Features
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Out and Tuned In
When it comes to ''institutions,'' D.C. has plenty that are completely removed from Congress, the White House, the Smithsonian or all the other icons recognized...
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Wives Making Waves
For some couples, marriage might signal the start of quiet domesticity. Then there are the power couples. Bill and Hillary. Sonny and Cher. And certainly...
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On Air
Donna Summer made it sound so alluring. It sounded really loudThey said it really loudOn the radio whoa oh oh Of course, back when Summer's...
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Fixtivus
It's been a hard-knock life for us here in Capital City. From the government shutdown to ''Obamacare'' and even Miley Cyrus, everything just seems broken....
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Game Change: The State of LGBT Gaming
I love being a gamer. The exhilarating feeling of loading up a new game, the potential new worlds and experiences awaiting me, the joy of...
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Aisha Tyler: Girl on Game
''The Walking Dead, that game broke me.'' Aisha Tyler is sitting in a cramped, cluttered side room within the Ubisoft encampment at E3, the video...
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Launch Pad: Xbox One vs. PS4
With two new consoles launching this holiday season, it can be difficult to choose which is more deserving of your hard-earned dollars. Each has a...
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On Tap
Maurice Hines doesn't remember how old he was when he first performed as a tap dancer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson alongside his...
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Cho-Zen
She may have catapulted to fame for her standup when she was barely old enough to drink, but Margaret Cho has shown no signs of...
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Keep Calm and Carrie On
What better an occasion than Halloween to don our best silk prom dresses and highest of heels, douse ourselves in a liberal splash of pig's...
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Heel Thyself
Click here to see photographs from the High Heel Races, 2002-2012, by Todd Franson, Ward Morrison and Michael Wichita Edging up on three decades, preparations...
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Boo Binge
Halloween isn't until next Thursday, Oct. 31, but around these parts this will be a Halloweek -- with a full week's worth of entertainment, from...
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Queer as Carrie
When Kimberly Peirce, director of the 1999 Oscar-winning drama Boys Don't Cry, was offered the chance to helm a remake of the 1976 horror classic,...
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The Decline and Fall of the Ex-Gay Movement
When Tracey St. Pierre was 16-years-old, she fell in love with a girl from her high school. They were head over heels for each other...
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Pipe Dreams
Go figure. The young celebrity musician behind the biggest and loudest musical instrument is himself relatively brash and audacious. Moreover, Cameron Carpenter, the international concert...
