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Diverse Folk
Ask Catie Curtis if her uplifting, anthemic song ''Another Day on Earth,'' complete with a ''whew-ew-ew'' refrain, is a crowd-pleaser, and she confirms so in...
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Coffee at the Center
The DC Center, the city's LGBT community center, has kicked off a ''coffee drop-in hour'' for older LGBT adults on Mondays. The coffee hour is...
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Whitman-Walker Reports Good Health
Whitman-Walker Health (WWH), the nonprofit community health center specializing in culturally competent care for LGBT people and individuals with HIV/AIDS, has reported improvements in quality...
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Team DC Fashion Show & Model Search 2013
Ben Horen goes behind the scenes for Metro Weekly at Team DC's annual fashion show and model search at Town Danceboutique. Follow along as the...
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Thank You, Sen. Portman
Family is defined in many ways. It's a couple with kids, a couple without, maybe some pets, or maybe a network of friends who are...
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Film
Where do your film tastes lead you in warmer weather? Is it time for a buddy movie, romance or blockbuster adventure flick? Whatever you're craving,...
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Dance
Next month, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists will put the ''men'' in movement in a new dance piece focused on male choreographers. But Morgan isn't...
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Art: Museums & Galleries
Milestones and anniversaries are often the underlying theme for museum exhibitions. So, naturally, exactly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that seminal document and more...
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The Politics of Pain
Whether we're twink or bear, gaybro or drag queen, lipstick or butch, we all share one cultural touchstone: coming out. While the concept has been...
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Seeing the Light
In January 1959, only three months into his pontificate, John XXIII called for the convening of Vatican II, which actually opened in October of 1962...
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Bear Beats
If you notice different music, or a different style of music, at Town's Bear Happy Hour this Friday, that's all part of the plan. In...
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Lines Drawn for Supreme Court Showdown
Dueling rallies to be held the week of March 26 are set to highlight the public marriage-equality debate as the nine justices of the U.S....
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Classical Music: Symphony, Chorus and Opera
The Washington region is exceptionally rich in classical music, and you could easily spend springtime soaking up all kinds of chamber, symphonic and chorale music,...
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Above & Beyond
You can't force a square peg into a round hole. That's what ''Above & Beyond'' is for -- comedy, readings, discussions, poetry, multimedia, tasting, tours....
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Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz
Ah, spring. A time when temperatures are rising, flowers are in bloom and people are naturally anticipating doing it outdoors. And by ''it,'' we mean...
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Stage: Plays and Musicals
Local theaters are winding down their current seasons as they ramp up the hype surrounding their next crop of plays and musicals. (Will Signature really...
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Texas Congressman Steve Stockman needs to be schooled in gender-identity
“t’s called a women’s act, but then they have men dressed up as women, they count that. Change-gender, or whatever. How is that — how...
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80s pop from the gay U.K.
On BBC2 Radio‘s Wednesday night broadcast of The People’s Songs, an hour-long episode will be dedicated to the historical influence of gays in British pop music....
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R.I. gay-marriage bill gaining momentum as opposition referendum falters
Advocates of marriage equality in Rhode Island see their cause as gaining steam, while an alleged “compromise” bill calling for a statewide referendum is losing...
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Jawbone releases Up app for Android
About damn time. After (literally) years of teasing, Jawbone finally saw fit to release an Android app for its Up wristband. iOS users have been...
