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  • Fairly Perfect

    Fair? Hardly. This Lady is fabulous. From the first note to the last, My Fair Lady, now in the Kennedy Center Opera House, is a...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Did you end the old year with and bang and/or a whimper? You might have been preparing for the vital shift in...

  • The Gay Squad

    In the District, the award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department has been a much used resource for the city's...

  • Arresting Development

    Metro Transit Police have arrested five individuals for their alleged involvement in the Dec. 8 attack of a 25-year-old gay man who was riding home...

  • Last Word

    ''I don't feel like I should have to hide my sexuality.'' --Bethany Laccone, a student from I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Va., who was...

  • A SMYAL-ing Report

    The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) released its 2006 annual report Dec. 14, offering a breakdown of the local organization's financial figures and thanking...

  • Survey Says: Lesbians are Sadder

    Lesbians are more likely to experience higher levels of stress and depression than straight women around the winter-holiday season, according to a new study conducted...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: If it were all that much better to give than to receive, wouldn't there be a lot more ''secret Santa'' events throughout...

  • Into the Sunset

    On Dec. 23, Dakota Cowgirl/Titan's Ramrod, formerly known as Hamburger Mary's, at 1337 14th St. NW, will officially close its doors. According to owner Glenn...

  • Holiday Tidings

    Given the avaricious nature of the season -- when Santa treats everyone like a little baby Jesus, everybody wins -- it's no surprise that I...

  • Two Christmases

    In one of the more poignant moments of a motion picture that I hold dear -- a staple of my personal cinematic catalog -- there...

  • Xmas Fear

    This week I'll be heading to New Port Richey, Fla., to spend Christmas with my widowed mother who lives alone in a ''55 and older''...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: This year won't end with a whimper. And it may not end with a bang. But there's still time to tidy up,...

  • Last Word

    ''Estrangement from family, marginalization within and isolation from society, separation from children,...and inadequate access to culturally sensitive health-care practitioners are all factors that can adversely...

  • Human Remains

    Sweeney Todd It all seems so familiar. The first few notes are reminiscent of a tune you've heard before. Then Edward Scissorhands appears -- he's...