Upset in Stein Officer Elections: Last-minute influx of new member...
News: Three challengers took longtime members by surprise at Monday night's meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, defeating the club's president, Lateefah Williams, and two candidates on her...
View ArticleThe Waiting Game: With the history of equal rights moving quickly forward,...
Opinion: So, after weeks and months of careful consideration, voluminous reading and personal consultations with friends and family, I'm finally ready to make an important announcement: I've decided to...
View ArticleCalendar of Events: Winter Travel 2012-2013: Winter Worldwide, Summer Down South
Feature Story: December Pied Piper Christmas and New Year's CruiseCaribbean, via New YorkCunard Queen Mary 2Dec. 22-Jan. 3piedpipertravel.com Mega G5Taipei, TaiwanDec. 29-Jan. 1g5-taipei.com January...
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Jet Set: Winter with Chi Chi LaRue: Winter Travel 2012-2013
Feature Story: Chi Chi LaRue is one busy drag queen. From small-town beginnings in Hibbing, Minn. – where he was better known as Larry Paciotti – to running Channel 1 Releasing, a West Hollywood,...
View ArticleDon't Miss the Boat: Winter weather can torpedo the best-laid plans
Feature Story: Once winter really takes hold, when the cold wind chafes cheeks and the thickest layers can't keep out the chill, that's when Washingtonians really want to get away. It's also when some...
View ArticleSnow Hope: Even if 2013 doesn't bring back the powder, parties abound
Feature Story: Let's just say it: The 2012 ski season was crap. Ski resorts across the country received some of their smallest amounts of snowfall in recent history. And in many cases, the weather was...
View ArticleDesert Diamonds: Las Vegas and Palm Springs roll out the pink carpet this winter
Feature Story: In the 1960s, five men who defined cool took Las Vegas and Palm Springs by storm. The Rat Pack's Frankie, Sammy, Joey, Dean and Peter brought worldwide attention to these two desert...
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Winter Travel: 'Tis the season for snowy gay slopes, warm desert sands and...
Feature Story: The so-called holiday season is just the beginning of winter. The D.C. days might start getting the tiniest bit longer by Dec. 22, but that's not going to warm anything up. Instead, it's...
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Fairy Dust: ''Midsummer Night's Dream'' is an enchanting confection for those...
Stage: Enchantingly atmospheric and often funny, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream is rich with love's intangibles: wistfulness, a touch of cynicism, and its contrast of...
View ArticleBack to the Bard: Ethan McSweeny is always happy to return to Shakespeare in...
Stage: ''Elizabethan London and contemporary Washington, D.C., probably have more in common than any two other cities,'' says Ethan McSweeny. It's because of that link that McSweeny thinks...
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Musical Trips: Signature's ''Dreamgirls'' and Arena's ''Pullman Porter...
Stage: No doubt, you've heard the hype. Last month The Washington Post reported that Signature Theatre decided to stage Dreamgirls, purely and simply, as a showcase for its newest star, Nova Y. Payton....
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Birchmere Babes: Four Bitchin' Babes return home for a humorous holiday show
Music: ''I like to say I went from being a Hag to being a Bitchin' Babe, which is clearly a promotion,'' jokes local singer-songwriter Debi Smith. Smith, once associated with the all-women Irish music...
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Breakups and Breakdowns: Rihanna's new album sputters out of control at...
Music: There are several moments on Rihanna's new album Unapologetic in which the synthesizers sound as if they simply couldn't handle all the pressure and sputter out of control. And just as...
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A Pop-Up Success: CAGLCC's first annual g.life was a one-day metropolis of...
Business: Now you see them, now you don't. One of the hottest trends in business, from corporate giants to sole proprietorships, is ''pop-up retail.'' Also known as ''flash retail'' – akin to the flash...
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Giving Thanks: Faith Temple continues a year of honors for Philip Pannell
News: Philip Pannell is getting a vacation. Finally. ''It's only the second vacation I've ever had in my life,'' says Pannell, 62, an icon of grassroots District activism. ''I'm going for two weeks to...
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Protest Shines on Ugandan Embassy: Light Brigade, GetEqual, GLAA protest...
News: Groups of local activists joined Saturday evening, Dec. 1, to protest the renewed push in the Ugandan Parliament for a bill that would further criminalize homosexuality and administer severe...
View ArticleCities of Refuge: In a smaller world, LGBT asylum becomes a local issue
Opinion: On the night of Dec. 1, members of Light Brigade Maryland, joined by members of GetEqual DC and the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), stood outside the Ugandan Embassy and displayed...
View ArticleFRC Shooting Case Continued to January: Prosecutors and defense lawyers ask...
News: The man accused of shooting a security guard at the D.C. headquarters of the anti-LGBT Family Research Council (FRC), appeared in U.S. District Court Thursday morning for a status conference,...
View ArticleAnnapolis Business Drops Weddings: Transportation service says no to all...
News: With the start of the new year, same-sex couples will have access to legally sanctioned marriage in Maryland. This comes after the state already recognized same-sex marriages performed elsewhere,...
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Setting the Richmond Stage: Equality Virginia and allies mark one-month...
News: LGBT rights groups, lead by Equality Virginia, the largest such group in the state, are rallying around a antidiscrimination bill ahead of the 2013 legislative session – just 30-days long,...
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