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  • Hopping Mad

    By on March 30, 2005

    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...

  • Give a Hoot, Don't Recruit

    By on March 30, 2005

    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...

  • Smoke Signals

    By on March 30, 2005

    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...

  • Heavy Lifting

    By on March 23, 2005

    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....

  • Virginia's Resolved Outpost

    By on March 23, 2005

    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...

  • Fag Bashing

    By on March 16, 2005

    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...

  • Talking Tina

    By on March 16, 2005

    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...

  • Bubbling Over

    By on March 9, 2005

    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...

  • Victory in the Heart of Texas

    By on March 9, 2005

    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...

  • Health Fare

    By on March 9, 2005

    For the LGBT community, next week's official agenda is health. From March 13-19, the D.C.-based National Coalition for LGBT Health presents LGBT Health Awareness Week,...

  • Welcome Home

    By on March 2, 2005

    Click for more photos RELATED ARTICLES: Finding the Center (7/15/04) Home Sweet Home (2/24/05) Despite the slushy weather, members of the GLBT community gathered last...

  • Raisin' Funds in the Sun

    By on March 2, 2005

    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is broadening its scope. The group announced last week that, along with its tradition of working at...

  • Innocent Ads?

    By on February 23, 2005

    In modern politics, words and phrases that were once innocuous now seem packed with explosives. Red, blue, family, adoption, conservative, religious, faith, partner -- they've...

  • Home Sweet Home

    By on February 23, 2005

    At first glance, it's simply another downtown office space: Corridors and cubicles and file cabinets delineating where work takes place. But then you notice some...

  • Celebrities Shine for PFLAG

    By on February 16, 2005

    The stars have come out in D.C. and New York, this time to lend their support to a new Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians...