Pipeline-Protest Charge Against Choi Dismissed: Activist is offered ''post...
News: A D.C. Superior Court case against longtime gay rights activist Lt. Dan Choi, who made headlines for protesting the military's now-defunct ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' (DADT) policy, was dismissed...
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Dwyer Charged in Boat Crash: Anti-gay Maryland lawmaker faces five charges in...
News: An anti-gay lawmaker from Anne Arundel County who once spearheaded an attempt to impeach Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D) is facing five charges stemming from an August boat crash that...
View ArticleService with SMYAL: After 13 years, Peterson retiring from LGBT youth group's...
News: A board member of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), the District's only organization dedicated to addressing the needs and concerns of LGBT youth, is retiring after 13 years...
View ArticleA Mixed Bag: Despite some big national LGBT victories, there were plenty of...
Opinion: When it comes down to it, most years really are a mixed bag when it comes to defining them as ''good'' or ''bad.'' A good one that comes to mind for me is 2007, the year my husband and I had...
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End of Omega: Longtime gay bar shuts suddenly, no word on new owners
News: Longtime Dupont Circle-area club Omega has closed its doors, according to an announcement posted earlier today on Facebook from the bar's general manager, Perry Morehouse. Exterior of Omega DC...
View ArticleThe Year in Scene 2012: 11,513 images from 150 gay, lesbian, bi and...
Feature Story: // <a href="http://www.metroweekly.com/scene/?archive=2012">Visit Metro Weekly's...
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The Return of Kostas: The former Lizard Lounge DJ Kostas finally returns with...
Clublife: Anytime there's a new gay-oriented party starting at a straight nightclub, it's one of the first questions to ask. Can men take off their shirts? ''They can do whatever they want – just give...
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The Best and Worst Films of 2012: Even if there were a few duds in the last...
Film: Beasts of the Southern Wild Don't be discouraged by Hollywood schlock -- we're living in a wonderful age of film. Even if there were a few duds in the last twelve months, several ambitious movies...
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The Best and Worst Music of 2012: The best albums of the year featured men...
Music: Scissor Sisters (Photo by Neil Krug) The year 2012 goes down as a sad one, the year we lost both Donna Summer and Whitney Houston. It just so happens, a month before Houston overdosed, Gavin...
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The Fighting Baritone: Ari Hest identifies with the struggle in music not to...
Music: ''Because my teacher knew that I could handle the higher notes,'' says singer-songwriter Ari Hest, ''he would stick me with the girls sometimes, or with the tenors, depending on the thing that...
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Doug Rule's Best and Worst Stage of 2012: Much of the region's best theater...
Stage: Brel: Natascia Diaz, Sam Ludwig, Bobby Smith, Bayla Whitten (Photo by Christopher Banks) Theater is generally intended to be a mentally transporting experience, but of course physical transport...
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Kate Wingfield's Best and Worst Stage of 2012: Five productions, three...
Stage: Strange Interlude: Francesca Faridany (Photo by Scott Suchman) A good night at the theater is kind of like plane travel for brains. A really great production gets your mind on board smoothly and...
View ArticleAnonymous Attacks: Battling the kooks from Kansas with illegal hacks feels...
Opinion: There's a church I've had to name when writing news stories. But since this is merely my opinion, I'm not naming it. I prefer to deny them the attention when possible. Then there's Anonymous....
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Pride Surprise: Capital Pride kicks off 2013 with an unveiling
Feature Story: After you'd gotten your dose of Deborah Cox, once the beer garden ran dry, it might've seemed as though Capital Pride 2012 was packing up and going home. It's a nice thought, but not the...
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Making History: For better or worse, Supreme Court is set for a 2013 date...
Feature Story: By June 2013 the Supreme Court's nine justices will determine the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act as well as California's Proposition 8 in two decisions that...
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2013: A Look Ahead: Where To Go and What To Do in New Year
Feature Story: Welcome to the new year. If you've made some resolutions, best of luck in keeping them. They likely have to do with health and wealth. If that's the case, this calendar is for you. As...
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Gomez, Darling: Marga Gomez returns to D.C. for a politically inspired show
Events: When Marga Gomez dances, people think she's just trying to be funny. "I dance really terribly,'' admits Gomez, whose own mother was a professional dancer. ''I belong to a minority of Latinos...
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Chain Male: Quentin Tarantino has created a revisionist history of the...
Film: Here comes Quentin Tarantino, galloping into the terrible history of American slavery with a shotgun in his hands and a bundle of dynamite slung across his chest. He won't indulge a lick of...
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Mazel Tov: Toasting this year's LGBT highlights at the Washington Jewish Film...
Film: Celebrated Spanish actress Carmen Maura plays a ditzy mom in Mikael Buch's new gay romantic comedy Let My People Go! Maura, you may recall, was the unforgettable lead in gay Spanish auteur Pedro...
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