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10/30/2024

New Scene pictures from HellBent party at 9:30 club.
👻 Happy Halloween! 🎃

HellBENT (The Final BENT) (Saturday, October 26, 2024) 9:30 Club | Metro Weekly: Scene

10/02/2024

On Saturday, September 28, the Republican Senator from Ohio appeared on stage with Lance Wallnau, a right-wing, anti-LGBTQ evangelical pastor, at a town hall event with Christian nationalist leaders. Vance used the occasion to test a line of attack that might be deployed during his debate with Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate. He blamed “creeping socialism,” as well as LGBTQ-affirming environments and transgender inclusion in schools, for declines in educational standards.

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says American education is withering because of its focus on LGBTQ identity.

10/01/2024

Jury acquits Virginia man, again, of all charges that he assaulted gay men in a DC park (sometimes noted as a cruising area).

A federal jury found Michael Thomas Pruden not guilty of all charges related to assaults of gay men in Malcolm X Park.

10/01/2024

The Florida Department of Education is forbidding its school districts to teach teenagers about contraception, show pictures or diagrams depicting human reproductive anatomy, and discuss issues like s*xual consent and domestic violence.... gender identity or s*xual orientation.

Florida school districts must state-approved, "abstinence-only" s*x ed classes that avoid certain banned topics, including LGBTQ identity.

10/01/2024

The on-the-job abuse began over 11 years ago when Portillo underwent a gender transition and began presenting according to her gender identity at work. “They really didn’t want to accept what I was asking them,” Portillo tells Metro Weekly. “In the beginning, they teased me a lot." Portillo submitted a discrimination complaint to her superiors and director of operations for several franchises, but no actions were taken to remedy the harassment. Once it became known that Portillo had complained of the discrimination, the mistreatment worsened.... Read more:

The verdict is believed to be the first in favor of a plaintiff suing for gender identity discrimination under D.C.'s Human Rights Act.

10/01/2024

Broadway actor Gavin Creel passed away this week, reportedly from a rare form of cancer. If you'd like to know more about him, you can read about his life and career in MW's 2023 cover interview here. 🕊

From "Hello, Dolly to Into the Woods," Broadway star Gavin Creel is building a theatrical legacy, one hit show at a time.

09/28/2024

"I’ve not gotten the impression that mass shootings at schools occur because the shooter simply sees schools as 'soft targets.' The shooters wanting “to make headlines” seem much better off at a concert or nightclub. Kids shooting their classmates and teachers, on the other hand, seems particularly tied to adolescent mental health issues — and absurdly easy access to incredibly deadly fi****ms." -- Will O'Bryan

Despite what JD Vance says, the majority of sane Americans have not bought into the idea that school shootings are “a fact of life.”

09/28/2024

If you’ve ever yearned to see Patti LuPone sport a mullet, now’s your chance, thanks to a limited Broadway run of Jen Silverman’s comedy The Roommate. With fellow stage and screen star Mia Farrow, the pair are trying to breathe fresh life into a play that has been kicking around the theater world since 2015. The result depends on your ability to overlook well-worn themes and dated humor that makes it feel more like a ’90s sitcom.

Two iconic celebrities muddle through a contemporary Broadway play that has very little to say about anything.

09/27/2024

See the concerts and live music performance happening soon in DC, Maryland & Virginia.

A comprehensive look at the D.C., Maryland and Virginia fall concert season for pop, rock, folk, blues, and jazz.

09/27/2024

Jocelyn Bioh’s hilarious ensemble comedy — which premiered on Broadway last fall in a production that White has brought intact to Arena Stage, except for the cast — offers a generous glimpse into the world of the immigrant women whose lives intersect at JaJa’s shop in Harlem. Each character we meet is vibrantly specific, yet seems to authentically reflect the communities they represent.

https://www.metroweekly.com/2024/09/in-jajas-african-hair-braiding-immigrant-women-live-an-american-dream/

Stage

The well-oiled ensemble cast is the crowning glory of Arena's uproariously funny "JaJa's African Hair Braiding."

09/27/2024

"Police say that a 27-year-old man had invited another man from the gay dating app to his Manhattan apartment around 1:30 p.m. Once inside, the visitor suddenly blurted out, 'I hate all people!'"

A New York City man was killed and another seriously injured after their Grindr hookup turned into a bloody double stabbing.

