Whitman-Walker Launches Transgender Legal Clinic: Free clinic will help...
News: Whitman-Walker Health, the nonprofit community health center specializing in HIV/AIDS and LGBT health care, announced today that it will provide a free, ongoing legal clinic for transgender...
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Local Gay Legislators Win Fellowships: Adam Ebbin and Mary Washington to...
News: Two local LGBT legislators will be Harvard-bound this summer. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute, the educational and research arm of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which seeks to...
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Horoscope: May 31 - June 6, 2012
Horoscope: Heavenly Round-Up: When your dreams are the best part of your life, does this mean your waking life is unsatisfactory, or does it mean you have such a rich inner life your ''real'' life...
View ArticleTown Hall Tackles Youth Homelessness: Representatives from a variety of...
News: Representatives of both local and national D.C.-based nonprofit groups shared their experiences of working with homeless LGBT youth Thursday night, May 31, at the ''LGBT Youth Homelessness Town...
View Article2012 Pride of Pets Canceled: Organizer promises popular event will return for...
News: The popular Pride of Pets ''fun dog show,'' traditionally held late-June in Dupont Circle, has been canceled this year due to a scheduling conflict, the event's organizer has told Metro Weekly...
View ArticleCapital Pride Hosts Interfaith Service: Event brings together LGBT-affirming...
News: Even in the midst of chaos and activity, there's always time for quiet reflection. So, too, amid a flurry of Pride activities, is there an opportunity to celebrate spiritual life. The annual...
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Parade and Festival Maps: Capital Pride 2012
Pride: The 2012 Capital Pride Parade and Festival will be held Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10. Both events will take place at the same locations as they have in recent years. Visit the official...
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Putting Pride Together: Checking in with Capital Pride's Bos and Delia as...
Pride: Running May 30 to June 10, much of Capital Pride 2012 – celebrating a theme of ''Be True. Be You!'' – has already happened. From Capital TransPride to town-hall events to the Capital Pride...
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Coming Out for Pride: More businesses than ever are making LGBT Pride a focus...
Business: A banner ad on a Metrobus rumbling down K Street last week caused at least one double-take. Two attractive young men stand cheek to cheek inside a single T-shirt, gazing somewhat...
View ArticleFull Council Approves Beninda, Budd: Local activists become the first...
News: The D.C. City Council unanimously confirmed the nominations of two transgender women to the 15-member D.C. Commission on Human Rights during a June 5 legislative meeting, making the women the...
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DC Cowboys Countdown: The popular gay dance troupe readies to ride off into...
Feature Story: Stepping Up Just ahead of the 2004 Atlantic Stampede gay rodeo, Kevin Platte was reflecting on the 10-year anniversary of the DC Cowboys dance company. After all, it was at that rodeo in...
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The Attractions of Pride: It's a big weekend in D.C., served up with pride
Pride: ''People have told me that they feel empowered, that my songs are so empowering,'' singer Deborah Cox told Metro Weekly in 2010. ''Even though some of the stories may have been about heartbreak,...
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Kathy Griffin Sees You!: The brazen, outspoken comedian and star of Bravo's...
Feature Story: One doesn't ask Kathy Griffin an opening question in an interview situation. She just starts. And once off and running, Kathy Griffin doesn't stop. In fact, she barely takes a breath....
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Having a Hellish Time, Wish You Were Here: ''Diablo III'' is a wildly...
Games: It's not that bad going to hell. In fact, it's a hell of a lot of fun, especially when you get to kill demons. Lots and lots of demons, plus spitting zombies, monstrous insects and corrupted...
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Needles and Pins: Sharon Needles, the latest winner of ''RuPaul's Drag...
Clublife: It's only natural that a drag queen named Sharon Needles would have pointed things to say, even about herself. But it's still shocking she hits a vein every time. Sharon Needles (Photo by...
View ArticleGlobal LGBT News Briefs: From Soccer to Sodomy: Merkel urged to boycott Euro...
News: AllOut.org Effort Targets Ukraine Anti-Gay Bill The global LGBT-advocacy organization AllOut.org is turning its attention to Ukraine, where the Parliament is considering a bill, Law 8711, to...
View ArticleNational LGBT News Briefs: Good and Bad in Minnesota: Trans activist...
News: Feinberg Arrested in Protest Supporting Cece McDonald Transgender activist and author Leslie Feinberg was arrested June 4 in Minneapolis for participation in a protest action opposing the...
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Samson's Strength: At Capital Pride's Friday party, JD Samson will spin...
Clublife: The Men is a new band from Brooklyn that JD Samson says plays ''really heavy music, somewhere between hardcore and metal.'' In other words, it sounds nothing like Samson's band from Brooklyn,...
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Pro-meh-theus: While it's certainly above-average blockbuster fare, Ridley...
Film: Prometheus is an Alien prequel that officially isn't. Director Ridley Scott has adamantly (and repeatedly) denied this movie's ties to his 1979 genre-shaping classic, but here's the dirty truth:...
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Stringed Along: Avi Avital is charting new ground as a classical mandolinist
Music: ''Germany in general, and specifically Berlin, is a very, very open and diverse place now – a very creative place,'' says classical musician Avi Avital, who moved to the German capital three...
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