancient locker-room nightmares or present day fluctuations in my weight, I have body issues. A few years ago, when I was...
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Senate confirms nation’s first gay Asian-American federal judge
The U.S. Senate confirmed the nation’s first out gay Asian-American federal judge Monday evening. Pamela Ki Mai Chen was swiftly confirmed with little opposition by...
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Spa World Controversy Still Simmering
A Korean-style spa in Centreville, Va., popular with many D.C.-area residents, including members of the LGBT community, continues to receive heat from activists who feel...
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House Republicans try again to ban same-sex weddings on military bases
A handful of Republicans on Capitol Hill are again attempting to write discrimination into U.S. military code with a bill introduced in the House of...
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As cry to boycott grows louder, IGLTA stands by Hyatt
A few weeks ahead of its annual retreat to be held March 13 to 16, Funders for LGBTQ Issues decided to move its meeting from...
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Spa World Clarifies Policy
A Korean-style spa in Centreville, Va., popular with many D.C.-area residents, including members of the region's LGBT community, is clarifying its policy regarding discrimination after...
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Tonight at L’Enfant Cafe! Lady Bunny kicks off the new season of SpeakEasy!
L’Enfant Cafe reprises SpeakEasy, its popular, select Sundays social dining and cabaret shows tonight, Sunday, March 3, with two singing drag queens from New York:...
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Poll shows 60 percent of Rhode Islanders support gay marriage
The results of a poll of Rhode Islanders released Thursday shows that a strong majority of voters support extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. The...
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Obama: Administration was obligated to take Prop. 8 position
President Barack Obama elaborated on the Supreme Court brief filed by his administration yesterday in the Proposition 8 case, telling reporters today that same-sex couples...
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212 members of Congress urge Supreme Court to rule against DOMA
More than 200 members of Congress filed a brief today urging the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. For the first...
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Virginia organizations join “Red State Brief” asking Supreme Court to overturn DOMA, Prop. 8
“It is through this brief these citizens can speak so that the anti-equality opinions of the current state administration, as represented by Attorney General Ken...
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Maryland attorney general urges Supreme Court to strike down DOMA, Prop. 8
“Proposition 8 deprives the children of same-sex couples of the benefits of being raised in a secure, protected family unit with two married parents. In...
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Mary-Louise Parker denies making a gay slur
“Do you want to wake up tomorrow? I’ll make one phone call.” — Antique-store owner Daniel Seldin, describing in a police report what Mary-Louise Parker...
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Coverboy: David
David is determined to make the most of his time in D.C., the city he claims he ''fell in love'' with when he moved here...
