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  • Charting the Course of Pride

    By on June 8, 2005

    Thirty years ago, Deep Throat was a national mystery, gays and lesbians were a marginalized community under attack, and gay pride was a new idea...

  • Against the Current

    By on June 8, 2005

    The nation's capital yearns to be orderly. Ever since Pierre Charles L'Enfant's dream for this difficult and confusing city came to life, it seems the...

  • Artistic Measures

    By on June 8, 2005

    This Sunday's Capital Pride Main Stage and its headliners down on Pennsylvania Avenue may get all the attention, but for the past five years Pride...

  • DC Black Pride 2005

    By on June 1, 2005

    Over the Memorial Day weekend, thousands of participants gathered to celebrate the 15th Annual DC Black Pride Festival and its associated parties, meetings and other...

  • Past, Present and Future

    By on May 25, 2005

    Eric E. Richardson's first trip to Washington, D.C., was for a job interview in the late 1990s, when a local radio station had taken an...

  • Summer Movie Preview

    By on May 18, 2005

    Spring is barely in the air these days when the summer movie maelstrom begins to peek over the horizon. In some ways that's not a...

  • Finding Common Ground

    By on May 11, 2005

    The first few weeks at a new job are always busy, and that's proving particularly so for Joe Solmonese as he settles in as the...

  • Reliving The First Time

    By on May 4, 2005

    Nine years ago, the circuit came to Washington with a Cherry Jubilee. Compared to more recent offerings, it was a modest start. The weekend was...

  • Making Plans for the Summit

    By on April 27, 2005

    Philip Pannell says it's easy to see the benefits of Mayor Anthony A. Williams's first-ever LGBT Citizen Summit on Saturday, April 30. ''If you have...

  • Mayoral Outreach

    By on April 27, 2005

    In March, everyone in the city knew that the mayor's cabinet included an Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. But what would normally...

  • Nine Years of Youth

    By on April 20, 2005

    Important Weather Notice: The Youth Pride Day Festival has been rescheduled to Saturday, June 4. Other events will continue as previously scheduled. Please visith the...

  • Passing the Torch

    By on April 20, 2005

    Important Weather Notice: The Youth Pride Day Festival has been rescheduled to Saturday, June 4. Other events will continue as previously scheduled. Please visit the...

  • Youth Pride 2005

    By on April 20, 2005

    Friday, April 22 Youth Pride Allies Reception, 6:30-9:30 p.m., D.C. Center-Home for GLBT Peoples, 1111 14th Street, NW, Suite 350 Admission is $10, $5 for...

  • The Last Inning

    By on April 13, 2005

    When it comes to baseball, hope springs eternal. The hopes of Boston's baseball fans were fulfilled when the Red Sox overcame the curse of the...

  • Stage Presence: Theatrical Bonds

    By on April 6, 2005

    In 1999, Jeanette L. Buck -- a local filmmaker, playwright and director -- was accosted by a stranger in her home, brutally attacked and left...