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  • The Kids Are All Right

    By on August 26, 2009

    It's been about six months since Andrew Barnett was appointed executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League -- though he's been filling the...

  • Meet the Press

    By on August 19, 2009

    It should come as no surprise that one chapter of Kerry Eleveld's life contains a stint as an amateur stand-up comic. Her keen wit, sharp...

  • For Goodness Sykes

    By on August 12, 2009

    Wanda Sykes is power-walking. At least that's what I think she's doing. I hear birds chirping in the background, and once during our conversation she...

  • Go Team!

    By on August 5, 2009

    Few metaphors speak as loudly as sports metaphors. Reach for the goal! Fight to the finish line! There’s no “I” in “team”! So it’s perhaps...

  • Breaking Out the Bid

    By on August 5, 2009

    All the Gay Games buzz these days might have you counting down to Cologne -- Opening Ceremony July 31, 2010 -- just a tick away...

  • 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...

  • 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,...

  • 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...