News + Politics
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Order vs. Oysters on 17th Street
The stretch of 17th Street NW, between P Street and Riggs Place, roughly, is possibly the ''gayest'' neighborhood in D.C., with a cluster of gay...
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Hat Head
Red is not my color, and it really never has been. When I am buying clothes -- which I do with shocking frequency -- red...
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Laurels for Leaders
Next week the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), a local lobby of surprisingly influential advocates for the district's gay community -- as well as...
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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 16th annual Leadership Awards
Click for more photos of NGLTF Leadership Awards Nearly 300 people gathered on Thursday, April 7 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Woodley Park for...
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Hipster Gays
I left Brooklyn for all the wrong reasons. My first year in New York, I was a resident of that increasingly sought after borough, first...
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Evacuation Plan
Despite initial -- and substantial -- opposition to the multi-million dollar proposition of bringing baseball to Washington, the city's new team is set to play...
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Hopping Mad
Walking toward my Unitarian church on Easter morning, I struck up a conversation with an older gentleman who was headed my direction. He was, like...
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Give a Hoot, Don't Recruit
When it comes to protesting the Pentagon's ban on allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly, law schools have been in the forefront. But...
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Smoke Signals
In Washington's ongoing tug-o-war over tobacco, the Whitman-Walker Clinic Board of Directors voted late last month to support expansion of the city's smoke-free workplace laws...
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Heavy Lifting
There are two things I hate about writing this column. The first is that I almost always end up writing it on a Sunday night....
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Virginia's Resolved Outpost
Thirty years ago, on March 25, 1975, the Alexandria City Council made a big step toward securing its reputation as one of Virginia's most progressive...
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Fag Bashing
The word lingered on my brain for about 30 seconds: fags. I mulled it for a second, was a little surprised to see it, and...
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Talking Tina
Crystal methamphetamine was on dozens of people's minds Monday afternoon at the Barceló Hotel on P Street. While mention of a hotel and crystal meth...
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Bubbling Over
On the way home from work this evening, I stopped at the Kmart on Fourth for some cotton balls. I like shopping at the Kmart...
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Victory in the Heart of Texas
As a small child growing up in a poor family in San Antonio, Lupe Valdez remembers her father picking through the fruits and vegetables thrown...
