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  • More Felony Charges for Furr

    The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia on March 7 filed several new charges against Kenneth Furr. Furr, the Metropolitan Police Department officer...

  • BREAKING: Mary J. Blige to perform at the 2012 White Party Palm Springs

    White Party Palm Springs founder and producer Jeffrey Sanker announced today that nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer Mary J. Blige will be among the headliners of this...

  • Seventy Groups Tell White House SNDA Endorsement Would Be “a Clarion Call for Equality”

    Today, 70 groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers to the NAACP — along...

  • GOProud Comes to Joe the Plumber’s Defense

    GOProud has a new friend: Republican House candidate Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher. Following his interview this morning on CNN, in which he was questioned...

  • Making a Splash

    It's March 1, and Judy Dlugacz – '''de-loo'-gatch,' it's very common in Poland'' – is getting ready for a party. She's got a day to...

  • Good Wood

    As an associate broker at D.C.'s City Houses, it's no wonder that Ed Wood volunteers some of his time professionally, serving on the board of...

  • Jiffy Lube Live’s 2012 Job Fair

    Jiffy Lube Live is holding its 2012 Job Fair this Saturday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The venue is hiring for seasonal,...

  • So Sorry

    There are few things in life as insulting as an insincere apology for an insult. We know this because it is one of life's guarantees...

  • Reaching Out to the Church

    A few weeks ago I was invited to sit down with the cast of American University's Bare, The Musical, and discuss my life as a...

  • Cendana Surges

    An out gay Asian-Pacific Islander-American brought together a coalition of voters, boosted by support from the LGBT community and labor, to beat out sitting Councilmembers...

  • Amsterdamned

    Who over 30 hasn't thought at some point that know-it-all twentysomethings -- lounging in their skinny jeans, tweeting about their favorite CW shows -- will...

  • Rocky Concert

    Craig Cipollini, and Anthony Preston as Rocky, photographed by Todd Franson, Friday, Feb. 24 If Lady Gaga were to stage The Rocky Horror Show, the...

  • Divine Dance

    LAST YEAR, JD SAMSON, of the feminist dance-punk trio Le Tigre, released Talk About Body with her queer dance collective MEN, which also sometimes includes...

  • Musical Communion

    Amy Ray takes listeners to church on her new solo album, Lung of Love. The church, that is, of rock music. ''Oh the rock is...

  • Musical Theater Band

    ''She was certain that I was gay, because I was in New York to study musical theater and I was playing piano [at a gay...

  • Mars Barred

    Based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs story that debuted in a pulp magazine 100 years ago, John Carter is a very expensive movie. If there's...

  • Then and Now

    Despite the refusal of the White House to comment for months on whether the president supports a federal nondiscrimination policy based on sexual orientation or...

  • Good Numbers in Maine on Marriage Equality

    New polling numbers from Public Policy Polling today look good for marriage equality supporters: It looks like Maine voters will reverse their 2009 decision and...

  • United launches new flights between the nation’s capital and the world’s gay capital

    United Airlines, which is currently completing its merger with Continental Airlines, yesterday announced it will launch its first daily nonstop service between its hub at San...

  • Town and Gown

    One day, maybe D.C. will have another homegrown contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race. But for now, every weekend Town features Miss Tatiana, season two's third...