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  • Transgender woman commits murder through exercise

    ”The man was exercised to death. I’m glad it’s over. The video is bone-chilling. The whole case is very sinister. My personal feeling is that...

  • Nationwide protests continue against bans on same-sex marriage

    ”We could get married in Massachusetts or Connecticut, but we’ll wait a little and see what happens in New York. It’s a matter of principle....

  • The Re-Re Hat Tour

    Hearsay has learned that a few weeks ago — the weekend after the Inauguration, to be exact — a mysterious man got creative with a...

  • DC radio loses gay-friendly progressive talk AM 1260

    ”The area’s only progressive talk station is changing formats, dropping such syndicated liberal hosts as Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press in favor of...

  • KAPOW! DC Comics reveals first gay superhero: Batwoman

    ”Yes, she’s a lesbian. She’s also a redhead. It is an element of her character. It is not her character. If people are going to...

  • Spencer Duhm: Latest gay contestant on “Survivor” reality show [video]

    “It’s inevitable that somebody will do that,” Duhm said. “The bios come out before anybody’s seen anything, and (fans are) going to say, ‘You’re the...

  • Yinning My Yang

    Here comes Valentine's Day and the attendant red, chocolate and roses. My first memory of the holiday is from early childhood. It's not of the...

  • Cherry Changes

    Over the years, Cherry has had its share of high-profile moments and controversies. News of the past couple years is that D.C.'s annual dance benefit...

  • Attacker Sentenced

    Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. on Feb. 6 sentenced Ruddad Abdulgader, originally from Sudan, to 30 months incarceration for participating in a bias-related hate crime...

  • Survey for Safety

    Washington is home to the mother lode of public and nonprofit entities that digest data, move society forward, and dole out funding for an infinite...

  • Express Yourself

    It's not always easy being gay, in the real world or the virtual. But while progress in the everyday world of work, society and relationships...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: There's a tendency to see your loved one as being more combative than usual, to your having to compromise more than usual. The...

  • Soundwaves

    Tracy Young D.C.'S YOUNG VALENTINE... Last fall, DJ Tracy Young spun in her hometown of Washington for the first time in way too many years,...

  • Devil's Reign

    Capturing a mood somewhere between Clive Barker's cult-classic Hellraiser and Ken Russell's hilariously creepy Lair of the White Worm, Synetic's no-holds-barred Dante's Divine Comedy is,...

  • Log Cabin Republican

    While it would be a stretch to say that it is the main question on the minds of Washingtonians discussing the re-opening of Ford's Theatre,...

  • Something Wicked

    Pauline Anson-Dross of Wicked Jezabel (Photo by Todd Franson ) Pauline Anson-Dross is ready for Cupid this year. ''Oh yeah, we're feeling the love...

  • Selling Porn

    It's all just a click away on the Internet, but local stores selling adult videos say they're not too worried. After all, the visuals might...

  • Keeping It Real

    In the years since pornography became perhaps the first commercially viable online business, the distinction between real and fantasy -- between amateur and professional, paid...

  • Local Hot Shots

    August Lacore was walking down Hollywood Boulevard when a porn producer ''discovered'' him. At 18, the Suitland, Md., native was soon in his first foursome...

  • Post-Porn

    Tag Adams can still hear director Chi Chi LaRue commanding him on set with her chosen nickname. ''I always knew when she would start out...