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  • No Nest Yet

    As the saying goes, rumors of the demise of the DC Eagle are greatly exaggerated. Of course, there was that Facebook invitation to a Nov....

  • Swan Song

    Although the DC Eagle is expected to someday soon move out of the building it has called home since 1987, there is still plenty of...

  • Up Town

    In the early '90s, nationally recognized club singers, from Crystal Waters to CeCe Peniston, were the chief draw for gay nightclubs. Soon after, DJs became...

  • Folksy Feeling

    If your idea of a fun Saturday night is popping a cold one and tuning the radio to A Prairie Home Companion, then you should...

  • Lingering Accents

    ''I think it's a universal story that's quite specific to this moment in time in America,'' says Arena Stage's artistic director Molly Smith, who directed...

  • Cox Appeal

    For the record, Deborah Cox does not think she's a gay man trapped in a straight woman's body. ''I've never looked at myself like that,''...

  • Bombs Away

    All My Sons opens with a terrible thunderstorm – made more ominous by incorporating the sounds of fighter jets and bombs bursting in air. It's...

  • Surface Value

    The Surface is a curious device, and one of firsts. It's the first device to launch with Windows RT. The first dedicated PC hardware product...

  • Pop Symphony

    Will Madonna one day turn her hits into three-chord punk-rock blasts? Might Katy Perry relaunch ''Firework'' – or ''I Kissed A Girl'' – as a...

  • Off the Gay Grid

    As far as humorist Mike Albo knows, his older brother Dave Albo hasn't taken anti-gay stances as an elected official representing Fairfax County in the...

  • King of Pops

    Steven Reineke once played trumpet in a college production of Pippin. Decades later, Stephen Schwartz, the composer of Pippin, sat at Reineke's piano in New...

  • Obama Nominates Gay African-American Judge to Federal Bench

    President Barack Obama nominated seven judges to the federal bench today, including the president’s first out African-American nominee.  Judge William L. Thomas was nominated by...

  • 5 must dos: West Hollywood

    The intersection of Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards with its brightly colored rainbow crosswalks is hands down one of the gayest spots you can...

  • Supreme Court Delays Marriage Equality Cases

    Proponents of marriage equailty are facing another delay as the Supreme Court pushed back when it will consider which cases related to same-sex marriage the...

  • Krysten Sinema Becomes First Out Bi Member of Congress

    Krysten Sinema was declared the winner in the House race for Arizona’s 9th Congressional District on Monday. According to the Associated Press, Sinema, who will...

  • Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, relieved that teen sex allegation has been retracted

    UPDATE (Tuesday, Nov. 13,  9pm):  Kevin Clash released a statement to the press which, in part, confirmed that he is gay: “I am a gay man. I have...

  • ‘Days of our Lives’ airs gay ‘sex scene’ between Will and Sonny

    UPDATE (Wed., Nov. 14, 1:35 pm): Despite President Obama‘s press conference cutting into the East Coast broadcast,Ā Will and Sonny did have their big moment today.Ā ...

  • Ugandan Speaker of Parliament pledges quick movement on “kill the gays” bill

    “I will not accept to be intimidated or directed by any government in the world on matters of homosexuality.”  Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga...

  • Lianne La Havas at The Birchmere

    The Birchmere has done it again, snagging a breakthrough act — before the act has actually broken through. Following in the footsteps of British folk...

  • Olivia Newton-John comes to Strathmore

    From the films Grease and Xanadu to the mega-pop hit “Physical” to LOGO’s Sordid Lives, Australian performer Olivia Newton-John has managed to achieve a sense...