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  • Mouse Trap

    From violence, to dilapidated schools, to alarming HIV-infection rates, Washington is not necessarily the easiest place to be a kid. These understood realities of the...

  • Dr. Discrimination

    While presenting her testimony to the Montgomery County Council Tuesday, Oct. 2, against the passage of a bill that would protect transgender people by adding...

  • Suspected Shooter Surrenders

    A six-day search for 34-year-old Raina Johnson, suspected of shooting a former domestic partner in the neck, came to an end Oct. 1 when she...

  • HRC honors GLLU

    The Human Rights Campaign is scheduled to recognize the efforts of Washington's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU), on Friday, Oct. 5, at the Washington...

  • Last Word

    ''Moving forward on this bill now will also better serve the ultimate goal of including people who are transgender, than simply accepting total defeat...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Now is the time to grow up and act your age. Now is the time to burn off the old patterns tangling...

  • Spiritual Shenanigans

    Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip... Maybe I have TV Land on the brain, but director...

  • Birthdaying and Post-Break-Fasting at the Diner

    The always-hopping Palm of Gay D.C., the 18th & U Duplex Diner, was the scene of a host of parties last Saturday night, Sept. 22,...

  • Full House

    What's so enthralling about Synetic Theater's production of The Fall of the House of Usher, is how thoroughly it braids conventional theater with dance and...

  • Tough Lessons

    When Ernest J. Gaines' novel A Lesson Before Dying was published in 1993 it found fast fame. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, awarded a National...

  • Facial Expressions

    You probably know their names. You may even personally know some of the 28 people featured in the Rainbow History Project's new exhibit of portraits,...

  • Call to Arms

    It was a different Army when Aubrey Sarvis served for just over three years in the mid-Sixties, a portion of that time in Vietnam. And...

  • Celebrating Growth

    True to its title, the Mautner Project's annual gala dinner and auction is all about ''Love, Strength and Hope.'' ''It's really a time for us...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Maybe it comes to this: If you've tried as hard as you can, and you've fought the good fight, then whether you...

  • Going to Town

    There’s a lot of buzz this week, especially surrounding nightlife in the city. Some say there’s a surge coming. Hearsay thinks it’s going to be...