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  • The Promised Land

    By on July 28, 2010

    Ugandan politics took a sad walk onto the world stage at the end of 2009, when David Bahati, a member of Parliament, introduced a bill...

  • Mix Masters

    By on July 21, 2010

    Admit it – you've tried to play matchmaker with a friend or a co-worker because you just knew he'd be perfect for this single friend...

  • Congressional Ties

    By on July 14, 2010

    ''Being sometimes the first transgender person in their workspace – openly disclosed as trans – is an important part of what it is that we...

  • Outraged

    By on July 7, 2010

    He's not much of a grandstander. In person, he's unassuming. He can laugh heartily, but he's otherwise fairly soft-spoken. His roots are in suburban New...

  • Here's to the Dogs!

    By on June 30, 2010

    ''Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.'' The quote belongs to the late Roger Caras, an American wildlife photographer and...

  • Animal Magnetism

    By on June 30, 2010

    Chip Wells presents a mild, polite demeanor. There's a Southern sensibility in the man that makes personal, yet common, questions – his age, for example...

  • Safety Patrol

    By on June 23, 2010

    Who better to fill you in on the 101s of safer sex than your favorite porn stars? ''You have to use lots of lube …...

  • Mr. FUK!T

    By on June 23, 2010

    When it comes to the local LGBT community, it's fair to say Matt Bamford is a bit of a celebrity. After all, he's Mr. Capital...

  • Pride's Rainbow

    By on June 17, 2010

    ''Oh, there's Chuck Bell! He said it wouldn't rain on our parade, and it didn't!'' NBC4 news anchor Wendy Rieger, returning as lively emcee for...

  • Chely Wright

    By on June 10, 2010

    When Chely Wright first took the stage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry in 1989, the young country singer from Kansas was fulfilling a childhood dream....

  • Transcendental Joy

    By on June 10, 2010

    ''I didn't want anyone to think that I had stayed too long -- I was just too proud for that,'' says Joy Zinoman, an note...

  • The Etheridge Edge

    By on June 2, 2010

    It's a sad time in coupledom. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, the lesbian Democrat from Wisconsin, and her partner, Lauren Azar, are reportedly separating. So are Al...

  • A Touch of Lace

    By on May 27, 2010

    Stepping off the Rhode Island Avenue sidewalk and into Lace for the first time, it's easy to imagine what Alice must've felt falling down the...

  • DC Black Pride Schedule of Events

    By on May 27, 2010

    Friday, May 28 Opening Reception, 7-10 p.m., in the Hamilton Ballroom, honoring the D.C. City Council, Charlotte Smallwood and Jeffrey Richardson. Refreshments and cash bar....

  • Pride & Heritage Hero

    By on May 19, 2010

    Few embody the intersected identities of being gay and being of Asian ethnicity as vividly as Ben de Guzman. Whether serving for a time as...