| News | Community in Mourning [UPDATED] | Year begins with local loss as Peter Fox dies of CNS lymphoma | by Will O'Bryan |
| News | DCTC vs. Virginia | Transgender-advocacy group files brief in suit against Virginia Department of Corrections | by John Riley |
| Film | The Best and Worst Movies of 2011 | The year gave us a bounty of film magic, as well as cinematic sore points | by Chris Heller |
| Music | The Best Music of 2011 | Pop music in 2011 was more satisfying than unsatisfying -- but there really was no one else like Adele | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | Stand-Up Ann | Holland Taylor's ''Ann'' flatters its subject as much as possible, in order to flatter its star equally so | by Jonathan Padget |
| Opinion | Days Gone By | The 2012 elections are too important for the LGBT community to indulge in fantasies about administrations that never were | by Sean Bugg |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | December 29, 2011 - January 4, 2012 | by Carrie Megginson |