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  • Humor Us

    Gay is funny. And he'd better be, seeing that he's the host of 14th Street's big gay comedy night. D.B. Gay is among a burgeoning...

  • Swan Dive

    It's a universal truth, widely accepted, that inside every gay man is a blonde, neon-wearing, glitter-adorned, Justin Timberlake-loving teenaged girl. It's why movies like Jawbreaker...

  • Soundwaves

    DAMMIT JANET: AN UPDATE… How long can this go on? Not a week goes by without another attack against Janet Jackson in response to l'affair...

  • Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters (APIQS)

    Members of Asian Pacific IslanderQueer Sisters (APIQS) Mission: An organization for Asian American and Pacific Islander lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning women with a focus...

  • Bloody Pulpit

    Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ can be summed up in a single word: obsessive. The movie, which concentrates on the final twelve hours...

  • The Pain of Gain

    So here it is, time for your mid-week workout. But you're feeling incredibly sore from that Monday workout -- as you contemplate facing the gym...

  • Flash in the Plan

    The brilliance of Saturday Night Live sketches is that they're short. The writers conceive of something funny, milk it for all it's worth and wrap...

  • Hot Spot

    It's 8:15 p.m. on a Friday night at the 18th & U Duplex Diner and the joint, as they say, is jumpin'. The bar area...

  • Hearsay

    Not so secretly taking the stage at Secrets Lord, who knew there were eleven rings… Lapses at the Lantern… This isn't a family magazine in...

  • Soundwaves

    AFTERSHOCKS OF JANET'S JIGGLE… Where's Mary? As in Mary Cheney, the lesbian Second Daughter. That's the question all good gay citizens should be asking, of...

  • A Complete Guide to Dining Out for Life

    A complete guide to all participating restaurants, by neighborhood, including applicable meals, and what percentage of each food bill will be donated to Food &...

  • Environs

    Go with the flow in 16th Street Heights in this 3 BR, 1 BA townhouse with beautiful hardwood floors, a newly remodeled and expanded kitchen...

  • 100 Percent Cotton

    The first piece of gay-related clothing that I acquired -- back when I was still in the practice of acquiring gay-related clothing and accessories --...

  • A Great Rebate

    After many frustrating hours spent slaving over your taxes, the pay-off has finally arrived. Amongst the junk mail and Pottery Barn catalogues, you find your...

  • Closed for Business

    Nob Hill, the oldest gay bar in Washington and one of the oldest black gay bars in the country, closed its doors on February 1,...

  • Heartbreak Hotel

    It's 1911. Seth and Bertha Holly (Randall Shepperd and Lynn Chavis) run a modest boarding house in Pittsburgh where guests stay as long as they...

  • Language Barrier

    The second act of Melissa James Gibson's opens with Babette (Susan Lynskey) discussing her novel with her agent. ''It's about 20th century screams, ''...

  • National Capitol Area Lesbians (NCAL)

    Members of the National CapitolArea Lesbians book club Mission: NCAL offers a safe place for lesbians to meet, talk, collaborate, discuss literature and the arts,...

  • Hearsay

    It's a Beachy Keen night at Lizard Lounge... Cobalt's second anniversary lights up 17th... Dazzled by drag at Ziegfeld's... Before Hearsay could have one last...

  • Soundwaves

    THE HALL OF FAME DANCE… The battle of disco divadom seems to be breaking out all over again. This time the question seems to be...