| Feature Story | Task Masters | D.C.'s own Rea Carey and Darlene Nipper ready The Task Force for a new beginning | Interview by Will O'Bryan Photography by Todd Franson |
| News | The Waiting Game | DOC proposes transgender committee, activists remain skeptical | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Welcome to Washington | GLBT immigration group expands efforts in D.C. | by Will O'Bryan |
| News | Catania Calls Out Clinic | Councilmember grills Whitman-Walker's Blanchon on recent cuts | by Yusef Najafi |
| Dance | Music Man | Mark Morris lets the music inform his dances | by Doug Rule |
| Film | Out for Blood | It takes time, but 'Taken' settles into a solid action groove, and 'Frost/Nixon' is a brilliant cinematic achievement | by Tim Plant |
| Stage | Pruned Orchard | There's poignancy and even laughter in WSC's 'Cherry Orchard,' but the evening is plagued by a lack of cohesion. | by Kate Wingfield |
| Clublife | Revved-Up Beats | DJ Eddie Baez rides into town to spin at Be Bar. | by Doug Rule |
| Opinion | Straights to Hell | Commentary: Stonewall Baby | by Will O'Bryan |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | January 29-February 4, 2009 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Health | Baby Got Fat | Finding a healthy way to navigate a weighty issue | by Yusef Najafi |
| Snapshots | Miss Freddie's 2009 Pageant | Freddie's Beach Bar | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | Boy's Life Fridays | Cobalt | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | PFLAG's D.C. Prayers for Bobby Premiere Celebration | The home of C. Dixon Osburn & Jeremy Hodder | Ward Morrison |