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  • 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...

  • Village People

    There were barely enough chairs to go around Sunday, Nov. 23, as about 25 people -- possibly a capacity crowd for the D.C. Jewish Community...

  • Professor of Pride

    For the past few years, Nan Hunter's annual Thanksgiving party at her vacation home in Rehoboth, Del., has become something of a tradition. ''Some folks...

  • Thanksgiving Table Tableau

    Sometimes America takes a breather. Barack Obama heralds one of those eras. It's not that America completely disengages from the rest of the world, but...

  • Radically Relevant

    This year, 2008, marks two bittersweet 20-year anniversaries: World AIDS Day, first observed Dec. 1, 1988, and Us Helping Us, People Into Living Inc., incorporated...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: You're in the trenches, but blue skies are overhead. You're with difficult people, but your best friends are on speed-dial. You're conjoined to...

  • Life Songs

    After a recent dress rehearsal with the Capitol Pride Symphonic Band, director Joe Bello was feeling emotional. ''They actually moved me to tears on the...

  • Alcoholic Accessories

    Whether it's a grand holiday party or a just a casual kick-back at home, there are so many ways to spice up the libations, to...

  • Tube Talk

    Let the games begin -- and not just football. This weekend, specifically this Friday, is traditionally the kickoff to the best deals you'll find on...

  • Sarah Palin’s Turkey Death

    Hearsay loves this video, which shows Alaska Governor Sarah Palin pardoning a turkey and then giving a post-pardon interview to a reporter but failing to...

  • Gay Adoption Ban Overturned by Florida Court [video]

    ”With that stage set, it’s clear that this 30-year-old ban that was based strictly on politics and hate has to fall before the science, before...

  • City Paper looks at life & death of Logan Circle gay man shot by DC police

    ”You could see that they really did love each other. Near the end, it wasn’t just my brother’s problems and Paul’s. I think it kind...

  • Transgender Mayor’s supporters crowd out Hate Church protesters

    ”Discrimination of any sort should be intolerable in the United States…. I’m fed up with it… The bottom is a little...

  • Boy George accused of beating male escort

    ”As soon as I saw the other guy they were both jumping on me. They held me down and beat me. I could not move....