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  • Partners Metro D.C.

    By on July 13, 2005

    Members of Partners Metro D.C. MISSION: Founded in 1996, Partners Metro D.C. supports committed gay and lesbian couples and fosters acceptance and understanding of these...

  • Losing Sight of Freedom

    By on July 13, 2005

    Following the recent celebration of our 30th Capital Pride, it's worth reflecting how far we've come and at what cost. In 1975, ''gay liberation'' activists...

  • Human Rights Revisited

    By on July 13, 2005

    To bolster the nearly 30-year-old D.C. Human Rights Act's protections for transgender people in the district, council members Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) and Vincent Orange...

  • A Phoenix from the Flames

    By on July 13, 2005

    This time last year, LLEGÓ was suffering ill health. That this organization -- the sole national organization representing the LGBT Latino/a community exclusively -- would...

  • Circular Logic

    By on July 13, 2005

    On paper, Bertolt Brecht's plays don't always settle well. Generally his works read like a gravelly stew simmered with tough hunks of meat and not...

  • Fantastic Flop

    By on July 13, 2005

    The Fantastic Four ain't. Bet you saw that train coming a mile away. But this train wreck of a superhero movie is very much a...

  • Welcome to Provincetown

    By on July 13, 2005

    It's difficult to describe the charm of Provincetown, the ever-popular gay resort town at the very tip of Cape Cod. Like Key West, it lies...

  • Twin Peaks

    By on July 13, 2005

    Another indie-rock act might rebel at being lumped with and compared to Avril Lavigne or Ashlee Simpson. But not Tegan and Sara. ''We're like, 'Oh...

  • Soundwaves

    By on July 6, 2005

    ERASURE'S ''BLUE'' BELL... Nearly one year ago it was reported that Erasure's Andy Bell would be responsible for two new albums, and both were expected...

  • Getting a Woody

    By on July 6, 2005

    Everyone knows Woody Allen, whether you realize it or not. And whether you want to admit it or not, he's a pretty funny guy. Despite...

  • The Cat's Meow

    By on July 6, 2005

    Let's say you are 18, almost 19, living by yourself for the first time. You're doing an internship in a small Ohio town and you...

  • Jacked Up

    By on July 6, 2005

    ''When people only come to a club to get high and to get laid, it makes my job kind of irrelevant,'' says DJ Chad Jack....

  • Crystal and the Community

    By on July 6, 2005

    The war room assembled June 28, a strategy session pulling together representatives from several corners of metro area's community. The police were there, along with...

  • Martian Law

    By on July 6, 2005

    ''Take care of our kids,'' Mary Ann Ferrier says, somewhat warily, to ex-husband Ray as she drops them off before heading up to Boston for...

  • Glamour-Puss

    By on July 6, 2005

    The star -- the real star -- of The Osbournes wasn't the aging rocker who attracted MTV to launch that reality series in the first...

  • Trainspotting

    By on June 29, 2005

    I'm on an Amtrak train heading north from New York City to Boston, and normally I'd feel guilty about spending the extra money for an...

  • New STD Fee

    By on June 29, 2005

    As part of an ongoing effort to achieve fiscal stability, the Whitman-Walker Clinic has announced a new $25 fee for all clients of the Gay...

  • Marching to a Different Tuna

    By on June 29, 2005

    There are plenty of tuna recipes. You can grill it, throw it into a salade niçoise, or marry it straight from the can with mayo...

  • Encoded

    By on June 29, 2005

    For the past decade, Jeff Code has built his reputation as the D.C. area's premier photographer of the male form. His black and white photographs...

  • Unlucky Charms

    By on June 29, 2005

    They don't call it the Land of Ire for nothing. While the stereotype of redheaded leprechauns with a short fuse chugging brew at the end...