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The Exhibitionists
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...
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Judgment Day
''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...
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Taylor-made Title
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...
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MAL 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,...
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Busted!
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...
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Barriers to Health
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...
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Tsunami Spares Gay Enclave
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...
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New Year, New You
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...
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Soundwaves
DIVAS TO DANCE IN 2005... The coming year looks to be shaping up -- if you can believe it, and dare we jinx it --...
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Solo Style
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...
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The Best and Worst Films of 2004
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...
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Scene 2004
Scene 2004: The Year in Pictures More than 5700 Photos of D.C.'s GLBT Community over the past 12 months
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Looking Sharp
Pontiac occupies an odd automotive niche at General Motors between Chevrolet, which for the most part makes some affordable and interesting cars alongside the brand-showcase...
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A Gift of Harmony
In honor of the season of peace and harmony, I'm giving readers -- at least, those readers who have a partner -- the gift of...
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Baker Bids Clinic Farewell
After five years at the helm, Cornelius Baker is stepping down as the head of Whitman-Walker Clinic. The Dec. 15 announcement comes not long after...
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Broken English
There are those who might say ''Even a bad film made by James L. Brooks is better than a good film made by another, lesser...
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The Best and Worst Music of 2004
Even with all the talk of love and marriage, 2004 proved that pop music and politics don't go together like a horse and carriage. No...
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Soundwaves
JUNIOR'S JUNIOR, ED BAILEY... Did you know our own Ed Bailey, the promoter of (and sometime DJ at) VelvetNation, will open New Year's Eve for...
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The Best and Worst of DC's Theatre 2004
Before we dole out the accolades for superlative -- and abysmal -- dramatic achievements, it's important to acknowledge a year that has ushered in such...
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Artfully Threaded
''It's the first time I've designed this period,'' says costume designer Fabio Toblini on Ford's Theatre's holiday mainstay, A Christmas Carol. ''I did Victorian shows...
