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  • Homegrown History

    By on January 26, 2005

    The Harlem Renaissance is one of the most culturally romantic periods of American history. In a sense, it was the spark that ignited a fire...

  • Military Backup

    By on January 19, 2005

    For the past year, the Arlington, Va.-based Military Community Services Network has been trying to fill a niche. Today's military may have a commitment to...

  • Dire Straights

    By on January 19, 2005

    Let's get one thing straight: a lot of men are not. But those who fervently claim they are, would never -- I repeat, never pretend...

  • Fantasy Island

    By on January 12, 2005

    My mother's main goal in life is to be warmer. At any given moment, she's devoting a significant portion of mental resources to figuring out...

  • Securing Security

    By on January 12, 2005

    As a general rule, I tend to avoid political arguments. To me, political beliefs are similar to religious beliefs, both are based largely on faith,...

  • Sucker Punch

    By on January 12, 2005

    If you're planning to produce a bleak, dispiriting tale of bitter realities in post-Soviet Russia that bears the title Black Milk, perhaps you ought to...

  • Second Chances

    By on January 12, 2005

    ''Will I ever be normal?'' The question is put to a psychologist by Walter, a 45-year-old man recently released from a dozen years spent in...

  • Environs

    By on January 12, 2005

    Make an artistic statement with a four-story Adams Morgan townhouse, where two decades of projects and renovations have created both a home and a showcase...

  • Appreciation

    By on January 12, 2005

    Last Thursday morning, January 6, at 5:15 a.m., one of the GLBT community's biggest hearts gave out. The passing of Billy Collison at the age...

  • The Exhibitionists

    By on January 12, 2005

    For some, MAL is about the legendary Leather Cocktails, the event from which the weekend born. Then there are those who look forward to the...

  • Judgment Day

    By on January 12, 2005

    ''I think it's about who he is on the inside and whether or not he has the ability to speak from his heart, whether that...

  • Taylor-made Title

    By on January 12, 2005

    One cold and drizzly afternoon, roughly a year ago, hundreds of leather aficionados gathered inside Almas Temple downtown for more than three hours of pageantry...

  • MAL 2005

    By on January 12, 2005

    The Centaur Motorcycle Club's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend has grown over the years into the nation's largest club-sponsored leather event. The original seed of the weekend,...

  • Busted!

    By on January 5, 2005

    Among the more scintillating New Year's resolutions I heard this year was one friend's declaration that 2005 is the year of cleavage. While I don't...

  • Barriers to Health

    By on January 5, 2005

    Ironically, a few weeks after Melissa Etheridge's breast cancer diagnosis helped put ''a lesbian face'' on cancer, the same-sex marriage backlash as witnessed in the...

  • Tsunami Spares Gay Enclave

    By on January 5, 2005

    On Dec. 26, 2003, an earthquake in Bam, Iran, killed nearly 30,000 people. A year later to the day, history made a terrifying encore with...

  • New Year, New You

    By on January 5, 2005

    The holiday debt has racked up and the Christmas cookies have morphed into another inch for your waist size. The madness, however, wrapped itself up...

  • Soundwaves

    By on January 5, 2005

    DIVAS TO DANCE IN 2005... The coming year looks to be shaping up -- if you can believe it, and dare we jinx it --...

  • Solo Style

    By on January 5, 2005

    Pop on top: Stefani Is Gwen Stefani the new Madonna or the new Cyndi Lauper? The question arises on the occasion of Stefani's marvelous debut...

  • The Best and Worst Films of 2004

    By on January 5, 2005

    The year 2004 was both an encouraging and discouraging one for movies. On the bright side, we had several films that put the script ahead...