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  • Reigning Leather

    By on January 11, 2006

    It's a question he hears all the time: ''Is that your real name?'' Yes, in fact, Steve Ranger is his God-given name. ''I'm just grateful...

  • Leather Scribe

    By on January 11, 2006

    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...

  • Best of the Last Word 2005

    By on January 4, 2006

    ''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...

  • The Year in Review 2005

    By on January 4, 2006

    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...

  • The Big Picture

    By on January 4, 2006

    Waves of Relief (Photo courtesy of Connect) AS 2004 CLOSED OUT with the tsunami of gargantuan proportions, 2005 saw more of the same. And the...

  • Homefront

    By on January 4, 2006

    Living Check to Check IN ONE OF THE MOST striking moments of 2005, Whitman-Walker Clinic announced in May that it would be unable to meet...

  • Mixed Media

    By on January 4, 2006

    ''Spongebob and Buster, sitting in a tree...'' Sponge Bob Squarepants WHEN THE YEAR kicked off with religious right maven James Dobson of Focus on the...

  • Holy Matrimony

    By on January 4, 2006

    In the Name of the Law WHAT CAN YOU DO in Spain, Canada, Belgium, South Africa and the Netherlands that you can't do in Texas...

  • Health Matters

    By on January 4, 2006

    Crystalization CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE had D.C.'s gay community buzzing in 2005, but not in the usual way. In March, the D.C.-based National Coalition for LGBT Health...

  • Bats and Balls

    By on January 4, 2006

    Who could avoid the biggest local news story of 2005, the return of baseball to D.C.? From the front page of newspapers to repetitive sportscasts,...

  • Dearly Departed

    By on January 4, 2006

    Wanda Alston April 7, 1959 - March 16, 2005 GRIEF TRAVELED as fast as the news that Wanda Alston had been murdered in her Northeast...

  • The Year in Pictures 2005

    By on December 28, 2005

    January · Lizard Lounge · Ziegfeld's /

  • Justin Carroll

    By on December 14, 2005

    Most people approach the unknown tentatively, gingerly dipping their toes into the proverbial waters. Too hot? Too cold? Just right? But when 24-year-old Justin Carroll...

  • Scott Jones

    By on December 14, 2005

    There's no question it's been a busy year for Scott Jones. He reigned as Mr. D.C. Eagle 2005, stepping down last month. And there was...

  • Douglas Miller

    By on December 14, 2005

    Just last year Douglas Miller was a dancer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. He was on his way to Broadway, so to speak, but then...