| Feature Story | Advocate and Ally | Brian Watson shares the frustrations of challenging the status quo as he fights for homeless LGBT youth and the transgender community | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | ''Identical Situation'' | Police investigate Sunday morning shooting that targeted a transgender woman in Northeast | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Judicial Symbolism | As the recent confirmation of one out gay judge is heralded, another waits longer than any other Obama judicial nominee just to have a hearing on his nomination | by Chris Geidner |
| News | DADT's Countdown | On Sept. 20, the law banning out gay, lesbian and bisexual military service will come to an end | by Chris Geidner |
| News | One State, Two Lawsuits | Empire State marriage opponents and supporters head to court | by Chris Geidner |
| News | Marching on Washington | Leaders in fight against HIV/AIDS announce plan for march to coincide with AIDS 2012 | by Will O’Bryan |
| News | Petworth Attack | Gay man beaten by three others in possible hate crime | by Yusef Najafi |
| News | Forgo Rodeo | ASGRA pushes forward in the black, but Atlantic Stampede remains in limbo | by Will O’Bryan |
| News | Ending Isolation | SAGE Metro DC launches program to aide LGBT seniors in need of companionship | by Will O’Bryan |
| News | GLOV Trainings Grow | Former co-chairs establish training protocol for GLLU | by Will O’Bryan |
| Film | Western Encounters | Cowboys & Aliens is Independence Day without heartening speeches and a whole lot more revolvers and period costumery | By Chris Heller |
| Stage | Southern Comfort | Keegan Theatre's revival of Steel Magnolias doesn't make a convincing case that Chinquapin Parish bears revisiting | By Jonathan Padget |
| Stage | Courting Controversy | Gino Tassara offers an ''over-the-top,'' explicitly gay play | by Doug Rule |
| Clublife | Bear Necessity | Johnny Scruff created a smartphone app to find a boyfriend, but he's building a ''woof''-friendly community instead | By Doug Rule |
| Opinion | Building Trust | The murder of Lashai Mclean highlights the best in our LGBT community – and what's lacking | by Sean Bugg |
| Opinion | Walking the Walk | Whatever you think of yourself, someone else thinks you're a slut | by Will O'Bryan |
| Opinion | We're Here, We're Queer. Really. | ''Queer'' may be fraught with history, but it points to a fundamental truth of our LGBT lives | by Abby Dees |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | July 28-August 3, 2011 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Snapshots |
Bare's White Party |
Cobalt |
Dylan Comstock |
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Guil-Tea |
Nellie's Sports Bar |
Ward Morrison |
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Team DC's Night Out at the Kastles |
Kastles Stadium at the Wharf |
Ward Morrison |
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Duplex Diner's Re-Opening |
18th & U Duplex Diner |
Ward Morrison |
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Team DC's Night Out with the Mystics |
Verizon Center |
Ward Morrison |
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Cobalt's Prom Night |
Cobalt/30 Degrees |
Dylan Comstock |