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  • White Lights

    On Friday, April 11, Hearsay stopped into Apex, which was having a special White Party. Apex manager Joey-O flew in former Apex resident DJ Blaine...

  • WASPS Sting Too…

    Mr. Gill may have ended his night face down in birthday cake, but Hearsay kept going last Saturday. It had another party to hit, this...

  • Turning 23 on 17th

    Spring has sprung and Hearsay just can’t get enough. There’s hardly a better time to go out in Washington, when the boys are in heat...

  • The strange world between Tori Spelling’s ears

    “I’m a huge fan of gays…. They love me; I love them. They consider me kind of a gay icon, which they’ve labeled me as.”...

  • It’s a novel concept in the family law area

    “We all know people who have gone through divorces. At the end of that long and unhappy period, they have been able to breathe a...

  • Cherry Weekend Events

    Thursday, April 17 WELCOME PARTY DJ Jace Halo · 1435 P St. NW 8:30pm-2:30am 21+ · No cover CHERRY COLLEGE PARTY DJ Seth Gold Apex...

  • Fired Up

    Oscar G approaches his work with a strong sense of modesty. ''It's never my tendency to grab my own stuff to play,'' says the long-time...

  • Fluff It!

    Jason Horswill is quick to take the funny side of his pre-Main Event gig, spinning at Saturday's Cherry Happy Hour at Halo. ''I'm calling it...

  • Mother's Day

    It was a particularly magical night in D.C. seven years ago when Circuit Mom made her first Cherry appearance. ''That particular event is up there...

  • Cherry's Adventurous Pick

    Mark Anthony's appearance at Cherry's Main Event this Saturday has been a long time coming. ''I've played all over the United States, but never in...

  • New Fruit

    When Cherry co-chair mentions the goal of ''a fresh start'' for Washington's long-time gay party, he's speaking specifically of his work to bring ''some new...

  • Cherry Fever

    After last year's grand experiment -- moving D.C.'s signature gay party to the same weekend as Capital Pride -- Cherry has returned back home to...

  • Top of the Center

    The board of directors at the D.C. Center, Home for GLBT in Metro D.C., appointed David Mariner, local self-proclaimed ''consultant, advocate, and activist,'' as its...

  • Talking race and orientation

    The local chapter of Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) kicks off a discussion series, Brothers and Sisters Under the Rainbow, at...

  • Picking Favorites

    An annual poll asking Shaw residents to pick their favorite new business puts Nellie's Sports Bar, located at 900 U St. NW, in the No....

  • Problem Solver

    Brian Watson likes to fix things. But a decade before making Washington his home and establishing himself as one of the city's most prominent young...

  • The Anti-Socialite

    You know that friend you have that you can call up at a moment's notice with an offer to catch a movie, and be guaranteed...

  • Hit List

    Arriving at the recent town-hall meeting regarding same-sex, intimate-partner violence called by the new Rainbow Response coalition, I was a little worn. I'd already spent...

  • Accomplishments and Challenges

    Looking back on Maryland's 2008 legislative session, which concluded on Monday, April 7, Equality Maryland saw reason to celebrate -- as well as reason to...

  • Dumbed Down

    Say cheese. In fact, there are two kinds of cheese served up in Smart People. The first kind is because the film serves up short...