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...
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...
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...
I knew two things about my 17-year-old self when I decided to attend a conservative, private Southern college where the students had a well-known antipathy...
There are generally a few more ''firsts'' for a gay man than for his hetero counterpart. The straight boy can lose his virginity in --...
Something about the basement classrooms of my middle school building gives me the creeps; I am not comfortable in any of them, except maybe Spanish...
Quick, think of a gym. Here are some of the things you likely just pictured in your mind: racks of weights, sweaty bodies, spinning classes,...
Matt Conner cannot read music. But that hasn't stopped him from playing the piano for nearly three decades. He particularly likes to play in the...
For the second year in a row, Rehoboth's Double L Bar has launched a leather legend, as judges selected Scott Harris to serve as Mr....
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In October, 1971, Marcus Hernandez put pen to paper and began covering the San Francisco leather community. At age 74, he's still writing. Penned under...
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''It seems that editors at what are, arguably, the nation's most respected (and liberal) newspapers believe that one personal detail cannot be mentioned in even...
Now that 2005 is finally over, we can decide whether the last twelve months constituted an annus horribulus or an annus mirabilis. Well, it depends...