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  • Rich bitch

    The Leona saga continues, even in death. All Hearsay can say is: A bitch in life. A bitch in death. And one very rich bitch...

  • Maryland Hot Spot

    The 2007 Chesapeake Pride Festival was hot. Not ''mid-Atlantic summer social calendar'' hot, but simply hot. Really, really hot. And humid. But that didn't stop...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: In the heart of all those details lies a mystery. At the bottom of the hassle resides a profound truth. Beyond the myriad...

  • Stein Club's Accolades

    The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, arguably among the most influential clubs in District politics, on Aug. 22 announced the recipients of its annual leadership awards....

  • Cash Back

    The Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency has reimbursed Whitman-Walker Clinic, the main organizer behind Washington's Capital Pride parade and street festival, more than $14,000...

  • Bowling for Friendship

    Cecilia ''C.C.'' Ford has come a long way since losing her partner, Delores ''Dee'' Smith, last year. Smith died from causes that remain obscure, Ford...

  • Barbed Wire

    All's fair in love and war. And for playwright Noel Coward, that extends to marriage and laughter. Verbal warfare abounds in Coward's classic, Private Lives,...

  • Lost Horizon

    One day, Hearsay will draw up a list of all its favorite TV shows for you. But right this very minute, all you need to...

  • Megilla Guerilla

    Get your straight on, people! Hearsay has gotten word from its chief informant Sweetie Tweetie Bird that the next Guerilla Queer Bar DC — you...

  • Money Pit

    Hearsay was no fan of the reportedly homophobic Queen of Mean, and its jaw dropped when it read that hotel magnate Leona “Pillow Mints” Helmsley,...

  • Casting a Web

    The D.C.-based National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) announced Aug. 15 that the organization is joining those who already broadcast online, such as the Human Rights...

  • Fingers do the walking

    The Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs announced recently the release of a comprehensive directory listing GLBT-related organizations, ranging from A Common Bond, a group for...

  • State Capital Pride

    It's been eight years since Rev. Wayne Schwandt, a pastor at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Chesapeake, suggested having a Pride festival in Annapolis....

  • Gender Confusion

    It's hard to imagine what Virginia Grace Soto went through during the two days she spent at a male detention center at the D.C. jail....

  • Super Duper

    Since the early '80s, the high school male coming-of-age comedy has become almost as much a rite of passage as the actual event itself. Each...

  • Hey Hey So So

    It's a corny enough album title, but you'll certainly be laughing within seconds as Hey Hey My My Yo Yo opens. After two measures of...

  • Hororscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: That trash talk was bound to catch up with you one day. You need to put your skills into action to make good...

  • Silent Weapon

    Some shows are almost impossible to review. This isn't because they are bad plays. In fact, those are actually the easiest to work with. There...

  • Soundwaves

    From YouTubeAnnie Lennox: Little Bird ANNIE LENNOX'S 'MASS' APPEAL... Annie Lennox will finally return this fall after a four-year absence. This time out, Lennox has...

  • Classic Dance

    Six years ago, Bobby T would have laughed if you told him he'd one day be a DJ. At the time he didn't even like...