News + Politics
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Jailbait
When I was 20, I went with some friends to Hilton Head, S.C., for spring break. Someone's parents had a time-share there and we got...
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GLAA Rates Candidates
A handful of officers and members of the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C., (GLAA) gathered for more than five hours Tuesday night...
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Cherry Announces Grants
The Cherry Fund, the organization behind D.C.'s annual spring circuit party fundraiser, reported in early August that it would be distributing $30,000 to 12 beneficiaries...
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Return to Sender
There was a time in high school, early in senior year, when thick, overstuffed envelopes that came in the mail were good, especially if the...
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Gatekeeper Gambit
On July 19, protests were held around the world marking the first anniversary of the hanging of two gay teens, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni,...
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A Change in the Pulpit
The relationship between gay Washingtonians and the city's religious establishment frequently feels contentious. While gay churches such as Metropolitan Community Church offer succor, and the...
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On the Bright Side
For gay-marriage litigants, July was the cruelest month. Prior to the Washington Supreme Court decision in Andersen v. King County, there were two substantive state...
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Community Briefs
A coalition of Virginia gay and lesbian groups will sponsor a rally to defeat the proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and...
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Marriage Proposal
In a majority Democrat city, where the hottest political race is who will win that party's mayoral nomination Sept. 12, one might think that that...
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Green-Eyed Envy
My partner has red hair. It was one of the first things I learned about her more than 11 years ago. I'd never even seen...
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The New York Effect
In the past few weeks, gay-marriage advocates pursuing their goal by filing lawsuits have suffered several defeats. The most surprising and most significant of these...
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SMYAL's Weiss announces resignation
A major staff change is in the works at the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), where executive director Bruce Weiss announced his resignation on...
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Balking at the Deal
As the Rehoboth Beach high season began Memorial Day Weekend, it coincided with the trigger of an ongoing story with enough twists and turns to...
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Dog Days
I live in a child-free zone. Our 105-year-old former tenement building holds 20 apartments, all of them a tight fit even for just a couple...
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Anderson vs. Iran
On July 19, 2005, two teenage boys were hanged by Iranian authorities, convicted, according to some reports, of raping a 13 year-old-boy. Doug Ireland, a...
