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Elections in HRC Spotlight: Range of speakers at D.C. soiree from Sally Field...
News: Chad Griffin with Sally Field and her son Sam Greisman (Photo by Ward Morrison) With just a month to go before the general election, the country's largest LGBT-rights organization rallied...
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Cory Booker at the 2012 HRC Dinner (video): Mayor of Newark and rising...
Video: Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J., and a rising star in Democratic politics, spoke at the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner Oct. 6. Booker's speech centered on the theme that the...
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Howard Theatre Stabbing Suspects Arraigned: Ali Jackson, Alvonica Jackson and...
News: The three suspects accused of stabbing a gay teenager outside the Howard Theatre in June were arraigned this morning in D.C. Superior Court, with all three pleading not guilty to one count of...
View ArticleRobinson Hearing Postponed: Defense attorney requests rescheduling in case of...
News: The case against a man accused of attacking a transgender woman in Chinatown in August has been continued to next month after the defendant's lawyer requested a change due to scheduling...
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Sporty Scholars: Team DC continues scholarship program with six new stars
Feature Story: Rivera Conventional wisdom holds that the world of sports has been behind the curve when it comes to losing its homophobia. And it's no secret that bullying has sadly been a sometimes...
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They Are the Champions: Team DC honors athletic array at 2012 recpetion
Feature Story: Sports and awards go together like cleats and grass. But when Team DC starts handing out the kudos Saturday night, it won't be for most points or best time. Instead, the umbrella...
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His Brother's Keeper: Carrying the legacy begun by his younger brother,...
Feature Story: ''If you can play, you can play.'' It's a simple statement that, on the surface, seems like basic common sense. But for LGBT athletes who feel the need to stay in the closet or, worse,...
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Campus Politics: Professor Joy Ladin brings her memoir of transition to DCJCC
Events: Professors are supposed to be smart. That's why they're professors. Certainly, Joy Ladin is no dummy. The literature professor waited until she'd secured tenure before advising her dean at New...
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Diva Delights: Exhibit offers artifacts, insight into women's influence on...
Art: ''We've nicknamed it the Beef Jerky Dress around here,'' laughs Kathryn Wat, chief curator at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She's referring to the rare-steak Meat Dress Lady Gaga wore...
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Nina's Legacy: Meshell Ndegeocello pays tribute to Nina Simone in her own way
Music: Meshell Ndegeocello isn't living in the past. She says the present is far better. ''I was reading the Nina Simone [autobiography] I Put A Spell on You,'' the R&B/funk singer-songwriter says....
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Hail to the Chefs: D.C.'s most-celebrated chefs support marriage equality
Dining: Want to know the percentage of D.C. chefs supporting marriage equality? Among those chefs food writer David Hagedorn asked to be part of Chefs for Equality, at least, it's a universal 100...
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Survival Instincts: The magnificent ''How to Survive a Plague'' serves as a...
Film: I don't have to tell you that How to Survive a Plague is an important film. Nor do I have to tell you that it is difficult to watch. I certainly don't have to remind you that it's about an...
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New Directions in the Old Dominion: LGBT business is the focus for CAGLCC...
Business: The Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CAGLCC) is focusing on its ''capital area'' description more intently with the creation of a new program featuring Virginia-based...
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Shining a Light on Question 6: Maryland marriage-equality supporters employ...
News: It's about 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. In the twilight, several people gather at a parking lot in Owings Mills, Md., awaiting instructions from Mark Patro, the evening's organizer. Patro heads to...
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Heritage and Identity: LHP's Esther Hidalgo celebrates her roots, her...
News: Years ago, Esther Hidalgo didn't find much celebration of Hispanic heritage. At her suburban Maryland middle school, as a Latina she was in a minority of just two or three kids. There was no...
View ArticleSmirking and Magical Thinking: There is too much at stake to entertain...
Opinion: One of the wonders of our age is the persistence of ''Birthers'' and other True Believers who insist that Barack Obama is an Islamist terrorist mole bent on destroying America. They perceived...
View ArticleFields of Dreams: The You Can Play project reminds us that for gays playing...
Opinion: If there's anything that illustrates the difference between men and women — and, by extension, gay men and lesbians — it's sports. I do not mean any difference in talent or will to win. I grew...
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Baltimore Anti-Marriage Fliers Target Race: ''Jump the Broom'' effort...
News: Chris Wulin walked out his door in late September to find his neighborhood covered in fliers. One was in his door, another in his windshield, and several scattered on neighbors' stoops in the...
View ArticleCAGLCC Makes the List: Washington Business Journal ''Book of Lists'' adds...
News: The Capital Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, aka the Chamber, is celebrating its inclusion in the Washington Business Journal's 31st annual ''Book of Lists,'' due to be released today....
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