Ortiz Sentenced: Argentine woman accused of killing lesbian friend in 2007...
News: A woman who evaded police for three years after she was accused of stabbing a lesbian friend in D.C. was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of voluntary...
View ArticleWilliams Ends Stein Club Presidential Bid: Ahead of meeting whether to...
News: Add another wrinkle to the controversy over the recent Gertrude Stein Democratic Club elections. With a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 19, where members of the city's largest LGBT...
View ArticleStein Election Winners Strike Back: Incoming elected executive board recruits...
News: In the wake of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club's Dec. 3 executive board elections, members of the newly elected slate are alleging that adhering to the legal advice given to the club's...
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Singing Santas: Bobby Smith and company offer gifts of songs
Music: Right now, there are surprise gifts in store for everyone at Signature Theatre. ''We're going to put songs in stockings,'' explains singer Bobby Smith, ''and let the audience choose what...
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O, Tannenbaum: Rob Tannenbaum's band, Good for the Jews, returns to Jammin...
Music: A man whose last name is best known from a Christmas song, leading a Jewish-themed show on Christmas Eve? It's not just funny -- Rob Tannenbaum insists it's Good for the Jews. To be exact,...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial Advice for the Season: For small businesses, the holidays...
Business: For most people, work slows down this time of year. But for anyone who owns a small retail business, this is crunch time. Business owners prepare for and capitalize on the season in different...
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Vocal Prowess: Les Misérables captures the spirit and emotional power...
Film: I must confess: I've never seen Les Misérables onstage. Until a few weeks ago, when I finally threw myself into all things Schönberg, Javert and Valjean (at last!), I hadn't the faintest idea...
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A Ziegfeld's Christmas: Ella Fitzgerald welcomes back Coco Montrese as...
Clublife: Heard the rumor about local drag legend Ella Fitzgerald appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race? ''Why in the hell?'' retorts Fitzgerald. ''No, baby, that's for the younger generation,'' she...
View ArticleCUAllies Rejected: Catholic University blocks LGBT student group, citing...
News: Two weeks after the Catholic University of America rejected the proposal for CUAllies, a student organization for LGBT students and their allies, the club's lead organizer says supporters have...
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Hope and an Executive Order: Despite puzzling inaction, advocates hold out...
News: Sen. Barack Obama was well on his way to winning the Democratic nomination for president in late February 2008. It was more than a month after he had won the New Hampshire primary, delivering a...
View ArticleSane Choices Start at Home: In the aftermath of Newtown, we can't back off...
Opinion: If I had owned a gun at any point in the past 25 years or so, I would most likely be dead by now. Not because of some accidental shooting when loading or fooling around with it, even if...
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Year of Kameny Controversy: 2012 Year in Review
Feature Story: It's been more than a year since local gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny died and yet he has still not been laid in his final resting place, due in large part to ongoing disputes regarding...
View ArticleTempest in a Deep-Fat Fryer: 2012 Year in Review: Chick-Fil-A President's...
Feature Story: One of the saltier controversies of 2012 was the fury surrounding fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A, its financial ties to anti-gay causes and its outspoken president's opinion on...
View ArticleOpening the Closet's Glass Door: While 2012 held some coming out surprises,...
Feature Story: To use some classic Washington parlance, when it comes to LGBT celebrities and politicians, we have our known unknowns and we have our unknown unknowns. While there were quite a few...
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Maryland Marks Historic Win:
Feature Story: It was a long time in the making, but advocates of marriage equality now have four electoral victories in their ''win'' column – up from zero. After years of trying to pass a...
View ArticleCapitol Hill and the White House: 2012 Year in Review:
Feature Story: With the re-election of President Barack Obama, gains in LGBT representation in Congress, and four victories for marriage equality at the ballot box, advocates declared Election Day 2012...
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2012: The Year in Review: Sticking to an LGBT perspective, the year rode a...
Feature Story: The year may have at times seemed like little more than a presidential campaign, but 2012 saw its share of sorrows and bright spots. By whatever measure, it was a very full year in LGBT...
View ArticleStein Club Upholds Elections: Contentious at times, Wednesday meeting leads...
News: Members of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the city's largest LGBT political organization, overwhelmingly rejected challenges to the club's Dec. 3 executive-board elections Wednesday evening,...
View ArticleStein Club Point/Counterpoint: Earl Fowlkes Jr.: In a contentious election...
Opinion: On Dec. 3 the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club narrowly elected Martin Garcia as president (47-45), Angela Peoples as vice president for political and legislative affairs (47-44), and Vincent...
View ArticleStein Club Point/Counterpoint: Jeri Hughes: The challenging slate of new...
Opinion: The Dec. 19 meeting was called in response to irregularities that occurred during the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club's Dec. 3 officer election. Individuals who had either no previous or a...
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