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  • Ugandan Speaker of Parliament pledges quick movement on “kill the gays” bill

    “I will not accept to be intimidated or directed by any government in the world on matters of homosexuality.”  Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga...

  • Lianne La Havas at The Birchmere

    The Birchmere has done it again, snagging a breakthrough act — before the act has actually broken through. Following in the footsteps of British folk...

  • Olivia Newton-John comes to Strathmore

    From the films Grease and Xanadu to the mega-pop hit “Physical” to LOGO’s Sordid Lives, Australian performer Olivia Newton-John has managed to achieve a sense...

  • A Clockwork Orange at Scena

    Robert MacNamara has wanted to stage A Clockwork Orange essentially from the moment he co-founded his stalwart theater company Scena — the same year Burgess...

  • Michael

    Michael gets around. No, not in the fun way that comes to mind. Instead, this 28-year-old has found himself bouncing all over the Northeast –...

  • FRC’s Tony Perkins Predicts “Revolution” After Marriage Equality Wins

    The president of the anti-gay Family Research Council is predicting “revolution” following a clean sweep of historic victories for the LGBT-rights movement on Election Day. ...

  • GLOE Makes the Guide

    The Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center (DCJCC) announced yesterday that its Kurlander Program for GLBT Outreach & Engagement, aka GLOE, has been included in the...

  • Bond That Binds

    Midway through Sam Mendes's Skyfall, James Bond is stuck in a familiar situation. He's tied to chair, smirking as a peculiar-looking man lectures him on...

  • Suspect in February Homicide Pleads Not Guilty

    The man accused of fatally stabbing Deoni Jones, a transgender woman, at a Northeast D.C. bus stop in February pleaded not guilty this morning to...

  • Baltimore wants to host gay weddings

    Maryland became one of the first states to legalize same-sex marriage at the ballot box Tuesday night, sending a welcoming message to the LGBT community....

  • Windows Mobilized

    You may not have realized it but the just-released Windows 8 has a sister — and its name is Windows RT. What’s in a name?...

  • Nationwide Wins for State and Local LGBT Candidates

    Election Day ushered in what many leaders are describing as a new era for the LGBT-rights movement, with historic victories that nearly doubled the number...

  • What a Night to be Gay

    Elections tend to turn me into a bit of a nervous Nellie. Not a full-on drama queen like Andrew Sullivan, who set the sky-is-falling gold...

  • Operatic Obsession

    ''I've recently fallen in love with opera,'' says Alan Paul, conceding, ''I've been on an obsessive, opera-going mission over the last year.'' And he's not...

  • Lovely Lianne

    ''Actually, I expected nothing and I was pleasantly surprised,'' says Lianne La Havas, when asked about her success as a singer-songwriter. Only 23 years old,...

  • Log Cabin Fever

    Lincoln is why Hollywood should exist. Steven Spielberg's wonderful film about our 16th president isn't a war epic or a maudlin biography. The film only...

  • Flock of Foul

    ''There is nothing in the world as amazing as something that is neither completely clear, nor completely unclear,'' goes one of the morals imparted in...

  • Theater Booster

    ''By several different measures, Washington is the nation's largest theater community outside of New York,'' says Buzz Mauro. ''It's a great theater town, but it...

  • It's Your g.life!

    Brigadoon – the story of the magical Scottish village that appears out of thin air every hundred years – comes to mind. Or maybe it's...

  • g.life University Class Schedule

    PERSONAL/FAMILY LIFE10:30 a.m. Tipping the Scale – Work/Life BalanceKen White, Signal FinancialEleasa DuBois, Tight Body MakeoverJulie Gray, Profound ImpactTom DiGiovanni, Energy Coaching Associates11:30 a.m. Financial...