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This week, same-sex couples got to start filing for marriage licenses. Even more awesomely, Hello Cupcake decided they would give free cupcakes to the first 200 hundred couples in line to pursue wedded bliss. Guess who wasn’t in that line? Me. Apparently my girlfriend thinks it is dumb to get married for free cupcakes. Clearly, I disagree and am also still a bit bitter. But the good news is that everyone should be in a joyous, celebrating mood this week. But everyone needs some downtime, so why not check out what you missed on TNG this week?

In Commentary

• In Not Your Average Prom Queen, Jean showed us some sample mixtapes
• TNG contributor Jess Five looked at Racism in the Queer Scene.
• Kareem returns! Check out the first Being Single Is… since his move to Tampa.

In Arts

• Check out interviews with Sia and Erin McKeown
• I went to an Ani DiFranco concert and didn’t spend the entire time crying In The Ladies’ Room.
• Zack, our resident Indie Rock Fag, shared some wedding songs that don’t suck.

In Culture/Politics

• Jack looks at the different portrayals of lady-lady sexuality in Japan in this week’s Gay Geekery.
• John submits an article to TNG about queer immigration, In Support of the UAFA.
• This week’s Global Gaze has Jolly studying the international trans movement.
• Check out our pictures of Marriage Equality in the District of Columbia.
• J. Clarence Flanders takes on the idea that “gay is the new Black” in Beyond the Margins.

In Events

• And as, always, what to do in TNG cities around the country: DC, Los Angeles, Boston, and Columbus.

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