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War Torn: An intriguing contemporary adaptation of Homer's poem, An Iliad is...
Stage: War is a drug on which human society appears to be hopelessly addicted. That, at least, is the sad essence of An Iliad, Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's intriguing contemporary adaptation of...
View ArticleTying the Knot in Maryland: Effective Jan. 1, same-sex couples can now wed in...
News: Raise a glass to toast marriage equality. As of midnight, Jan. 1, same-sex couples in Maryland could legally marry, following a decades-long effort to secure the right. Ten months after Gov....
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Calling on Clinton: As gay rights take center stage, some wonder why the...
News: There were high expectations for former President Bill Clinton when he walked out onto the blue-carpeted stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., in September. The former...
View ArticleCourtside for Marriage: A SCOTUS ruling could help or hinder in 2013
Opinion: The fight to expand the definition of family to encompass the diversity of actual families continues in 2013. Legislators in Illinois, Minnesota and Rhode Island are preparing...
View ArticleA Wish for 2013: The time is now for Obama to sign an executive order on...
Opinion: While 2012 was a bit of a mixed bag for me from a personal perspective, it was undeniably a remarkable year to be a gay man in the LGBT community, from celebrating the one-year anniversary of...
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UFCW Celebrates Maryland Marriages: Union employees shower same-sex couples...
News: Nic Ruley (L) and Brett King of Chicago just before getting married in the Montgomery County Judicial Center Jan. 2 (Photo by Ward Morrison) It may have been a small gesture, but to several...
View ArticleGame Night: JR.'s brining back ''The Feud'' for raucous Wednesdays
Clublife: You might be considered a D.C. old-timer if you remember ''The Feygala Feud'' at JR.'s Bar. Ester Goldberg got out there and, with the help of a strapping ''Dick Dawson,'' asked teams to take...
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Coverboy: Christian: All About Artistry
Coverboy Interview: Dancing isn't just a booty-shaking pastime for Coverboy Christian, it's art. Raised with a sister who's a photographer, this 22-year-old Yorktown, Va., native often found himself on...
View ArticleWhitman-Walker Expanding: Community health center to open new ''health care...
News: Whitman-Walker Health, the local nonprofit community health center that specializes in HIV and other LGBT-related health issues, announced this morning it will open a new, modern ''health care...
View ArticleCathedral To Celebrate Same-Sex Weddings: Washington National Cathedral...
News: The Washington National Cathedral, among the most prominent Episcopal churches in country, announced Tuesday that, effective immediately, same-sex weddings may be celebrated at the cathedral....
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Event Calendar: Mid-Atlantic Leather 2013
Feature Story: The host hotel for the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend is the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. Events marked with an asterisk are official,...
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Two for Tea: New options at this year's MAL include two tea dances
Feature Story: ''There are a lot of new things this year, because we didn't realize the Eagle was going to be open,'' says Patrick Grady, chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, organized by the...
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Leather and Feathers: Hoping to expand appeal to a broader audience, The...
Feature Story: It was a fixture in the D.C. gay community for 40 years, but on Oct. 31 The Leather Rack quietly closed. On Nov. 1, it reopened as Adam & Eve, a leather and fetish store catering to...
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Riding the Leather Express: Matt Bronson, Mr. MAL 2012, rocketed to the...
Feature Story: During this 2013 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, one face will stand out in the crowd. Rather, at 6'5'' one face will stand above most of the crowd. Tall or not, as Mr. MAL 2012, Matthew...
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Being Frank: Through coming out, AIDS in the '80s and countless leather...
Feature Story: Frank Nowicki says gay high school classmates of his still occasionally thank him for sticking up for them back then. ''I know you don't remember me,'' Nowicki recalls the not uncommon...
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MAL 2013: From contest to camaraderie, Centaur MC presents Mid-Atlantic...
Feature Story: The 29th Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend has arrived a little earlier than usual this year. While it may be nice to gear up and kick back for the traditional three-day Martin Luther King...
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Songs of Sandé: Emeli Sandé understands why gays have been...
Music: ''I understand how it feels to feel different, and to feel like you want to find others, you want to find a community and be a part of something,'' says singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé. ''I...
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Hunting Bin Laden: ''Zero Dark Thirty,'' Kathryn Bigelow's fearless critique...
Film: Zero Dark Thirty is not a ''pro-torture'' film. It's also not much of an ''anti-torture'' film, either, in so far as it isn't simply interested in telling us torture is bad. Instead, director...
View ArticleHomeless: WSC Avant Bard loses its resident status at Artisphere
Stage: ''We're in a bit of flux trying to figure out how best to accomplish everything that we'd planned,'' says WSC Avant Bard's Christopher Henley. That flux is the result of being told last month...
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Social Contractions: Studio Theatre's short, sharp black comedy Contractions...
Stage: If you've heard of British playwright Mike Bartlett, it's no doubt because of his provocative play Cock, which last season created a sensation off-Broadway – and won the British equivalent of a...
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