Lobby Day, which many believe will be critical for proponents of marriage equality and gender identity nondiscrimination legislation in Maryland, will take place on February 13 in Annapolis. The event kicks off with a rally at Lawyers Mall at 6:00 p.m. that typically draws hundreds of supporters.
She’Baltimore is centered on domestic violence within the LGBT community. Set in Baltimore, MD, the play addresses the American social system and its relationship with communities that are often abstracted from proper care due to orientation, socioeconomic circumstances, and at times, discrimination.
On February 7, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco struck down the ban on same-sex marriage in California. In doing so, the court upheld the August 2010 ruling by U.S. Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown) that the amendment to the California Constitution barring marriage for same-sex couples, adopted in November 2008 as Proposition 8, violates the U.S. Constitution.
DUOX is the prolific and thought-provoking collaboration between MICA alumni Daniel Wickerham and Malcolm Lomax. Their work incorporates the anecdotal and esoteric; producing humorous videos, cryptic texts, and accumulative installations that blur one's preconceived definitions of “chaotic” and “focused”. They have, in a relatively short amount of time, exhibited a diverse body of work in both Baltimore and New York; beginning with King Me at Baltimore's Open Space in late 2009 and culminating in DUOX4Larkin, an ambitious show presently on display at SoHo's Artists Space.