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First Fag Hag Ivanka’s role as gay defender
Ivanka Trump (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) We can thank Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner for thwarting an anti-LGBT executive order that would have enabled widespread discrimination...
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HRC prefers ‘Lion’ over ‘Moonlight’ for Best Picture?
Many LGBT film fans are rooting for ‘Moonlight’ in Sunday’s Oscars, but HRC’s president prefers ‘Lion,’ according to an ad campaign. (Photo by David Bornfriend; courtesy A24) One week before the 89th...
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Trump’s dictatorial assault on press freedom
In 1973, my Dad and I watched as the late journalist Daniel Schorr read the names on Richard Nixon’s enemies list on the CBS Evening News. We gasped in horror as we (along with Schorr who later was an...
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D.C. competing against two cities to host Gay Games
The Gay Games attract thousands of athletes and spectators; D.C. faces competition from two cities in its bid to host the 2022 event. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Advocates in Hong Kong and...
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Gay in Trump’s America: Where we are so far
(Photo by Ted Eytan; courtesy Flickr) We’re bearing down on President Trump’s first 100 days in office. So far, the whole thing has been as unpredictable as it has been utterly surreal. President...
View ArticleJim Parsons marries longtime partner Todd Spiewak
5.13.17 ❤️Rainbow Room, NYC ? by @ambergressphotography ? by @melissamcneeley ???by @doan_ly (more pics to come) A post shared by Jim Parsons (@therealjimparsons) on May 15, 2017 at 5:15am PDT Jim...
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Commemorating our dead celebrates our lives
I don’t want you to die. But, I’m dying to read your obit when you do. Since seeing “Obit,” a new documentary about the New York Times obituaries department, I’ve been thinking about obits. How...
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Jim Acosta should grow up, stop whining
Boo-hoo, no one wants to call on Jim Acosta. (Photo by Gage Skidmore; courtesy Flickr) CNN’s Jim Acosta is playing right into Trump’s hands by whining that Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders won’t...
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Trump blames ‘both sides’ for violence in Charlottesville
President Donald Trump (Image courtesy of C-SPAN) President Trump surprised both sides of the political aisle during his Tuesday press conference in Trump Tower. Trump essentially equated the alt-right...
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Barbara Cook helped us survive and thrive
Barbara Cook (Photo by Joella Marano; courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Some deaths make you feel as if the sky that has been there all your life has disappeared. That’s how it’s been for many of us since...
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Gay writer John Ashbery remembered from emotional, groundbreaking poetry
Poet John Ashbery in the 1950s. His closeted youth provided inspiration for the longing represented in some of his early poems. (Photo courtesy Ashbery’s private collection; used by arrangement with...
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Yankees one of four MLB teams to never have held LGBT pride night
(Photo courtesy Flickr user adwriter) The New York Yankees are one of four MLB teams to have never hosted an LGBT pride night for fans. The Yankees are joined by the Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds...
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Met Opera conductor James Levine suspended over sexual abuse allegations
(Photo via Wikimedia Commons.) New York’s Metropolitan Opera has suspended conductor James Levine after three men have come forward with allegations that Levine sexually abused them as teenagers. The...
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Pelosi should retire as Speaker
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) The goal of all Democrats in 2018 should be to see Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi (D-Calif.) have the opportunity to...
View ArticleFirst active duty gay couple wed at West Point
Married! And here’s one with a kiss. A post shared by Dan and Vinny (@dan.vinny) on Jan 15, 2018 at 7:18am PST A gay couple wed in a historic ceremony on Jan. 13 that marked the first same-sex wedding...
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Trump and his big and little lies
President Donald Trump (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) Donald Trump is a certified liar but his base continues to believe his big and little lies are the truth. A big part of the reason for...
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Johnny Weir’s glorious faggotry
Johnny Weir (Photo via Instagram) An interesting phenomenon has played out as the Pyeongchang Olympics have unfolded. Gus Kenworthy, a freestyle skier who came out after the Sochi Olympics, has become...
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PrEP possible insurance snag for gay N.Y. men
Pre-exposure prophylaxis has been shown to reduce the risk of getting HIV from sex by more than 90 percent if taken daily. NEW YORK — State financial regulators in New York said this week that they...
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Broadway actor Sammy Williams dies at 69
Sammy Williams (Photo courtesy Williams estate) Actor Sammy Williams, known for his groundbreaking role as a gay show biz hopeful in “A Chorus Line” on Broadway, died of cancer on March 24 in North...
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Alan Cumming on his new role on CBS’s ‘Instinct’
Alan Cumming says he appreciates that his character being gay is not the main thing on his new show ‘Instinct.’ (Photo courtesy CBS) Alan Cumming continues to fascinate audiences. He’s enjoying a bit...
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