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  • 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...

  • 2013: A Look Ahead

    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 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

    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...

  • The Year in Scene 2012

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  • 2012: The Year in Review

    The year may have at times seemed like little more than a presidential campaign, but 2012 saw its share of sorrows and bright spots. By...

  • Capitol Hill and the White House

    With the re-election of President Barack Obama, gains in LGBT representation in Congress, and four victories for marriage equality at the ballot box, advocates declared...

  • Maryland Marks Historic Win

    It was a long time in the making, but advocates of marriage equality now have four electoral victories in their ''win'' column – up from...

  • Opening the Closet's Glass Door

    To use some classic Washington parlance, when it comes to LGBT celebrities and politicians, we have our known unknowns and we have our unknown unknowns....

  • Tempest in a Deep-Fat Fryer

    One of the saltier controversies of 2012 was the fury surrounding fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A, its financial ties to anti-gay causes and its outspoken president's opinion...

  • Year of Kameny Controversy

    It's been more than a year since local gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny died and yet he has still not been laid in his final...

  • 2012 Coverboy of the Year: Aaron Lee Smith

    Aaron Lee Smith recently shot some hoops with a buddy's 8-year-old son. At least, he attempted to. ''I was trying to dribble, trying to do...