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  • Boys and Books

    Boys and Books members at a recent gathering Mission: To read and discuss literature with a gay theme. Founded: 1999 Number of Members: 100  How...

  • Boston Marriage

    Amid all the hubbub about a certain exposed breast last week, something more spectacular than even Janet Jackson's elaborate nipple jewelry flashed before the public...

  • Times Two

    It's nearly Valentine's Day. Love is in the air. Couples walk hand-in-hand down the street. Flowers and candy flow like water. But take heart all...

  • History's Witness

    Looking Over the President's Shoulder, a one-man show about the first African-American chief butler at the White House, brims with ironies. From 1931 to 1953,...

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    The history geek in me beamed with nerdy delight when I learned HBO was making a movie about Alice Paul, feminist hero and resident bad-ass...

  • Hair Cuttery

    There are great haircuts. There are terrible haircuts. And then there are those haircuts that are so profoundly mediocre that they go virtually unnoticed. Those...

  • Welcome Wagon

    The rebirth of the commercial area around Logan Circle has been brisk in the last few years. Following the path cleared by the opening of...

  • Truly Yours

    Dear Lena, I'm a 51-year-old male. I do not look my age, so I am told. I am average looking, but I don't consider myself...

  • Environs

    Every picture tells a story -- and every houseguest tells a story about the picture -- in this 2 BR, 2 1/2 BA Logan Circle...

  • Shape Up

    You remember January 2, don't you? That was the day you launched your plan for a whole new year and a whole new you. Right...

  • Lambda Squares

    Mission: Provide opportunities for members and guests to socialize around square dancing activities within the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual communities. Founded: 1981 Number of...

  • Vive la Chomet!

    French animator Sylvain Chomet's The Triplets of Belleville is one of those movies that so thoroughly envelopes you in its own world, so thoroughly commands...

  • Body Language

    Like fellow gay icon Madonna, Kylie Minogue is a master of reinvention, borrowing heavily from the latest trends in an ongoing quest to stay musically...

  • Giving Voice

    Members of the LGCW in rehearsal. (Photo by Todd Franson) ''One of our guiding principles is that every voice matters. And that's very true in...

  • Soundwaves

    NASTY GIRL FUMBLE… Oh, Janet. You despicable, deplorable, lowlife you, how you defamed our pop culture by almost but not really baring your nipple. On...

  • Environs

    One-hundred years of fortitude made this 3 BR, 1 1/2 BA townhouse in Logan Circle survive multiple owners and renovations. Currently home to GWM couple...

  • Sliding Scales

    Since December, clients receiving medical health services from the Lesbian Services Program at Whitman-Walker Clinic have been required to pay a fee for their care,...

  • Hearsay

    Superbowl Sunday is a good reason to get good and drunk ... What's a goal line when there are breasts to be bared? ... Collectively...

  • Carb Crazy

    Sometimes it seems the whole world's gone Atkins. From fast-food restaurants to high-class cuisine, everyone's following the low-carb craze. But is it right for you?...

  • Winter's Wonders

    Baby, it's cold outside. And inside. Especially in Pine City, Minnesota, the fictional town where playwright Craig Wright loves to frame his eccentric, involved stories...