Features
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Visibly Proud
In many ways, Pride is about being seen, being visible. And that's one of the goals behind Pride & Heritage, D.C.'s annual celebration of the...
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Lily Tomlin
Do Ernestine! The plea perches in the back of your head, chirping incessantly, while you talk to Lily Tomlin. Please, PLEASE do Ernestine. Or Edith...
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Cherry
Spring in Washington is a time for blooming and booming: When nature's emerging foliage and flowers bring out the big and the brassy, from parades...
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Soul in the Machine
''You get completely put in a different time zone when you hear them. It's like smelling a perfume, you get reminded of a certain kind...
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Country Roads
''We wanted to do something unique when it came to Cherry weekend, and we knew there hadn't been a country women's dance ever before,'' says...
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Family Ties
When it comes to gay and lesbian families, the past year has seen a bit of bunny business. You may remember last year when Buster...
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Gay Old Timers
Rainbow Retirement Sitting at the southern tip of the mouth of Tampa Bay, there is a spot akin to somewhere over the rainbow. It's here,...
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Searching for Home
Sandy Douglass knows the ins and outs of aging. She's the CEO of The Methodist Home of the District of Columbia, a non-profit retirement community...
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Trans-American
When Ruby Corado arrived in the Washington area as an immigrant from El Salvador, she was a teenager. She was also male. ''What marked the...
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Chair Apparent
The second in an occasional series of interviews and stories on the 2006 D.C. mayoral and Council races. Linda Cropp It's definitely election season when...
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Joe Solmonese
''This weekend is all about the election.'' As almost 200 people are streaming into D.C. for the Human Rights Campaign's annual spring meeting, Joe Solmonese...
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Last Call on O Street
As baseball comes in, a neighborhood goes out. Some may view Southeast's O Street strip -- a conglomeration of drag shows, strip bars, bathhouses and...
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Forever Annie's
Some say it's a landmark. Some say it's an institution. Some call it a part of Washington's gay identity. Whatever Annie's Paramount Steakhouse is, there's...
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Worlds in Motion
An unexpected moment in a quiet Cuban store provided an epiphany of sorts for Daniel Phoenix Singh. The store's proprietor, an elderly woman, was dancing...
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Searching for STDs
Twelve months ago, almost to the week, gay men were hearing the alarm about STDs on the horizon: a new ''super strain'' of HIV and...
