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  • Home Sweet Home

    In the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, talk often turns to real estate. The same could be said for most of the county, if not the...

  • Mixing It Up

    While it may have been a simple and ''silly'' thing when he made a short video to audition as DJ for the daytime talker Ellen,...

  • All in the Family

    Not that it's the kind of conflict of interest that would spark the interest of rabid media watchdogs, but I should probably point out that...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: It's not the road to nowhere, but it's definitely the scenic route. Don't believe the locals who say you can't get there from...

  • OHR Head Speaks to Stein Democrats

    Gustavo F. Velasquez, recently confirmed director of the D.C. Office of Human Rights, spoke at the regular monthly meeting of the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club...

  • Local News Briefs

    Jova to be liaison to GLLU, Chief Lanier Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Alberto Jova told the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club that he would be working...

  • Murder suspect pleads guilty

    During an emotional hearing in Courtroom 111 of D.C.'s Superior Court on Thursday, Feb. 8, Preston Randolph Logan, 43, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder...

  • Troubling Times

    Why Rachel Crites and Rachel Smith committed suicide may never be known. When the two Montgomery County teens disappeared in early February, becoming a major...

  • Grand Ole Boys

    If the Dixie Chicks can't get time on country radio these days, then there's no hope for Erasure. But if the Dixie Chicks can sweep...

  • Ghost Story

    In theater, the ''ghost light'' is a single bare bulb on a pole left in the center of the stage between performances so that the...

  • Classical Twist

    ''The first designer who started doing clothes for me was Gianni Versace,'' recalls concert pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. ''That was the late '80s and it was...

  • Woman in the Life

    Sheila Alexander-Reid is a little shaken when she arrives to be interviewed. She explains that earlier in the day, she found signs on her car,...

  • People Eater

    It's a pretty sure bet that if you name your kid Hannibal, he'll grow up to be a serial killer. But what kind of serial...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: What you want may be so much more unboundaried than what you get that you may not recognize the superabundance with which you've...

  • Local News Briefs

    New Law Proposed for Youth in Clubs D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) has proposed legislation that would require all establishments in Washington that serve...

  • Nipper Sets Departure Date

    It's official: Darlene Nipper is stepping down as director of Mayor Fenty's Office of LGBT Affairs. Beyond that, the details get a bit muddy. While...

  • D.C. AIDS Agency Realigns, Sets Goals

    Since naming himself interim director of the city's HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA) in January, D.C. Department of Health Director of Dr. Gregg Pane has taken a...

  • Maryland Lobby Day

    At first glance, there may seem to be a romantic subtext to scheduling the annual Equality Maryland Lobby Day -- for the past several years...

  • Gays Win Some, Lose Some in Virginia Legislature

    A bill that ensures hospital-visitation rights for same-gender couples in Virginia has passed the House of Delegates by a unanimous vote, and will be voted...

  • Speaking of Gay

    The 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation was an exciting step for the American GLBT community. In a...