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  • Visions of Love

    Harvey Milk was famous for, among other things, imploring gay people to come out. Milk knew the power of visibility. He's not alone. That's not...

  • An Eye for It All

    When Amanda Lucidon and her husband made the decision to move back East from California, the motivation was to be near family. That she'd been...

  • From Covert to Commercial

    In 1966, photographer Marie Cosindas captured a seductive image of two shirtless male sailors posing in cozy, close quarters: one reclining sideways and open-legged on...

  • Love's Lens

    It seems that in Kathryn Hamm's family there is a tradition of harnessing necessity. In her mother's case, that meant launching an online business to...

  • Linas Garsys' artwork for Blowoff

    {Chicago (Photo by Linas Garsys)}     {IBR Weekend: San Francisco (Photo by Linas Garsys)}  

  • Blown Up

    ''We are like two peas in a pod.'' Bob Mould wrote these words of his friend and colleague, Rich Morel, in his 2011 autobiography, See...

  • BillT for Dance

    ''Bill is a genius,'' says Chris Jennings. ''The show epitomizes his genius. It's the perfect blend of music, dance and theater -- a completely unique...

  • The Takei Time

    In early May 2012, George Takei was driving along White Mountain Boulevard in Arizona, where he and his husband, Brad Altman-Takei, own a getaway home....

  • Frank Talk

    Barney Frank is office-less a few hours after the Jan. 3 swearing-in ceremony for the 113th Congress, having moved out of the large office he...

  • MAL 2013

    The 29th Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend has arrived a little earlier than usual this year. While it may be nice to gear up and kick back...

  • Being Frank

    Frank Nowicki says gay high school classmates of his still occasionally thank him for sticking up for them back then. ''I know you don't remember...

  • Riding the Leather Express

    During this 2013 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, one face will stand out in the crowd. Rather, at 6'5'' one face will stand above most of the...

  • Leather and Feathers

    It was a fixture in the D.C. gay community for 40 years, but on Oct. 31 The Leather Rack quietly closed. On Nov. 1, it...

  • Two for Tea

    ''There are a lot of new things this year, because we didn't realize the Eagle was going to be open,'' says Patrick Grady, chairman of...

  • Event Calendar

    The host hotel for the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend is the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. Events marked with...