| Feature Story | Hometown Girl | From her start in D.C. to her support for LGBT issues, Mary Chapin Carpenter is not your typical country music star | Interview by Doug Rule |
| News | Partisan Pride? | Critics take aim at Pentagon decision to permit military uniforms at San Diego LGBT Pride parade | By Justin Snow |
| News | Keeping Up with AIDS 2012 | Conference continues in the convention center, in the streets and in the spotlight | By John Riley |
| News | Boy Scout Fallout | Opponents rally after Boy Scouts uphold gay ban | By Justin Snow |
| News | A Progressive Pushes Back | Karen Gautney hopes to become the first lesbian elected to the Virginia General Assembly | By John Riley |
| News | World LGBT Briefs: Women on the Verge | Liberian President Sirleaf says she won't allow gay bills – pro or con – despite legislative push, and Russia's Pussy Riot punk rockers get trial date | Compiled by Kelsey Brannan |
| News | National LGBT Briefs: Heartland Horror, Massachusetts Mensch And Marriage Money | Outpouring of support for Nebraska woman brutally attacked in apparent hate crime, while Mayor Menino vows to block Chick-fil-A and Big Apple sees big money | Compiled by Kelsey Brannan |
| Books | Pop-Up Books | The DC Center's OutWrite offers a pop-up gay bookstore | By Doug Rule |
| Film | Generating Sparks | ''Ruby Sparks'' smartly picks apart romantic tropes, but then indulges in a sticky-sweet narrative that rings false against its refreshing self-awareness. | By Chris Heller |
| Opinion | Caution and Optimism | AIDS 2012 highlights challenges, but also successes to guide us forward | By Sean Cahill |
| Opinion | Pro Homo | Sally Ride's posthumous coming out raises questions about where the closet begins and ends | By Sean Bugg |
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