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  • Mythbuster

    It's been six years since Bill Condon made the phenomenal Gods and Monsters, which explored the hushed tragedy of James Whale, the gay director behind...

  • National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, D.C. Chapter

    MISSION: Founded in 1991, NLGJA is an organization of journalists, online media professionals and students that works from within the journalism industry to foster fair...

  • Sitting Pretty

    Not long ago, I wrote that Subaru ''has carved a marketing niche for itself by creating cars that exude the practical and eschew the pretty.''...

  • Next Exit 4 Years: Mapping a New Direction

    Los Angeles and New York may be the country's cultural poles, but Washington sets the tone. The web of executive decisions, bureaucratic regulations, Supreme Court...

  • First Class

    In the coldest stretch of Iowa winter during my last two years of high school, there was a bittersweet part of each day: walking outside...

  • Checks and Balances

    Your check is no longer in the mail. For time immortal, check writers have taken advantage of what's known as the ''float.'' The float refers...

  • No Cherry on Top

    Four gay and lesbian community groups that were the designated beneficiaries for last spring's Cherry 9 circuit party will not be receiving any Cherry donations...

  • Living Dolls

    If they make it past three or more films, horror movie icons typically make the leap from terror to comedy. It's not always the best...

  • Triumphant Trio

    Here's a little secret: if ever there's a time to bum rush a box office, it's now. Get tickets while you still can to Aaron...

  • Home Movies

    A pale, dark-haired boy of about 13 approaches Jonathan Caouette in the lobby of the Landmark E Street Cinemas. He is visibly overwhelmed, barely able...

  • Big Blowoff

    Punk rock icon Bob Mould had never DJed at a club before. But his curiosity was piqued when he noticed a top-of-the-line DJ rig collecting...

  • Soundwaves

    A DANCE BAND RISES… Way Out West is a dance music band. Think about how strange that concept is. And refreshing. You see, Way Out...

  • Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA)

    Members of the Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: Founded in 1971, GLAA is a local, all-volunteer, non-partisan, non-profit political organization of approximately 150...

  • Mondo Volvo

    Let me take a moment to get something off my chest. I'm tired of silver cars. The color -- actually more of a shade or...

  • Expo Absent

    Since the spring of 2001, gay Washingtonians have been greeted by more than cherry blossoms. That's when the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Expo comes...

  • A Far Cry

    Among the tears shed this Election Day were those of my friend Gerrit, who is five and who really hoped with all of his heart...

  • Gay-N-C

    With the city's heavily Democratic majority among registered voters, presidential races may not be much of a contest in the District of Columbia. Nonpartisan advisory...

  • Pink People Feeling Blue

    It's fair to say that America is polarized. The 2004 election helped quantify the division, with 51 percent on the right, 48 percent on the...

  • Brother Bears

    With cold weather quickly taking hold and banishing any lingering thoughts of summer, it's becoming the time of year when nature prepares for the coming...

  • California Dreamin'

    ''The world doesn't what I have to say,'' grumbles Miles Raymond. ''I'm so insignificant. Half of my life is over and I have nothing...