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  • A Paramount Birthday

    Hearsay wants to take a moment and wish a very special lady a very Happy Birthday. Her name is Annie, and she’s Paramount. (Not to...

  • Hello, World!

    test.mp3   Yes, one could say that header is a shameless steal from Apple Computers, and one would be absolutely, 100% correct. That’s because when...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: They do it with smoke and mirrors -- or that's what you hope to prove with all your extra efforts searching for the...

  • Graceland

    Next week I take my umpteenth trip to Provincetown. Why do I keep going back? Because there is something warm and comforting about returning to...

  • Homebodies

    When my African boyfriend Patrick arrived in Washington last month on his first visit to America, his top priority was to find a gym. He...

  • HAA Hire

    Mayor Adrian Fenty announced on Thursday, Aug. 9, Dr. Shannon Hader as the new director of the city's HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA). Hader follows former agency...

  • Trans Job Training

    While Washington has some of the best civil-rights protections for transgender residents of any jurisdiction in the country -- or the world, for that matter...

  • Mixed Schoolbag

    Continuing her introduction to the District, the new chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Michelle Rhee, cleared her calendar Monday night to...

  • Nicky Click

    AN ELECTRO-DANCE party featuring computerized and synthesized beats, vocals and top '40 music, is how Nicky Click describes her sound. Nicky Click The 27-year-old native...

  • Odd Girl Out

    DESPITE THE FACT that she's the drummer, Bethany Petr from Odd Girl Out wrote all of the songs on the band's debut album, Hurry Up...

  • Alex Voegele

    FOR THE LONGEST time, Alex Voegele had no idea she could sing. It was only after her post-high school indie band, for which Voegele played...

  • K. Love the Infinite

    IT'S NOT JUST about the music, says Kaye Love, the 27-year-old lesbian rapper who performs as K. Love the Infinite.''I feel like I have a...

  • Katastrophe

    THERE WEREN'T TOO many people to look up to in mainstream media while growing up as female-to-male transgender, recalls Katastrophe. The 27-year-old native of the...

  • Harnessing Sexual Energy

    While music moves people in primal ways, there is, arguably, nothing more primal than a person's sex drive. The organizers of Phase Fest are acknowledging...

  • In Phase

    The recent juggernaut of alternative offerings in the nation's capital -- from Art in Heat to the Fringe Festival -- shows no sign of stopping....

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: You're lying in the bed you made and you wonder why it's not a more restful arrangement. Happily, you have more than...

  • Citizen Nick

    With a foundation built on journalism and baseball, Nicholas F. Benton's start in life was nothing if not all-American. At 7, he got the scoop...

  • Recreational Appointment

    Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) on Aug. 3 named Clark Ray, a prominent member of the local GLBT community, to head the District's Department of Parks...

  • Information Deficit

    Prominent gay attorney Joseph R. Price, his partner Victor Zaborsky and their former roommate Dylan Ward were noticeably missing on Monday, Aug. 6, at the...

  • Going to Town

    Exterior of new club, Town, at 8th St & Florida Ave/U Street With nearly 20 years of experience under their belts, Ed Bailey and John...