Feature Story: The evolution of the District is fast-paced these days. The population is growing, streetcars are on their way, and there's once again a first lady in the White House who makes fashion-news headlines. And for the first time since its 1992 debut, MTV's Real World landed in Washington.
Mike Manning of MTV's ''Real World DC''
(Photo by Todd Franson) From summer through fall last year, eight housemates lived at 2000 S St. NW. Habitués of D.C.'s gay nightlife would surely have seen the crew pile into any number of nightspots during the course of the filming. And if they were following all the Real World blogs, they quite likely knew that Mike Manning possibly had more reason than the rest to hit the gay spots.
The 22-year-old with the "boy next door" looks, hailing from Thornton, Colo., and taking time off from the University of Northern Colorado to live his life minute-by-minute for the cameras, came out as bisexual not long before filming began.
And D.C. suited him just fine. ...more
Mike Manning of MTV's ''Real World DC''
(Photo by Todd Franson) From summer through fall last year, eight housemates lived at 2000 S St. NW. Habitués of D.C.'s gay nightlife would surely have seen the crew pile into any number of nightspots during the course of the filming. And if they were following all the Real World blogs, they quite likely knew that Mike Manning possibly had more reason than the rest to hit the gay spots.
The 22-year-old with the "boy next door" looks, hailing from Thornton, Colo., and taking time off from the University of Northern Colorado to live his life minute-by-minute for the cameras, came out as bisexual not long before filming began.
And D.C. suited him just fine. ...more
News: Pay attention to the sides of Metrobuses these days and you're bound to see advertisements promoting exotic vacation destinations, local news channels or Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
While it's safe to say the furry cartoon characters' movie promotion won't raise any eyebrows, not all ads running on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA, aka Metro) buses are so tame. Especially in recent days.
Some corners of the local LGBT community have been outraged by banner advertisements purchased by Stand for Marriage DC, a group that has been so far unsuccessful in fighting marriage equality in the District. ...more
While it's safe to say the furry cartoon characters' movie promotion won't raise any eyebrows, not all ads running on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA, aka Metro) buses are so tame. Especially in recent days.
Some corners of the local LGBT community have been outraged by banner advertisements purchased by Stand for Marriage DC, a group that has been so far unsuccessful in fighting marriage equality in the District. ...more
News: In a long-running interstate dispute, an ''ex-lesbian'' in Virginia failed to show up last Friday to transfer custody of her 7-year-old daughter to the woman's former civil union partner.
The former partner and the girl's other mother, Janet Jenkins of Vermont, notified police in Fairfax that Lisa Miller did not appear at the designated transfer location in Virginia, as ordered by a family court in Rutland, Vermont.
Attorneys for Miller say Miller has not been in touch with them for more than a month. Whereabouts of the 7-year-old are apparently unknown to anyone other than Miller, who has also disappeared. ...more
The former partner and the girl's other mother, Janet Jenkins of Vermont, notified police in Fairfax that Lisa Miller did not appear at the designated transfer location in Virginia, as ordered by a family court in Rutland, Vermont.
Attorneys for Miller say Miller has not been in touch with them for more than a month. Whereabouts of the 7-year-old are apparently unknown to anyone other than Miller, who has also disappeared. ...more
Days after stepping down from her post as Northern Ireland’s Member of the Parliament to deal with her “lifelong battle with depression,†antigay politician Iris Robinson has admitted that she was cheating on her husband last year. 
Tionne “T-Boz†Watkins, who rose to fame as a member of the R&B girl group TLC, is firing back at an Atlanta-based gossip blogger for suggesting the singer is gay. T-Boz says it's not true, assuring the blogger she's "strickly dickly." 
Amnesty International on Wednesday called for the release of a gay married couple in Malawi, saying their imprisonment is a violation of the men’s “freedom of conscience, expression, and privacy.â€Â 
The Gay Christian Network Conference is coming to the buckle of the Bible Belt Jan. 7-10, at the downtown Sheraton Nashville Hotel.
HRC has asked David Letterman to apologize for a joke the group has labeled 'transphobic'
The first federal case to challenge the constitutionality of a gay marriage ban will be streamed over the Internet
The Spanish hotelier Axel Hotels will bring its gay hotel chain to New York City in 2011
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