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  • Phase Shift

    By on February 24, 2010

    Nancy Eddy flubbed her debut performance as a singer-songwriter. ''I was so nervous,'' says Eddy. ''I remember I stopped in the middle of a song...

  • Amazing Journey

    By on February 17, 2010

    Peruse A. Cornelius Baker's résumé, and you might get more than you bargained for. Sure, you knew he worked for the George H.W. Bush administration...

  • Tegan & Sara

    By on February 10, 2010

    Tegan and Sara Quin actually look like twins on the cover of Sainthood. ''For years we rejected this twin image, people always trying to twin...

  • Download These

    By on February 10, 2010

    ''Superstar'' (2000) From the album: This Business of ArtThis was one of the Quin twin's first songs, and to this day the club banger isn't...

  • The Final Push

    By on February 3, 2010

    The decision of whether gays and lesbians should serve openly in the military strikes at the core of the integrity of the military itself. The...

  • Dollars & Sense

    By on January 27, 2010

    Mark Guenther knows exactly what he would like to convey to strangers: ''First off, I'm a nice guy.'' Considering his disarming smile and ready handshake,...

  • Meet Mr. Black

    By on January 21, 2010

    Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black refuses to settle for anything less than full LGBT equality. ''Milk. It does a body good.'' So goes the...

  • Life in Leather

    By on January 14, 2010

    It's the roar of motorcycles on 14th Street. The crisp smack of leather on flesh. All those leatherfolk standing in front of the Washington Plaza...

  • Brotherhood of Love

    By on January 14, 2010

    Centaur Motorcycle Club has been producing Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend's official events long before its current president, Steve Kenney, discovered the organization 20 years ago. ''MAL...

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    Coming Out ''Mike-sexual''

    By on January 7, 2010

    The evolution of the District is fast-paced these days. The population is growing, streetcars are on their way, and there's once again a first lady...

  • 2009: The Year in Review

    By on December 24, 2009

    If ever there were a roller-coaster year, 2009 was it. Oh, there were highs, much like the one that helped close out the year with...

  • Courting Justice

    By on December 24, 2009

    From excluding an ''avowed homosexual'' from the Boy Scouts of America to striking down ''a law that effectively excludes gay and lesbian people from the...

  • 2009: The Year in Scene

    By on December 24, 2009

    JANUARY 8 · Bare Cobalt · Be: Bad Be Bar · Team DC Holiday Party and Brandy Dover Christmas for

  • Grant Cleveland

    By on December 16, 2009

    First things first. If you read Grant Cleveland's October ''Coverboy Confidential'' interview, you might still have a couple of questions. For starters, Metro Weekly asked...

  • Cesar Ayala

    By on December 16, 2009

    ''Dreams do come true,'' says Cesar Ayala. ''Look at me, I made it to the top three.'' Ayala, 22, woke up screaming with joy the...