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BETTY'S Back!
When the woman-powered BETTY opens the mainstage at Sunday's Capital Pride Festival, it will be a homecoming of sorts. You see, they've played Pride before,...
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Divas of Pride
Today's pop music industry prefers its women doe-eyed and bird-brained. Pin-up pretty but deep-down dumb. But not every woman plays along. ''I'm not the dumb...
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Deep Impact
When Wanda Alston was fatally stabbed in March by a neighbor in a crack-induced stupor, Washington lost a woman who was arguably the most powerful...
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Firmly Rooted
The way Deacon Maccubbin tells it, establishing an annual Gay Pride celebration may have had as much to do with civic pride and community pride...
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D.C. Coalition, Inc.
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: Founded in 1978, the D.C. Coalition seeks to abolish discrimination against, and build a strong political and economic base for the black LGBT...
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Wild Boys
The one and only time I tried my hand at skateboarding was during the mid-seventies. I was a 16-year-old growing up in Ohio and a...
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Male Bonding
Finally, Father really does know best. It takes a piece of theater all the way from Down Under to at last depict a healthy, loving...
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A Step Forward
While there are plenty of car enthusiasts in the world who live for the chance to ogle the latest exotic offerings and talk shop about...
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Financial Woes Increase at Whitman-Walker
In a move that sent ripples through both the Washington metropolitan HIV/AIDS service network and the gay and lesbian community, Whitman-Walker Clinic announced major restructuring...
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Past to Present
When you see Michael Wichita's photography, chances are you're going to have a few questions. That's the point. ''They are going to be dumbfounded, baffled...
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Artistic Measures
This Sunday's Capital Pride Main Stage and its headliners down on Pennsylvania Avenue may get all the attention, but for the past five years Pride...
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Against the Current
The nation's capital yearns to be orderly. Ever since Pierre Charles L'Enfant's dream for this difficult and confusing city came to life, it seems the...
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Charting the Course of Pride
Thirty years ago, Deep Throat was a national mystery, gays and lesbians were a marginalized community under attack, and gay pride was a new idea...
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Soundwaves
MADONNA'S COMEBACK... Apparently it's not uncommon these days to be puzzled by the mere mention of Madonna's name. In fact, her handlers sounded testy in...
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Graham Joins Smoke-Free Effort
During a Ward 1 town-hall meeting last night, June 9, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) publicly offered his support to expanding the city's smoke-free workplace...
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Tending the Grassroots
When the capital-area LGBT community looks for its boogeymen, attention often turns to the Virginia General Assembly, making itself more and more infamous by the...
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Baring it All
Gay entertainment has had no problem embracing full-frontal nudity in the pursuit of artistic expression. Who could blame anyone for thinking that Robert Seeley's choral...
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Moving Pride
It's Thursday and the French Riviera beckons. Trade the D.C. climate for a Mediterranean breeze and fields of lavender. If you're reading this, chances are...
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Eastern Influences
Once upon a time -- roughly 150 years ago -- there were ''Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea,'' as Stephen Sondheim's opening...
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DC Black Pride 2005
Over the Memorial Day weekend, thousands of participants gathered to celebrate the 15th Annual DC Black Pride Festival and its associated parties, meetings and other...
