Yearly Archives: 2005

PLAY CONFRONTS HOMOPHOBIA AND YOUTH VIOLENCE

For Immediate Release Monday, February 14, 2005 Contact: David Weintraub, Equality Loudoun: 540.822.4814, or Vincent Worthington, Trumpet Vine Theatre Company: 703.642.1997 Equality Loudoun is delighted to announce that Trumpet Vine Theatre Company has agreed to perform the inaugural project of … Continue reading

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Gay-bashing strikes real parents, real lives

The Virginian-Pilot February 13, 2005 By Margaret Edds AS MOST OF America knows, Vice President Dick Cheney has a lesbian daughter. And he doesn’t support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Discrimination sits a little sourly on the stomach when … Continue reading

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Stone Bridge Play Offends Some

Loudoun Connection February 10, 2005 By Suzannah Evans A student-written, student-directed play that was part of Stone Bridge High School’s “Postcards from Paradise” collection of one-act plays that premiered last weekend has got some people steamed. The play, “Offsides” by … Continue reading

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Beware a Bigoted Legacy

Washington Post Loudoun Extra February 10, 2005 At a crucial time in American development, Virginia was the birthplace of freedom. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and others equally important, if less well-known, contributed the words and the actions that … Continue reading

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School Board To Study Play Policy; Principal Defends Student Work

Leesburg Today February 10, 2005 By Allen Browning After all of the fuss, the viewers found out Tuesday night that they didn’t even kiss. The “they” were the two actors in the vignette Offsides, which is not a hit television … Continue reading

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Welcoming Place for Gay Residents?

In the face of legislation that could limit their rights, gay advocates say that most friends, neighbors and coworkers in Loudoun don’t reflect anti-gay rhetoric. Loudoun Connection February 10, 2005 By Suzannah Evans When 11 states passed constitutional amendments defining … Continue reading

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Dick Black’s reply to a student about “Offsides”

The following was sent to us by a student who objected to Dick Black’s interference with the drama presentation at Stone Bridge High School. From: “Delegate Black” To: XXX Subject: Re: action alert Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:59:21 -0500 … Continue reading

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