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  • After School Special

    At 18, Christopher Barnhill wasn't necessarily going through a ''tough time'' when he started hanging out at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League's after-school Youth...

  • Courting Greatness

    In a world where gay professional sports icons are few and far between, Martina Navratilova definitely stands out. But even if the pro playing fields...

  • Red October

    Red October used to be a fictional Soviet submarine. This fall it was applied to the heat wave in the eastern United States. I think...

  • Last Word

    ''Twenty years ago, if you were gay and lived in rural Kansas, you went to San Francisco or New York. Now you can just go...

  • Environs

    CLASSIFIED: CONTEMPORARY LIVING in Alexandria, with 3 BR, 2-1/2 BA. Large rooms, a finished basement rec room, and a yard make this '50s-built ranch house...

  • Shakespeare With Love

    There is no better feeling than sitting in a theater, particularly one of significant reputation and stature, and watching a performance so fresh and vital...

  • Heroic Exploits

    Maybe it was the tights, but something about superheroes fascinated me when I was a little boy. I certainly wasn't alone in this interest. My...

  • Out for Business

    Traditionally, when money moves in Washington, it's by appropriation. Stock trades and profit motives seem downright ruffian compared to the elegance of a five-star lunch...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: If only it were as simple as things that go bump in the night. But there's howling and sparks and brawling, too....

  • Girl Power

    Think of ''Queer Life, Queer Love'' as a sweeping 101 course for lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LBTQ) women, on how to live happy, healthy...

  • Speed Queen

    Carey Murphy has traveled across the country documenting various festivals for the Smithsonian Channel, and now she's ready to document Washington's annual High Heel Race...

  • Animus in the Aisles

    When Jason ''Jay'' Hill finally realized what was happening, he couldn't believe his ears. ''Get out! Get out!'' That was the order Jay, a 32-year-old...

  • Roman Candle

    It's funny the way the mind works. We hear a story of political intrigue, of petty grudges fueled by unhindered access to great power, and...

  • Cat and Mouse

    Cat and mouse games can be fun -- when you know who's the cat and who's the mouse. When you don't, it's like watching two...

  • Mass Impact

    Despite the title of her new album, Annie Lennox isn't exactly marching off to war. But one listen to Songs of Mass Destruction ()and it's...

  • Soundwaves

    POST-PORN POP... Glenn Soukesian has been singing professionally for over 20 years. But you know him mostly for work he apparently only engaged in for...

  • Last Word

    ''I strongly believe that African Americans and the LGBT community must stand together in the fight for equal rights. I strongly disagree with Rev. McClurkin's...

  • Gay Ghost?

    Between the Miss Adams Morgan pageant and the annual High Heel Races, it's often suggested that Halloween must be a kind of gay holiday, considering...

  • Off to see the gay wizard…

    Hearsay applauds the news that Albus Dumbledore, headmaster at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, has been outed...

  • It didn’t show in Reel Affirmations…

    …but it’s amusing all the same.