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  • Crossing the Lines

    By on April 21, 2004

    If you work hard enough and long enough at something, then it's not a surprise when you find your efforts succeeding. For Riki Wilchins and...

  • Gender Blender

    By on April 21, 2004

    ''What is a drag king?'' muses Kendra Kuliga. ''You could say male impersonator, but that's so the tip of the iceberg. I've seen drag kings...

  • Straight Flush

    By on April 21, 2004

    We're all out of toilet paper, and apparently no one is going to buy more. It's been nearly two weeks, and what started as simple...

  • What the L?

    By on April 21, 2004

    I really didn't mean for it to happen, but it did. I got sucked in by The L Word. I spent the season with growing...

  • Future Shock

    By on April 21, 2004

    Growing up, my father would sometimes sit me down for a ''Come to Jesus'' talk when he noticed that I was beginning to head down...

  • All Soaped Up

    By on April 21, 2004

    As television critics ponder their post-mortems for the 2003-04 season, much attention will be paid to this year's crop of guilty pleasures. Whether it's the...

  • Fired Up

    By on April 21, 2004

    Amazing things are happening to downtown dining, notably last year's roll-out in Chinatown of another addition to an ever-growing list of popular new eateries near...

  • Soundwaves

    By on April 21, 2004

    Anastacia ANASTACIA'S ALLEGED USE OF SCIENCE… Singer Anastacia has been far more successful in Europe than in her native America, where few know of her...

  • Common Sense

    By on April 21, 2004

    Abigail Garner is preaching to the choir. A columnist and GLBT activist, Garner works primarily with gay families, so unsurprisingly her new book, Families Like...

  • Brooklyn Brouhaha

    By on April 21, 2004

    Red-checkered tablecloths, bottles of wine, oil and vinegar, fistfuls of pasta, big hair, bigger passion, short skirts and thick gold chains. This is Joe Banno's...

  • Pulp Friction

    By on April 21, 2004

    ''There are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard, '' says Bill (David Carradine) to The Bride (Uma Thurman) during the philosophical calm...

  • Hearsay

    By on April 21, 2004

    Aqua Boy's throbbing good time at the White Party... American Brotherhood Weekend's winning quartet... Meeting Boy Wes at JR.'s... Hearsay begins its week by turning...

  • Environs

    By on April 21, 2004

    Following tradition can make you feel comfortably at home in this 1 BR, 1 BA condo in the heart of Adams Morgan. French doors, fireplace...

  • Youth Pride Alliance

    By on April 14, 2004

    Youth Pride Alliance organizers and volunteers Mission: To provide a safe space for LGBT youth, including organizing the annual Youth Pride Day celebration. Founded: 1997...

  • Doctor, Doctor

    By on April 14, 2004

    Take Charge of Your Health by Talking to Your Doctor Among the uncomfortable experiences that are part and parcel of life is that first visit...

  • Everyday Activists

    By on April 14, 2004

    I'm glad that I live in a country where people can feel free to express their opinions and views in many different ways. This expression...

  • Lovely Ladies

    By on April 14, 2004

    What if we could somehow rearrange and sort through the private history of our families, reorganizing and reshaping the personal, intimate lives of our parents?...

  • Damita So-So

    By on April 14, 2004

    Janet Jackson got spooked by Madonna. Or so it seems. Madonna, you'll recall, yanked her sure-to-provoke-conversation antiwar video for ''American Life '' a year ago,...

  • Royal Ball

    By on April 14, 2004

    First performed in 1817, Gioacchino Rossini's La Cenerentola, a comical take on the Cinderella fairy tale, has been recast by the Washington National Opera as...

  • Hearsay

    By on April 14, 2004

    An amassing of hot boys on Easter Sunday ... Lounging at the luxurious Lizard later on ... Titan welcomes a circle of friends ... How...