News + Politics
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Power Walking
As the D.C. AIDS Walk took its first steps on the Washington Mall in the spring of 1987, Pat Hawkins and the 100 or so...
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Puppy Love
New moms and dads and parents-to-be are often taken aback and a little incredulous when I offer, excitedly, to babysit. They think I'm being polite....
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Paging Mark Foley
As October surprises go, the Mark Foley IM imbroglio is the Washington scandal that keeps on giving. Congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned abruptly on Sept....
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What About Poly?
Not long ago, hundreds of progressive academics and activists issued a manifesto calling for health care and jobs for all, universal peace, an end to...
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Player Two
I'm fresh off a round of Shadowgate and I'm wired. I just drank two Presidente longnecks just to bring me back down to level. I'm...
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A Clear Course
There's something about Minnesota U.S. House candidate Michele Bachmann that sets me off. It's not just her homophobia, which causes her to claim with serene...
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Letters to the Editor
As a gay resident of Dupont Circle, I am very pleased to have such an active Dupont Circle Citizens Association (DCCA) that protects our neighborhood...
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Ramming Speed
Titan, one of the gay bars that helped usher in the newly redeveloped nightlife scene on 14th Street NW, has changed its name to better...
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Honoring Latino Contributions
The offices of The Center looks like so many others in the district, with drop-ceilings and industrial carpeting. Through Oct. 15, however, The Center is...
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Closed Door for Navy Hopefuls
Two women were ready to join the Navy on Tuesday, but the Navy wasn't ready for them. Continuing a 30-city campaign of protest against the...
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Primary Pains
To paraphrase a line from the classic Star Trek episode, ''The Trouble with Tribbles,'' one little robocall is not dangerous! Unfortunately, of course, we were...
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Back on the Saddle
At first I thought it was old-fashioned joking around: I agreed that next July, I would ride a bicycle across the state of Iowa --...
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Old Dominion to Get a Mister
Yes, Virginia, you do have a leather contest. The inaugural Mr. Old Dominion Leather contest, a ''feeder'' event for January's Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) competition...
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HRC vs. MAM
So many parties, so little time. It's a view easily taken by revelers this fall as two mainstays of the gay social calendar -- the...
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Sidewalk Stories
Trio restaurant is a venerable Dupont Circle institution, in some ways, perhaps, even more important to the neighborhood than the namesake fountain. From its corner...
