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  • Signing Statements

    ''Requiring people to stand up in public for their political acts fosters civic courage, without which democracy is doomed.'' Justice Antonin Scalia, siding with gay-rights...

  • Missing Man Found

    Spotsylvania County Police announced on Thursday, June 24, that Edward Roland Minnoe, missing since June 13, is alive and ''safe in another state.'' According to...

  • Youth to the Fore

    ''I just hope that President Obama steps up to the plate on LGBT issues.'' Mentioning repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy and the...

  • Perkins's Washington Warning

    If you are on the Family Research Council's e-mail list, you may have seen this alarm from Tony Perkins in his June 16 ''Washington Update'':...

  • Young Blood

    ''One of my good friends went with me,'' says Lee Storrow. ''She saw the draft agenda online and said, 'Lee, everyone has a comma, then...

  • Safety Patrol

    Who better to fill you in on the 101s of safer sex than your favorite porn stars? ''You have to use lots of lube …...

  • Glamourpusses

    If, since hearing about Studio Theatre's decision to mount a new production of Legends! starring James Lecesne and John Epperson (aka Lypsinka) in the leading...

  • Lube Alarm

    While working the night shift at the Pleasure Place near Dupont Circle, Janea Kelly often fields questions from customers regarding the small shelf of lubricants...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: You may already be a winner, and just don't know it. What happened two weeks ago to radically change how you will live...

  • Limited Leave (Updated)

    Changes to be announced tomorrow, June 23, regarding expansion of family-leave benefits for gay and lesbian families will be limited to an expansion for individuals...

  • News Analysis: Case Closed

    ''The case is submitted.'' With those four words, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ended a trial that began in January for a case that...

  • Virginia Man Missing

    A 31-year-old gay man from Spotsylvania, Va., has been missing since Sunday, June 13, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Edward ''Ted'' Roland Minnoe, who...

  • Empowered in Mount Pleasant

    On June 8 La Clinica del Pueblo welcomed members of the local LGBT community to see the site that will house its youth drop-in center,...

  • Founder's Fight Ends

    Over the past several months, Jerome Sikorski was a regular -- though emotional -- part of his friend Jerry Filbin's days. ''I saw him twice...

  • DOJ Dollars for D.C.

    Fill in the blank. That's what Morgan Lynn, supervising attorney at Women Empowered Against Violence Inc. (WEAVE), and others, asked LGBT people and allies to...