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  • Citizen Legislator

    By on July 29, 2009

    Bob Summersgill From childhood, when his father took him to Cape Canaveral to watch the last manned moon launch in 1972, to college when he...

  • Hitting Out

    By on July 22, 2009

    Every sport has its hallowed grounds and those few athletes who have the good fortune and great talent to compete on them. In tennis, few...

  • Wide Awake

    By on July 15, 2009

    ''Spring Awakening'' at the Kennedy Center Spring can really hang you up the most. It was in the spring of 1989 that Sen. Jesse Helms...

  • The Naked Truth

    By on July 8, 2009

    There are 10 naked men hanging at The DC Center. They are all covering their genitals, part of ''Member,'' a photo exhibit by Baltimore photographer...

  • Principles and Pragmatism

    By on July 1, 2009

    IT IS SOMETIMES DONE with baby steps, other times with great leaps, and every so often it's done in circles. Still, advocates and enemies alike...

  • Love, Bal'mer Style

    By on June 24, 2009

    Crowd of Pride partiers at Charles and Eager Streets in Baltimore ''We need more love in the world,'' Amber shouted from Baltimore Pride's main stage...

  • Celebrating a Movement

    By on June 17, 2009

    ''I'll never forget this moment the rest of my life,'' a beaming RuPaul shouted last Sunday from the Capital Pride main stage. With the Capitol...

  • Pride Guide

    By on June 10, 2009

    Although the fictitious Dolly Levi was so upset by the notion of the parade passing her by that she had to belt out a tune...

  • Pumped for Pride

    By on June 10, 2009

    Here's a tidbit that might surprise you: The person RuPaul admires most is... Judge Judy. ''I love her!'' exclaims the performer who skyrocketed to national...

  • Vocally Proud

    By on June 10, 2009

    If you ask Jo Arnone, the GLBT pride celebrations occurring around the country throughout the month of June should not be called parades or festivals,...

  • World Wonder

    By on June 3, 2009

    While it may be four decades since her iconic character first twirled her way across American television sets, when Lynda Carter flashes her smile at...

  • Out in the Wild

    By on May 27, 2009

    Jake Nodar discovered his love of horses when he was just a little boy, toting his ''My Little Pony'' -- the butch version, in navy...

  • Crystal Clarity

    By on May 20, 2009

    Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...

  • Out In Congress

    By on May 13, 2009

    There have been gay members of Congress before and there are those who serve now. There has already been an openly gay candidate elected to...

  • 15 Years of a Free Rein

    By on May 6, 2009

    It would be a long life for a dog, long enough for a person to reach adolescence, or less than a blink of cosmic time....