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  • Love's Lens

    By on February 14, 2013

    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

    By on February 7, 2013

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

  • Blown Up

    By on February 7, 2013

    ''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

    By on January 30, 2013

    ''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

    By on January 23, 2013

    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

    By on January 17, 2013

    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

    By on January 10, 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

    By on January 10, 2013

    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

    By on January 10, 2013

    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

    By on January 10, 2013

    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

    By on January 10, 2013

    ''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

    By on January 10, 2013

    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...

  • 2013: A Look Ahead

    By on January 3, 2013

    Welcome to the new year. If you've made some resolutions, best of luck in keeping them. They likely have to do with health and wealth....

  • Making History

    By on January 3, 2013

    By June 2013 the Supreme Court's nine justices will determine the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act as well as California's Proposition 8...

  • Pride Surprise

    By on January 3, 2013

    After you'd gotten your dose of Deborah Cox, once the beer garden ran dry, it might've seemed as though Capital Pride 2012 was packing up...