Feature Story: Two transgender rabbis walk into a bar....
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Riki Wilchins, among the most prominent voices in America's gender-identity discourse, has taken a new turn -- to comedy. But it's not the sort of routine that might play in the Catskills, circa 1950. ...more
Wait, scratch that.
Riki Wilchins, among the most prominent voices in America's gender-identity discourse, has taken a new turn -- to comedy. But it's not the sort of routine that might play in the Catskills, circa 1950. ...more
Gauge: Assistant Police Chief Diane Groomes of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) wants the local LGBT community to meet 35 officers, whom she claims are now trained and on call to respond to requests for services provided by the MPD's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU).
''These members will call in every day that they're working and say, 'Hey, I'm GLLU, I'm on duty. If anything should happen, call me.' So they'll be available to respond.''
A rift has formed between the LGBT community and the MPD on the evolving nature of the GLLU, as the community remains on alert after a number of violent homophobic and transphobic attacks in 2008 and 2009. An award-winning unit in 2005, under MPD Chief Cathy Lanier the Dupont Circle-based staff of the unit is being reformed into a much smaller core, while giving a broader range of officers some GLLU training. ...more
''These members will call in every day that they're working and say, 'Hey, I'm GLLU, I'm on duty. If anything should happen, call me.' So they'll be available to respond.''
A rift has formed between the LGBT community and the MPD on the evolving nature of the GLLU, as the community remains on alert after a number of violent homophobic and transphobic attacks in 2008 and 2009. An award-winning unit in 2005, under MPD Chief Cathy Lanier the Dupont Circle-based staff of the unit is being reformed into a much smaller core, while giving a broader range of officers some GLLU training. ...more
Gauge: Inside Lambda Rising, D.C.'s only bookstore dedicated to the LGBT community, it's hard to find any indication that the store will be closing its doors for good in January. Even on a weekday afternoon, a handful of customers wander among the many books, magazines, DVDs, candles and other items you won't find on the gay-and-lesbian shelf at Barnes & Noble or Borders.
In an office that sits atop the store at 1625 Connecticut Ave. NW, the walls of which are decorated with paintings and artwork of young men skinny-dipping, owner Deacon Maccubbin can't help but shed a tear when reflecting on the store's 35 year history at its Dupont Circle location, especially when talking about the challenges employees faced during the store's early days in dealing with anti-gay torment: bomb threats, harassing phone calls and frequent vandalism of the storefront windows.
Lambda Rising ''The good side of it was other non-gay business owners up and down the avenue pitched in, raised money and helped us pay for the replacement of the windows because they said they didn't want people to get the idea that gay people weren't welcome in Dupont Circle,'' Maccubbin recalls. ...more
In an office that sits atop the store at 1625 Connecticut Ave. NW, the walls of which are decorated with paintings and artwork of young men skinny-dipping, owner Deacon Maccubbin can't help but shed a tear when reflecting on the store's 35 year history at its Dupont Circle location, especially when talking about the challenges employees faced during the store's early days in dealing with anti-gay torment: bomb threats, harassing phone calls and frequent vandalism of the storefront windows.
Lambda Rising ''The good side of it was other non-gay business owners up and down the avenue pitched in, raised money and helped us pay for the replacement of the windows because they said they didn't want people to get the idea that gay people weren't welcome in Dupont Circle,'' Maccubbin recalls. ...more
EBay has yanked the "right to marry" auction that New York sketch comic Jamie Frevele posted in response to the New York state senate's vote against marriage equality. The website cited several reasons for ending the listing, claiming it doesn't allow listings for items that don't "physically exist" or "include personal opinions." 
Broadway star Idina Menzel is in negotiations for a recurring role on Fox's musical hit Glee, according to TheHollywood Reporter. 
Life imprisonment and the death penalty will be dropped from a revised version of Uganda’s antigay bill, which is expected to be presented to parliament in two weeks, according to James Nsaba Buturo, the minister of ethics and integrity. 
More than 50 gay men and lesbians gathered at Beer Sellar on Thursday, Dec. 3, for the first surprise meeting of Guerrilla Gay Bar. Members of the secretive group infiltrate a straight bar one night a month. Read more about GGB in the January edition...
Renaissance man to perform in East Nashville, half of sales to benefit TEP. He's a dream coach and a superhero trainer - and on Dec. 12 he'll be sharing his secrets in East Nashville.
One year, Uncle Billy made the frozen treat with beer instead of milk and three cousins got drunk and ran the go-cart through my dad's barn and killed two roosters and broke a goat's leg.
A much-anticipated gay marriage vote in the New Jersey Senate scheduled for Thursday has been postponed
Ten members of Congress have written the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reexamine its ban on gay men donating blood
Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend sues actor and his former manager for $13 million, house
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