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  • Facial Expressions

    You probably know their names. You may even personally know some of the 28 people featured in the Rainbow History Project's new exhibit of portraits,...

  • Tough Lessons

    When Ernest J. Gaines' novel A Lesson Before Dying was published in 1993 it found fast fame. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, awarded a National...

  • Full House

    What's so enthralling about Synetic Theater's production of The Fall of the House of Usher, is how thoroughly it braids conventional theater with dance and...

  • Going to Town

    There’s a lot of buzz this week, especially surrounding nightlife in the city. Some say there’s a surge coming. Hearsay thinks it’s going to be...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: This is an envelope that requires pushing. This is a relationship that blossoms in its formation. This is a point from which...

  • Inside Outing

    Mike Rogers of blogActive.com has been riding high since he was proved right in his charges that anti-gay Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (R) was seeking...

  • The Good German

    It's hard to think of one without the other. Just as Microsoft often comes to mind when you think about Apple, so you wonder about...

  • Beatle Mania

    Like space, Across the Universe has supernovas shining bright, and black holes that suck all matter into oblivion. In between, there are a lot of...

  • Heartbreak Hotel

    It's awfully hard not to smile when presented with director Mariusz Trelinski's modern take on Giacomo Puccini's highly revered classic, La Boheme. There is something...

  • Marriage Blow to Maryland

    Mere hours after the Maryland Court of Appeals announced its decision Tuesday to uphold a 1973 state law defining marriage as a union between a...

  • Boykin's Election Trail

    Boykin Keith Boykin, one of the leading national figures in the gay-rights movement, particularly as the movement intersects the African-American community, will be in Washington...

  • Virginia Vetting

    Four equal-rights groups in Virginia have joined forces to host two discussion forums for State Senate and House candidates running for office in Fairfax County...

  • Transgender Assault

    Shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, a group of young men attacked a transgender woman, throwing her through a window, according to a...

  • Police Back PFOX

    An alleged late-August scuffle between an unnamed member of Parents and Friends of Ex-gays & Gays (PFOX) and an unnamed attendee of an Arlington fair...

  • PFAW's Gay Ambassador

    It's time for yet another Washington gala, replete with awards, entertainment and pricey tickets. And with Tim Gill, the gay founder of the Quark software...

  • Virginia Villages

    DRIVE WESTWARD OUT of Washington, and you'll most likely come to a fork. Take the high road -- the Dulles Toll Road -- and you'll...

  • Making the Most of Maryland

    SOME GAYS AND LESBIANS have found the best of both worlds, urban and suburban, in D.C.'s backyard: Maryland's ever-developing Silver Spring. Barely outside the District...

  • Domestic District

    WALK ALONG 12TH Street NE, near the intersection with Newton Street, and Washington begins to feel downright homey. In this rather bucolic corner of the...

  • Where to Live

    You don't need us to tell you that if you're looking for a place to live in D.C. you should check out Dupont and Logan...

  • Power Washer…

    Here’s something unlikely to happen at tomorrow night’s Gay & Lesbian Night at King’s Dominion…