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  • Maryland Del. Afzali Hits Constituents with Anti-Question 6 Email, While Pro-Marriage Side Gets New Ads

    By on October 31, 2012

    Maryland state Del. Kathy Afzali (R-Frederick Co.) turned up the heat against Question 6 Oct. 24 in email blast to her constituents.  Her letter, aimed...

  • Round House grows a beard — James Beard, that is.

    By on October 31, 2012

    Nick Olcott portrays James Beard, who brought fine cooking and a jolly personality to the small screen in 1946 — long before Julia Child, Emeril...

  • Supreme Court Sets Marriage Date

    By on October 31, 2012

    The Supreme Court justices will meet on Nov. 20 to consider whether the high court will hear a number of marriage equality cases petitioned for...

  • Goucher College Poll Shows Broad Support for Maryland Marriage Equality, Though Not Specifically Among Voters

    By on October 31, 2012

    A new poll from Baltimore’s Goucher College shows a majority of Marylanders support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, but also underscores the importance...

  • Keeping Them Close

    By on October 31, 2012

    Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, I've been enjoying a longer-than-expected family visit to Kentucky for my Granny Bugg's 100th birthday party. As anyone who follows me...

  • Values Voter

    By on October 31, 2012

    It's very unlikely that anyone who knows me would ever consider me a risk-taker. My nickname is ''Brakes.'' I'm like the babysitter who won't let...

  • Officer and a Philanthropist

    By on October 31, 2012

    With Veterans Day coming up Nov. 11, the nation takes some time this month to honor the veterans of the U.S. armed forces. One of...

  • Fully Lodged

    By on October 31, 2012

    Right before Halloween 2010, Ryan Dryden and Joe Velasquez, a gay couple, opened The Lodge, a gay bar outside Hagerstown in western Maryland. But The...

  • Charm City Leather

    By on October 31, 2012

    ''It makes everybody laugh,'' says Andrew McCarty of COMMAND MC. This weekend, his Maryland leather organization hosts its annual Mr. Maryland Leather contest as part...

  • Four Legs Good

    By on October 31, 2012

    In this age in which every successful fantasy or adventure novel has been – or will be – fully ''realized'' via computer generation, there is...

  • Dirty Truth

    By on October 31, 2012

    Right now there's a freestanding toilet in a remote section of the third-floor stage at Studio Theatre. There's also a lot of dirt on the...

  • Colorful Windows

    By on October 31, 2012

    Microsoft made one thing clear this week -- it wants you to touch it. Ushering in three separate launches in the space of a few...

  • Lover's Return

    By on October 31, 2012

    ''The ladies love me,'' Alice Smith says after being asked about gay fans. And why is that? ''It's because I'm sexy,'' the singer-songwriter says with...

  • Pop Love

    By on October 31, 2012

    It's funny how freeing coming out can be. Though Mika only officially came out as gay a few months ago, after he had already completed...

  • The Choice?

    By on October 31, 2012

    When Joe Biden appeared on NBC's Meet the Press May 6, many expected the former senator from Delaware, long known for his penchant for gaffes,...

  • Rooms with an Election View

    By on October 31, 2012

    Next Tuesday night, Nov. 6, promises to offer plenty of live drama and entertainment, especially in this political city. And this town's LGBT and LGBT-friendly...

  • Tammy Baldwin's Final Push

    By on October 31, 2012

    Tammy Baldwin has never run for public office as the lesbian candidate. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1998 after serving six years...

  • Obama & Romney on LGBT Issues

    By on October 31, 2012

    MARRIAGE EQUALITY Obama: First president to openly endorse the right to marry for same-sex couples. Endorses marriage-equality ballot measures in Maryland, Maine and Washington. Opposes...

  • Biden: Transgender rights are the “civil rights issue of our time”

    By on October 31, 2012

    Speaking to a supporter at a campaign stop in Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday evening, Vice President Joe Biden called discrimination against transgender Americans the “civil...

  • Kameny Estate Trademarks ''Gay is Good''

    By on October 31, 2012

    Though gay-rights pioneer Frank Kameny has been dead for a year, his affirmation that ''gay is good'' is finding a life of its own. Christopher...