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  • Sun Day

    By on April 29, 2009

    Click for 165 pics from the 2009 Youth Pride Day in DC There was something for everyone at Youth Pride Day at P Street Beach...

  • Body Language

    By on April 22, 2009

    If you talk about contemporary dance in Washington, dancer and choreographer Helanius Wilkins is bound to enter the conversation. Since 2001, his EDGEWORKS Dance Theater...

  • The 2009 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards

    By on April 15, 2009

    2009 Next Generation Awardees: (clockwise from left) Hoang, Watson, Ramirez, Bell The story of our community is a story of generations. The generation that formed...

  • Eboné Bell

    By on April 15, 2009

    Last December, Eboné Bell quit her day job as the advertising manager at the Chronicle of Higher Education. She wanted to focus full time on...

  • Linh Hoang

    By on April 15, 2009

    There is very little to Linh Hoang that is not on the move. Emigrating from Vietnam at age 10, that flight across the Pacific to...

  • José Ramirez

    By on April 15, 2009

    Growing up as a teenager in Durham, N.C., was not easy for José Ramirez. He remembers the embarrassment of the school bus arriving some mornings,...

  • Brian Watson

    By on April 15, 2009

    During his elementary school years, you wouldn't find Brian Watson on the busy playground with the other kids during recess. Instead he preferred to stay...

  • An Officer and a Thespian

    By on April 8, 2009

    Antebellum is a story that moves across continents and genders, from World War II to a cinematic memory of the American Civil War. With his...

  • All About Bob

    By on April 1, 2009

    Bob Mould is busy. On April 7, his new album, Life And Times, will be released. That means it's time for some touring. That's on...

  • Sprinkle's On Top

    By on April 1, 2009

    Even if you're not familiar with straight pornography of the 1970s and '80s, there's still a reasonable chance you've heard of Annie Sprinkle. As an...

  • The founders of Guerilla Queer Bar prepare for their final invasion

    By on March 25, 2009

    In some places it's Guerilla Gay Bar. In others, like D.C., it's Guerilla Queer Bar. Maybe it's political. Maybe it's just a fun night out....

  • Broadway's 'It' Boy

    By on March 18, 2009

    Last year, Out Magazine named budding actor Cheyenne Jackson its Entertainer of the Year. ''It was a great honor,'' says Jackson, best known as the...

  • Pulling Out the PFLAG Stops

    By on March 18, 2009

    Washington is home to many national GLBT organizations working for equality on nearly every front. When you look at the lineup for one organization's upcoming...

  • Grassroots & Gigabytes

    By on March 11, 2009

    In the streets or online, you may already know Michael Crawford. Did he ask you to ''get out the vote'' for Barack Obama while serving...

  • The Time Has Come

    By on March 4, 2009

    The news out of Kansas really shouldn't have come as a shock. It was a new version of an old story. In February, the Kansas...