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  • Students protest University of Washington paper for allowing comparison of gay marriage to sex with sheep

    ”There is a bigger issue here than the paper allowing fear and hatred to be spread by a double standard. We felt like the image...

  • Proposition 8: The Musical (with Jack Black as Jesus) [video]

    ”It was like, `Eureka! That’s right, that’s what I do! If I’m going to stand on the soap box, at least let me sing and...

  • Ralphi used to, and he still does…

    Chicago house music legend Ralphi "Bigger, Better, Harder" Rosario puts the "rosa" in Rosabel, which is Spanish for "big room sweet sound." (Also: "cranberry-vodka with...

  • Mid-Atlantic Inauguration

    Next month's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend -- including the 25th annual Mr. MAL Contest -- is guaranteed to be the wildest in recent memory, occurring just...

  • Southeast Stabbing

    A Dec. 4 altercation -- including homophobic epithets -- that left one man hospitalized with knife wounds, may have been a hate crime, according to...

  • Northern Va. Nods

    In keeping with holiday-season traditions, the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) is honoring one individual and one group at the group's annual holiday party,...

  • Wone Widow Files Suit

    Kathy Wone has spoken publicly only once since her husband, Robert Wone, was murdered in the Dupont Circle-area townhouse of Joseph Price, his partner Victor...

  • Gay Leaders Land in D.C.

    There are about 450 openly GLBT elected officials in the United States, says Denis Dison, vice president for external affairs at the Gay and Lesbian...

  • Leading Authority

    If you freeze-frame the Milk movie trailer on YouTube, you can see the ''1051'' atop the streetcar used in a scene portraying an angry demonstration....

  • Life's a Drag

    Dito van Reigersberg has made a name for himself in Philadelphia, a founder of that city's Pig Iron Theatre Company. Pig Iron performances have earned...

  • Flyboy

    'Tis the season for traditions. The stories behind some family traditions are unpacked every year like a favorite Christmas tree ornament. Others are observed because...

  • Bathhouse Blues

    If you were to record an album at a gay sex club, what kind of music would it be? Dance music seems obvious -- it's...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: There's a soft spot that's still sore -- you bump it and it flares up again. You may avoid it for a while,...

  • Balance and Boundaries

    Aside from death, infidelity may be the most heart-wrenching of couples' calamities. Every human art form -- from poetry to pop songs -- has tackled...

  • The party continues at The New Gay

    This Saturday, Nov. 29, one of Hearsay's favorite gay blogs is throwing its third Homo/Sonic dance party. The New Gay's bimonthly party proved so successful...

  • Shane’s Still Dancin…

    Last month, Hearsay first discovered Shane "Sweet Feet" Mercado, the original male hoofer-spoofer of Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" video. Remember him,...

  • Same-sex marriage battle to head to Iowa court

    ”All we’re talking about is government-issued marriage licenses. There comes a point when you can’t tell people to hold off on getting married any longer....

  • Chilled Milk

    Bio-pics are tricky things. Filmmakers who undertake them are required to balance narrative flow with documented real-life experiences. They often take liberties with the truth,...

  • Musically Gifted

    Hilary Duff just released a Best Of collection. Sure, the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire is only 21. Only five years and some eight hits into...

  • Eagle Anniversary

    The D.C. Eagle, downtown at 639 New York Ave. NW, may call the nation's capital home, but not so for the brand-spanking-new Mr. D.C. Eagle...