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  • Utterly Shawful

    You know that promising moment when you think you've solved a Rubik's Cube, that annoyingly enigmatic toy straight out of the pocket-protector weird science of...

  • Dishing It Out

    Photos by Todd Franson A wondrous thing happened last spring in Foggy Bottom at the River Inn. The Foggy Bottom Café, which had fallen to...

  • Babs or Bette

    Barbra Streisand poses bestride a film camera in a newly released Annie Liebowitz photo. But the noted filmmaker hasn't made a new movie. Instead, Streisand's...

  • Political Pop

    ''Dance-y, garage-y electronic feminist pop. '' That's how Johanna Fateman describes Le Tigre, a lesbian band bent on creating happy electronica for a politically progressive...

  • Soundwaves

    BEMOANING MTV… This week we thought we had good news to share with those who've ever bemoaned the lack of outlets to see dance music...

  • Environs

    Photography by Todd Franson This is what it looks like when worlds collide in a 3-lvl, 2 BR, 2 BA Dupont townhouse, where a library,...

  • Burgundy Crescent Volunteers

    Photograph by Michael Wichita Burgundy Crescent membersvolunteering at Laugh Out Loud Burgundy Crescent Volunteers Mission: Burgundy Crescent has two missions: to provide volunteers for local...

  • Family Affair

    Photography by Todd Franson Like so many parents confronted with a child coming out of the closet, Dick Gephardt's first thoughts at his daughter Chrissy's...

  • Politically Correct

    In my little nuclear-free suburb last week, the voting members of my ward joined together to elect a lesbian to represent us on the Takoma...

  • Kicking the Habit

    Two times as many lesbians report being heavy smokers than straight women, says the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, so it's no surprise if...

  • Laugh-A-Minute

    ''I do a lot of stuff about being a gay mom and my relationship and my kids, '' says comedian Judy Gold. ''But, of course,...

  • Whole Hearted

    On the cover of A Hole in the Heart, a woman stares at a snowy mountain ahead, her facing looking simple and dumbstruck by the...

  • Sweet Dream

    If you've silently longed for an ideal production of Shakespeare's classic A Midsummer Night's Dream, wait no more. The Shakespeare Theatre and director Mark Lamos...

  • Roman Holiday

    It is the best of Sondheim, it is the worst of Sondheim. It is the first Sondheim, it is the quite possibly the last Sondheim....

  • To Die For

    If you see one opera this season, make it the Washington Opera's production of Richard Wagner's Die Walkure. There are very few occasions when you...

  • Skinned Alive

    After just three episodes, Fox cancelled its most promising new show of the fall season. Skin, which made its debut during a very popular World...

  • Truly Yours

    Dear Lena, You gave bum advice to “Happy Married Bi.” As a gay man who prefers men in relationships (either with another man or a...

  • Soundwaves

    DJ VANS WITH FANS... D.C.'s own Deep Dish is the 10th best DJ act in a new poll of the world's best DJs. The duo...

  • Environs

    Photography by Todd Franson CLASSIFIED: Lesbian couple with two cats, one green thumb, needed to strike out to greener pastures, leaving the cozy apartment life...

  • Twenties Group

    Photograph by Michael Wichita Twenties Group Mission: A social and discussion group for GLBT men in their twenties. Founded: 1990 Number of Members: There is...