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  • Mishegas at the DC JCC

    Mardi Gras has come and gone, but if you still want to play dress up — or, especially given the balmy temperatures, dress down —...

  • Capital Queer Prom

    This third annual formal prom will sail the Potomac on the Spirit of Mount Vernon tomorrow night, Saturday, March 7, in a benefit for One...

  • Lipgloss Ladies

    Have you seen the ad for Apex’s women’s dance party Gloss tomorrow night, March 6? Well, it’s stirred things inside Hearsay that Hearsay didn’t even...

  • Perfect Reception

    There are some individuals who can make your life exponentially easier if you consistently remind yourself how much power they wield. Waiters. Restaurant hosts. Bartenders...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Ideology comes with exigencies of thought, word and deed not seen in other models of existence. Are you in a rut of understanding?...

  • Hello, Cruel World

    This is a good time to take stock of the threats faced by GLBT people around the world. That's because on Feb. 25, the State...

  • Barnett Takes the Helm

    The board of directors at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) announced Wednesday, Feb. 25, the appointment of Andrew Barnett as the executive director...

  • Prison Progress

    On Feb. 20 the D.C. Department of Corrections issued its new policy regarding the treatment of transgender inmates. The document was drafted after activists, including...

  • Roll Over! Speak! Lick!

    Hearsay happened upon this adorable little site earlier today. Naturally, it commanded the eager-to-please little pupperoni to speak, roll over, jump and dance. It then...

  • A Complete Guide to Dining Out for Life 2009

    A complete guide to all participating restaurants as of press time, by neighborhood, including applicable meals, and what percentage of each food bill will be...

  • Hounds of Love

    In his somewhat overlong, overdone comic-poignant The Dog in the Manger, now at The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Lansburgh Theatre, Spanish Renaissance playwright Lope de Vega...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Like an old-fashioned quilt, this beginning is made of the endings of other things. Shall we mourn the old more than we celebrate...

  • Gay Green Leaders

    Local gay resident Daniel Guilbeault takes a deep breath and makes a startling revelation: ''I've dated a driver before.'' Of course, that's dating. It would...

  • D.C. 'Fired Up' for Gay Games

    D.C. is officially ''fired up'' in hopes of winning a bid to host the 2014 Gay Games in the District. Vince Micone, President of the...

  • Seeking GLBTs Under 30

    Metro Weekly is currently accepting nominations for the newsmagazine's first annual Next Generation Awards, recognizing GLBT activists, leaders and artists under the age of 30,...