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  • Killer Sentenced in Transgender Murder Case

    By on December 21, 2005

    The killer of local transgender performer Bella Evangelista will serve 16 years and eight months for the crime, the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit of...

  • Reticent and Respected

    By on December 21, 2005

    Brian A. Johnson may not be a big name in politics. To many, he may not be a big name at all. But if you...

  • Brokeback's Lack

    By on December 21, 2005

    In a 1980 essay entitled ''The Boys on the Beach,'' conservative writer Midge Decter described the gay men who summered at Fire Island in the...

  • Drama Queen

    By on December 21, 2005

    I have a weakness -- well, it's one of many, of course. But this one is particularly vile and causes me special shame when I...

  • Crain's Campaign

    By on December 14, 2005

    Atop his editorial in the Dec. 9 issue of the Washington Blade, editor Chris Crain declares, ''After years of enduring silly claims that gay equality...

  • Hitting Back

    By on December 14, 2005

    Last weekend, from Dec. 8 to 11, patrons at more than a dozen gay venues in D.C. were given a simple message: ''Crystal Meth Sucks.''...

  • Smoke Saga

    By on December 14, 2005

    Washington moved another step closer to banning smoking in all workplaces -- including bars and nightclubs -- following a 12-1 vote Dec. 6 in favor...

  • Partisan Acclaim

    By on December 14, 2005

    More than 50 guests representing many of city's most tuned-in GLBT politicos noshed and drank in a stately old room decorated with chandeliers, holiday garlands,...

  • Court on Campus

    By on December 7, 2005

    May the federal government deny funds to universities that ban military recruiters from campus? That's the issue the Supreme Court began considering this week in...

  • Chilly Reception

    By on December 7, 2005

    When I look outside the front windows of my house, the sky is pitch black but the view is lit by bright white snow. I...

  • Crystal Campaign Hits Bars

    By on December 7, 2005

    The Center, D.C.'s GLBT community center, is furthering its campaign against crystal methamphetamine abuse within the local gay community by taking the fight to nightlife...

  • Vacancy Filled

    By on December 7, 2005

    In September 2004, when D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams announced the creation of the Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, he said, ''I'm...

  • Eagle Honors

    By on November 30, 2005

    Mr. D.C. Eagle 2005, Scott Jones, came to the end of his title run Saturday, Nov. 19. That evening, judges selected Bennett Long to succeed...

  • Applauding Allen

    By on November 30, 2005

    It may have been six months in the making, but the Greater Washington, D.C., STD Community Coalition finally got the chance to honor D.C. Allen...

  • Open House

    By on November 16, 2005

    I'd rather hang out at anyone's apartment than a bar. There's a bar called Tribe on the corner of our block that's filled with the...