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  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: It's not what you thought it was, but if you'd had your feelers out you'd be less surprised and less at sixes...

  • Spring Awakening

    Stephen Pevner still vividly remembers the two-day closing party of The Saint, the storied gay New York nightclub. ''I would say unequivocally it was the...

  • Making History

    Born in 1945 to a father who was a German immigrant baker and a mother who was an African-American cleaning woman, Frederick August Kittel would...

  • Bitch Session

    Don't let her name scare you. The Brooklyn-based performer, who has forever written off her birth name in exchange for ''Bitch,'' is actually quite pleasant....

  • Coffee Clatch

    Need a caffeine fix? We have a variety of solutions, be they automated or a twist on the old-fashioned. No matter which one you choose,...

  • The Palette of Life

    Finding her Capitol Hill row house was a dream come true for Santa Lia Jones. Literally. A native Washingtonian, Jones grew up on the southeast...

  • Last Word

    ''Well, you know, if I was a girl and he was a girl, and I was a lesbian and he was a lesbian, I'd be...

  • Idol Speculation

    Hearsay doesn’t generally get caught up in all the American Idol madness, but all the fuss being made over David Hernandez‘s alleged pre-Idol career as...

  • Headline of the Day

    Ars Technica’s Ben Kuchera reports on the passing of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax. With all due respect to this now late great game...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: Change is in the air. Change is in the weather. The change is more natural and more sweeping than we may suspect....

  • Chili Night

    The Alexandria Gay & Lesbian Community Association (AGLCA) is encouraging ''small, medium and large businesses '' to take part in its first GLBT Friendly Business...

  • Benton Honored

    The Falls Church City Council has named Nicholas F. Benton, the out gay editor, founder and owner of the Falls Church News-Press as ''2007 Business...

  • Chaos Closes

    According to a recorded message, Club Chaos, a 10-year-old GLBT restaurant and bar located at 1603 17th St. NW, has closed. ''Thank you for calling...

  • Asylum Granted

    Even though his face was hidden behind a curtain, and a scrambler used to disguise his voice, Korab Zuka still felt anxious about taking part...

  • Southeast Memories

    There was no body to mourn inside the meeting room of the Charles Sumner School in Northwest last Thursday, Feb. 28. But for the crowd...

  • In and Out

    Army Sgt. Darren Manzella could be the all-American poster boy for Army recruiting. The 30-year-old speaks softly with a polite charm that seems to reflect...

  • Time Flies

    An authentic clock, one of the oldest human inventions, is meant to make noise. The word ''clock '' is derived from the Celtic words clagan...

  • Preparing to Bloom

    There's no predicting March weather. Spring starts March 21, but that could mean prematurely balmy weather or a late-season blizzard. And while that may mean...

  • Vacation Vice

    Sitting by the pool, down in Fort Lauderdale to celebrate a pal's 30th birthday, the relaxed conversation turns -- both in topic and tone --...

  • Illusions of Grandeur

    This is not a Penn & Teller magic show. Instead, the Emmy-award winning Teller -- the silent partner in that world-renowned magic enterprise -- has...