Swim for Life Surpassing Last Year's Success: DCAC to host annual fundraiser...
News: An annual swim competition that doubles as a fundraiser for four D.C.-area nonprofits is already on pace to beat last year's records, according to one of the event's organizers. The District of...
View ArticleD.C. Birth Certificate Bill Passes Second Vote: Legislation named for late...
News: The D.C. Council today unanimously approved on a voice vote the JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act of 2013, which allows transgender and intersex residents to amend...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Songs of Summer 2013: As submitted by Washington's area DJs
Feature Story: Will it be Robin Thicke or Daft Punk? Selena Gomez or Miley Cyrus? Just as last year, there's no obvious winner at this point in time for the crown of Song of Summer 2013, at least not...
View ArticleSummer Concert Highlights Around D.C., Maryland and Virginia: Wolf Trap,...
Feature Story: JULY · Special Agent Galactica (7/12, 7/26, Black Fox Lounge) · Skylar Grey (7/14, U Hall) · Jill Scott (7/15, Wolf Trap) · Lee Dewyze -- Do you still remember the winner of American...
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Scientific Songwriter: Chris Pureka offers subtle cues to her background as a...
Feature Story: ''A lot of the stuff that they're making fun of is actually things that I like about Portland,'' says Chris Pureka, referring to the IFC series Portlandia. From an independent women's...
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Call Girl: Carly Rae Jepsen is a quiet but steady supporter of the LGBT cause
Feature Story: Carly Rae Jepsen is responsible for the song of summer 2012. Maybe you remember it, the one with the unforgettable music video in which, as Jepsen puts it, ''The guy that I was pining...
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Amusing Klymaxx: Bernadette Cooper describes her new revue as ''Bette Midler...
Feature Story: Back in the mid-'90s Bette Midler took inspiration from Bernadette Cooper for her popular Diva Las Vegas revue. ''They love me, they hate me, but they all say, I look good,'' Midler...
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The fun. Activist: Jack Antonoff of fun. is not only a pop-music powerhouse,...
Feature Story: ''It's all fun. and gay 'til someone loses their rights.'' The phrase comes from a T-shirt sold by the rock band fun. on its website and at its concerts. The tagline on the shirt, which...
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Alien Visitation: New Corcoran exhibit explores our fascination with...
Art: Right now, Washington is awash with tourists. They're trying to take in too much in too little time, and will end up getting at least some of what they see or learn wrong. In 10,000 years, Ellen...
View ArticleArt Party: Glitterlust's Mikey Torres launches ShockTart, an avant-garde...
Clublife: When Mikey Torres decided to start a queer-focused, performance-based party, he didn't want to just copy what he liked about Town's holiday-Sunday party, WTF, or more recently the Black Cat's...
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Monster Mashup: Entirely spectacle, ''Pacific Rim'' is as big and dumb as a...
Film: There is only one reason why anybody would want to endure Pacific Rim. That reason happens midway through the movie, when a giant robot faces off against an acid-spitting monster in Hong Kong....
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DREAMer's Post-DOMA Big Day: Annual DREAM Graduation includes wedding...
News: Tuesday was a day of celebration for Prerna Lal. Not only was it her wedding day, but she also had the opportunity to make a meaningful statement about a pressing issue. The undocumented,...
View ArticleProtecting Our Pink Planet: Russia's latest is another call for greater...
Opinion: There are a couple companies I avoid simply because my polite letters regarding dreadful customer service went unanswered. Although I steer clear, I've never asked anyone else to avoid these...
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Card's Game: Orson Scott Card pleads for ''tolerance'' of his anti-gay views,...
Opinion: One of my few hard and fast rules of life is ''Always bring a book.'' It fills up all those interstitial moments in life spent waiting for others. Given that I rarely venture out of my house...
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Coverboy: Daly: Rocking the Mic
Coverboy Interview: Grab your passport and your suitcase, because Daly is on the move. The 26-year-old was born in Germany, but started his migration at 5, living in various places across the United...
View ArticleMcBride Preliminary Hearing Deferred: Court agrees to delay preliminary...
News: The man arrested in connection with the brutal stabbing of a transgender woman in Southeast D.C.'s Fort Stanton neighborhood had his preliminary hearing on an unrelated charge of robbery...
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Everyday Racism: In the aftermath of Trayvon Martin's death and George...
Opinion: Since Saturday, when George Zimmerman was found ''not guilty'' of murder or manslaughter for killing Trayvon Martin, there has been outrage from the African-American community. But this...
View ArticleSeeing Trayvon: Overcoming the blindness of prejudice requires reaching...
Opinion: The man who stalked and killed Trayvon Martin is cleared of all charges, and a flood of disbelief and outrage pours across my computer screen: "My sense of justice is shattered." "Florida is...
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LGBT Issues Rising in Virginia AG Race: Herring campaign blasts Obenshain's...
News: State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudoun, Fairfax counties), the Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Virginia, has launched an LGBT-rights offensive against his GOP opponent, state Sen. Mark...
View ArticleTeam DC Celebrates Champions with Wade Davis: LGBT sports organization to...
News: Team DC, the local organization promoting LGBT participation in sports, will hold its annual Champions Awards Thursday, July 18, during which it will honor those who made great contributions to...
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