| Feature Story | Team Work | Joey Oldaker had a trusty team always by his side at Apex | By Doug Rule Additional reporting by Yusef Najafi and Will O'Bryan |
| Feature Story | Farewell to Badlands/Apex | Your stories shared about one of DC's longest-running gay nightclubs | |
| Feature Story | Thanks for the Memories | The site of many ''firsts'' for scores of LGBT Washingtonians, the Badlands/Apex venue will live on in fond memories | By Doug Rule |
| News | Courtly Conversation | D.C. Superior Court judge accepts GLOV invitation, as Hannah gets 100 days for latest offense | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Marriage Wars | In 1996, DOMA went from being introduced to being passed by the House – and given the OK of the Clinton administration – in less than 10 weeks | by Chris Geidner |
| News | Maryland Marriage Coalition | Organizations join forces in seeking marriage equality legislation in Maryland in 2012 | By Yusef Najafi |
| News | Lawsuit Settled | Metro Weekly co-publisher discusses deal with Post-Newsweek | by Will O’Bryan |
| News | Community Needs | DC Trans Coalition releases summary findings of its first needs-assessment survey | By Yusef Najafi |
| News | Last Throes | U.S. Court of Appeals wants to know who's left to defend DADT, even as certification to repeal the law may be imminent | by Chris Geidner |
| Film | Everybody Hurts | The final Harry Potter is a blockbuster whose pain and mourning resonates through the franchise's length. Just avoid it in 3D | By Chris Heller |
| Music | Sizzlin' Good Stuff | Signature Theatre offers a summer toast to cabaret | by Doug Rule |
| Music | Koz Celebre | Dave Koz's latest video features a ''love mob'' for marriage equality | By Doug Rule |
| Stage | Rock Out | If you can stomach the cheese, the noise and the poop jokes, Rock of Ages has a couple gay twists that'll amuse | by Doug Rule |
| Stage | Pounding Flesh | Merchant of Venice remains among the bard's most dreary plays. | By Jonathan Padget |
| Opinion | Season of Discontent | There are debates to be had about the pace of progress, but it's impossible to deny that LGBT progress is being made | by Sean Bugg |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | June 14-20, 2011 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Coverboy Interview | Coverboy: London | Photography by Jeff Code | |
| Snapshots | Brent Everett at Town | Town Danceboutique | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | A Badlands/Apex Retrospective | Photographs from Badlands/Apex from 1996-2011 | Thomas Castagnola, Michael Cornelison, Todd Franson, Jackie Hubschman, Kendra Kuliga, Henry Linser, Ward Morrison, Randy Shulman and Michael Wichita |