| Feature Story | Imagining a Better Future | DADT's repeal is a moment of reflection for those who have been at the front of the fight for open military service for decades | by Chris Geidner |
| Feature Story | Film | Fall Arts Preview 2011 | By Chris Heller Illustration by Scott G. Brooks |
| Feature Story | Stage | Fall Arts Preview 2011 | Compiled by Randy Shulman Illustration by Scott G. Brooks |
| Feature Story | Dance | Fall Arts Preview 2011 | Compiled by Doug Rule Illustration by Scott G. Brooks |
| Feature Story | Classical Music | Fall Arts Preview 2011 | Compiled by Doug Rule Illustration by Scott G. Brooks |
| Feature Story | Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz | Fall Arts Preview 2011 | Compiled by Doug Rule Illustration by Scott G. Brooks |
| Feature Story | Above and Beyond | Fall Arts Preview 2011: Comedy, Spoken Word, Discussions, Multi-media, Tastings, Tours, Etc. | Compiled by Doug Rule Illustration by Scott G. Brooks |
| Feature Story | Museums and Galleries | Falls Arts Preview 2011 | Compiled by Doug Rule Illustration by Scott G. Brooks |
| Feature Story | Fall Arts Preview 2011 | Main Menu | |
| News | Gopalan Death Ruled Homicide | Local theater enthusiast's death ruled hemorrhaging due to ''blunt-impact trauma''; investigation continues | by John Riley |
| News | D.C. Debuts Transgender Employment Program | Existing program enrolls first full class of transgender participants in apprenticeship program | by John Riley |
| News | Plea Deal Offered in Transgender Shooting Case | Preliminary hearing is rescheduled while defendant considers pleading to aggravated assault | by John Riley |
| News | NBJC Takes the Hill | Black LGBT organization readies for annual 'Out on the Hill' | By Will O'Bryan |
| News | Local Killed in Texas Accident | Brian McKernan, formerly of Whitman-Walker, killed by wayward car while attempting to aid injured motorcyclist | By Will O'Bryan |
| News | Double Defeat | In 1996, ENDA was hoped to help ease the pain of DOMA, but instead fell by one vote in a Senate focused on a ''thinly disguised example of intolerance'' | By Chris Geidner |
| Books | Montgomery Co. Mensch | Wayne Hoffman returns to his suburban roots for his new novel | By Will O'Bryan |
| Film | Shorts Circuit | The DC Shorts Film Festival presents nine LGBT films on Friday night -- the quality varies but the message is distinctly gay | By Chris Heller |
| Opera | Triumphant Tosca | WNO's 'Tosca' is everything a traditional production should be. In fact, it's everything any thoughtfully produced opera should be | By Kate Wingfield |
| Stage | Overly Apparent | Floyd King and Nancy Robinette are great, but the adaptation of Heir Apparent relies too much on SNL-style modern references | By Kate Wingfield |
| Clublife | Duplex Vision | The 18th & U Duplex Diner throws a Grand Opening Party -- but don't worry, not much has changed at the institution | By Doug Rule |
| Opinion | Party Down | The extreme candidate rhetoric and ''let them die'' audiences have made the Republican debates exciting in all the wrong ways | By Sean Bugg |
| Horoscope | Horoscope | September 15-21, 2011 | by Carrie Megginson |
| Coverboy Interview | Coverboy: Jesse | What do Patsy, the top of a drier, ancient cultures and Rouge have in common? Jesse has the answers. | Photography by Julian Vankim |
| Snapshots | DC Eagle | DC Eagle | Dylan Comstock |
| Snapshots | Ziegfeld's / Secrets | Ziegfeld's / Secrets | Dylan Comstock |