| Feature Story | Hitting Out | Tennis great Rennae Stubbs brings her winning – and outspoken – ways to Washington | Interview by Sean Bugg Photography by Todd Franson |
| News | DC Coalition Stirring | Decades-old black GLBT group hoping to harness momentum | by Will O'Bryan |
| News | Honoring Deschaine | Locals launch foundation in memory of young politico | by Clare Shepherd |
| News | A House Becomes a Home | Wanda Alston House prepares to mark its first anniversary serving GLBT youth in need | by Yusef Najafi |
| Film | F**k Buddies | Two straight guys set out to make a porno with each other in Lynn Shelton's slow but occasionally funny ''Humpday'' | by Tim Plant |
| Music | Still a Thrill | Jody Watley brings her voice to the Birchmere | By Doug Rule |
| Stage | Profanity and Puzzlement | The post-apocalyptic fairy tale Fucking A is a complicated, multi-voiced minefield that often breaks its own rules | by Tom Avila |
| Clublife | Sporting Makeup | For their annual pageant, PW's Sports Bar welcomes Shannel and Jade | By Doug Rule |
| Opinion | Pulling Together | Commentary: Center Field | By Richard J. Rosendall |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | July 23-29, 2009 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Outdoors | Get Out! | The great outdoors is as close as your D.C. doorstep | by Clare Shepherd |
| Snapshots | Ziegfeld's / Secrets | Ziegfeld's / Secrets | Ward Morrison |
| Snapshots | White Attire Affair | Experience at Capital Yards | Ward Morrison |