09/27/2024

Sebastian Stan portrays just one man in Aaron Schimberg’s brilliantly twisted film "A Different Man," but he’s essentially two different characters, before and after a medical miracle.

The strange and original A Different Man treads a surprisingly thin line between comedy, romance, and gross-out thriller.

09/27/2024

Kesaria Abramidze, a popular transgender model, was stabbed to death in Tbilisi one day after Georgian lawmakers passed an anti-LGBTQ law.

09/27/2024

According to FBI data, even though violent crime overall decreased by 3% from 2022 to 2023, bias-motivated crimes overall, as well as crimes believed to be motivated by s*xual orientation or gender identity, increased.

Following sharp spike in 2022, bias-motivated hate crimes against LGBTQ people continue to increase, even as crime overall is down.

09/26/2024

A blog claims prominent conservative education reform activist Corey DeAngelis allegedly appeared in films for a gay adult studio.

A p**n blog claims prominent conservative education reform activist Corey DeAngelis allegedly appeared in films for a gay adult studio.

09/26/2024

Like the preamble to a puzzle, The Comeuppance advances on us with a seemingly harmless premise: a “pre-game” gathering of former high school classmates hoping to reconnect over a few drinks before heading to a 20th reunion.

https://www.metroweekly.com/2024/09/woollys-the-comeuppance-is-a-masterful-modern-danse-macabre/

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes our souls for a spin in "The Comeuppance," the masterful season opener at Woolly Mammoth.

09/26/2024

"Q***r pop star" Chappell Roan says she is puzzled by the reaction from those on the political Left to her past comments, who have accused her of being a secret supporter of Donald Trump.

Roan's comments trigger critics, who have accused her of engaging of downplaying the differences between the two major U.S. parties.

09/22/2024

Here's PART 2, of Metro Weekly's massive FALL ARTS PREVIEW:

Fall Arts Preview, Part 2 Featuring our annual comprehensive listings for Film, Broadway, Popular Music Concerts, and more in the D.C. metro area. By André Hereford, Ryan Leeds, and Doug Rule

09/22/2024

Our FALL ARTS PREVIEW was so big this year, that we split it into 2 parts! Come see what DC, Maryland and Virginia have to offer in entertainment and cultural events in the months ahead: Live music, theatre, movies, special exhibits and unique happeings, and even a nod to NYC's Broadway. Here's PART 1:

The season in DC Stage, Classical and Choral Music, Dance, Comedy, Drag, Readings, Exhibits, and more. By André Hereford, Doug Rule and Randy Shulman. Cover photography by Todd Franson.

09/22/2024

The hours-long meeting was highly chaotic, as dozens of Christians flooded the school board meeting to object to the proposal, arguing that LGBTQ identity should neither be discussed — even in academic work like s*xual education, biology, or history — not celebrated in schools, and that doing so was a form of “left-wing indoctrination.” 🙄

Dozens of Christians flooded the meeting, claiming that recognizing LGBTQ History Month violates their parental rights and religious beliefs.

09/21/2024

For a talent like Rothwell, who earned her stripes in the SNL writer’s room early in her career, it was only a matter of time before she was leading her own show. Her time has come.

Scene-stealer Natasha Rothwell takes off as the creator and star of her own Hulu series, "How to Die Alone."

09/21/2024

The Billie Holiday portrayed in Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill comprises a fascinating, tragic triple image, a performance of a performer performing the role of someone who isn’t still messed up on he**in.

Roz White illuminates Billie Holiday's blues in Mosaic's moving production of "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill."

09/21/2024

"About 7.5% of LGBTQ voters plan to vote for the Trump-Vance ticket."

Why do you think that is?

A recent HRC poll finds LGBTQ adults are motivated to vote in this year's election, with a clear majority supporting Democrat Kamala Harris.

09/21/2024

The Wyoming Board of Parole has denied a commutation petition filed by Russell Henderson, one of the two men convicted of the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, whose brutal killing became a symbol of anti-gay violence and a rallying cry for hate crime legislation.

State Parole Board refuses to commute Russell Henderson's double-life sentences for murdering the Wyoming youth.

09/21/2024

A Florida school district agreed to return 36 books that were censored to school library shelves as part of a settlement in response to a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed by the authors of the children’s book
"And Tango Makes Three," as well as three students and their parents, alleged that the Nassau County School Board wrongly removed the books from shelves without holding any public hearings on their proposed removal.

Among the books returning to school library shelves are "And Tango Makes Three" and Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye."

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