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  • The former Blade’s new DC Agenda

    ”What was once @WashingtonBlade is now @DCAgenda.” Twitter post from former staff of the now defunct gay newspaper, Washington Blade. It appears to indicate the...

  • Washington Post’s faith profile embraces anti-gay, race-baiting Harry Jackson with TLC [video]

    ”It’s not a mission of hate. It’s a mission to protect godly boundaries…. Some of the smartest people I knew in college were gay…. I...

  • Indignant Archidocese of Washington exhibits schizophrenic policies over gay marriage

    ”It has been my usual experience that people who stridently accuse others of things are themselves often most guilty of the attitudes they most decry...

  • Leather and Levi Libations

    ''We're going to try and do our best to make sure there is always an Eagle ,'' says Bill Cappello, owner of the DC...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: The shift from need to want, from desire to action, from chthonic to combustible begins almost imperceptibly. However subtle, the change will bring...

  • Gay Judgment Day

    It's a gorgeous Sunday. Just about one of the last perfect days of 2009. But am I outside enjoying it? No. And why not? Two...

  • Spiking in D.C.

    More than 200 volleyball players from around the country, comprising 36 teams, will descend upon Washington next weekend for the 2009 Gay Volleyball Tournament. The...

  • Local Leaders

    The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, the long-running LGBT political organization in the District, has announced its 2010 election results. The majority of the former leadership...

  • Mister Marcus Luncheon

    Washingtonians who cannot travel to attend Marcus Hernandez's memorial on Saturday, Nov. 21, in his hometown San Francisco, are invited to gather and eat lunch...

  • Anti-Gay Effort Rejected

    The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE) on Tuesday rejected a proposed voter initiative that sought to define marriage as ''only between a man...

  • Open-House Anger

    Despite the lure of an unseasonably temperate evening, about 60 people chose to remain indoors to hear what Assistant Chief Diane Groomes of the Metropolitan...

  • Blade Ends 40-Year Run

    It was just a month ago that the Washington Blade celebrated 40 years of operations as the area's LGBT newspaper. That celebration could not have...

  • Reverend's Return

    The first time Rev. Dwayne Johnson came to Washington, he was a 28-year-old in search of a hot night out. His host had different plans....

  • Tears Worth Shedding

    When it comes to the word precious and movies, it's tough not to think of a kidnapped girl trapped in a hole trying to lure...

  • Show Time

    At a time when the heavy bass of shows like Passing Strange and In the Heights and Rock of Ages are setting Converse-shod feet to...

  • Holiday Housing

    With Thanksgiving and the winter holidays upon us, it's time for many to travel over the river and through the woods. And for those with...

  • Trans Awakening

    On Wednesdays, Earline Budd is behind bars. It's usually from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. when the 51-year-old spends her time at the D.C. Department...

  • Federal Employees One Step Closer to Equal Benefits

    A House committee on Wednesday evening approved a bill to provide equal benefits to gay federal employees with domestic partners, but not without a political...

  • A New Agenda

    Birthed with the gay rights movement after Stonewall, the Washington Blade was 40 years strong just a week ago. Older than some of its readers,...

  • Promised Fireworks at Hearing Fizzle

    There were expectations that Republicans would challenge openly gay EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum Thursday over some of her writings. Those writings included how non-discrimination laws...