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  • Home Sweet Home

    By on February 21, 2007

    In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, talk often turns to real estate. The same could be said for most of the county, if not the...

  • Location, Location, Discrimination

    By on February 21, 2007

    VOTERS AND LEGISLATORS in Virginia have been increasingly busy in recent times, seemingly vying for the title of most homophobic state in the union. As...

  • Woman in the Life

    By on February 14, 2007

    Sheila Alexander-Reid is a little shaken when she arrives to be interviewed. She explains that earlier in the day, she found signs on her car,...

  • Lypsinka Dearest

    By on February 7, 2007

    John Epperson's favorite Joan Crawford film is Berserk. The one with the ax? ''No,'' he corrects the reporter gently, ''that one was called Straight Jacket....

  • Chill Out

    By on January 31, 2007

    According to the formula concocted a few years ago by British psychologist Cliff Arnall, Jan. 22 was the most depressing day of 2007. Unsurprisingly, Arnall's...

  • Simply Supon

    By on January 24, 2007

    Admit it -- designers are not the first thing that come to mind when you think of Washington, D.C. They're probably not the second thing,...

  • The Passionate Pragmatist

    By on January 17, 2007

    When the wheels of Washington's gay community are turning, it seems that Mario Acosta-Vélez is never far away. Perhaps it's his presidential post at the...

  • Wayne's World: 2007 MAL Weekend

    By on January 10, 2007

    Wayne M. Nesbitt has a surprisingly common name -- at least in the leather community. Yes, that means that people in the community are familiar...

  • Comic Escapade: 2007 MAL Weekend

    By on January 10, 2007

    Underneath the glamour, glitz and mascara of Varla Jean Merman you won't find a leatherman. That's surprising, given that Jeffery Roberson, the man behind the...

  • 2007 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend

    By on January 10, 2007

    Friday, Jan. 12 2006 Leather Cocktails (Photo by Henry Linser) Registration opens at 2 p.m. at the host hotel, the Washington Plaza Hotel. 10 Thomas...

  • Local News: A Look Back at 2006

    By on January 3, 2007

    History Boy Kameny (Photo by Todd Franson) THE LIBRARY OF Congress opened its sanctified shelves of Americana in October, making way for the addition of...

  • Local Politics: A Look Back at 2006

    By on January 3, 2007

    Ballot Boxes Fenty IT MAY HAVE seemed like a political gimmick when Adrian Fenty ran his months-long campaign focusing on knocking on just about ever...

  • Local Nightlife: A Look Back at 2006

    By on January 3, 2007

    End of an Era Fitzgerald (Photo by Todd Franson) THE BASEBALL STADIUM was a long time coming, but the end of Southeast's cadre of gay...

  • 2007 Year in Preview

    By on January 3, 2007

    All dates are subject to change at the organizer's discretion. For more detailed information as the dates for events come closer, contact the event organizer...

  • The Year in Pictures 2006

    By on December 27, 2006

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