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  • The Ushers

    By on September 16, 2009

    To see or not to see? That is the question you may ask yourself if you want to see a play and can't persuade friends...

  • Mist Kissed

    By on September 2, 2009

    Where there are large populations of Caucasians, in this contemporary world that sees them more likely to toil beneath fluorescent bulbs than a noonday sun,...

  • HIV test at Whitman-Walker Clinic

    By on August 26, 2009

    Having recently come out of a long-term, mostly sexless relationship -- my first, actually -- HIV tests have been somewhat of an enigma to me....

  • Washington Renegades Rugby Football Club

    By on August 12, 2009

    Rugby is a tough sport, no doubt about it, leaving little room for wimps like me. Joining the Washington Renegades Rugby Football Club at Stead...

  • Adventuring

    By on July 29, 2009

    I’m guessing in war there’s no room for screwing up. Even if your equipment is faulty, you have to make it work. You also have...

  • Straight Eights

    By on July 15, 2009

    I’m not really big on cars. And before visiting with the Straight Eights, the local chapter of the Lambda Car Club International, my knowledge of...

  • Ad Lib

    By on July 8, 2009

    Topics of discussion aren't set in stone when meeting the Ad Lib group on Wednesdays at the Cosi in Dupont Circle. On the night I...

  • Bod Jobs

    By on June 10, 2009

    The season is upon us. Maybe you haven't made it to Rehoboth or some similarly gay, sunshiny holiday spot just yet this year, but that...

  • DC Radical Faeries

    By on June 10, 2009

    If it weren't for the burning incense and the shrine built to honor the Roman goddess Juno (for whom the month of June is named),...

  • Lambda Sci-Fi

    By on May 13, 2009

    Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica -- I'm just not a fan. But that didn't keep me from engaging in scintillating conversation with members of...

  • Gay District

    By on May 6, 2009

    It's not easy meeting new gay friends. Yes there's the Internet, the bars and the clubs. But it can be tricky using those avenues to...

  • DC Front Runners

    By on April 29, 2009

    If you're like me, you can't spend more than three or four minutes on a treadmill before becoming bored out of your mind. While there's...

  • In Electric Company

    By on April 29, 2009

    It's not easy for most, stripping down to your birthday suit with a group of strangers. ''It was very uncomfortable for about 10 minutes,'' says...

  • Spa Hurrah

    By on April 8, 2009

    Different skin types deserve different facials. But that doesn't mean you have to break out the cucumbers and mud when perfecting the right combination of...

  • DC Ice Breakers

    By on April 8, 2009

    You don't have to be a pro to get in the rink with the DC Ice Breakers, a GLBT skating group that meets bi-monthly on...