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  • Extreme Celebration

    By on March 14, 2013

    Next week, Abel Aguilera, the celebrated gay circuit veteran known as DJ Abel, will turn fifty. So naturally Ric Sena is throwing him a big...

  • Mixtape Master

    By on March 14, 2013

    ''Coffee is my vice,'' laughs Matt Bailer. ''I literally drink coffee when I'm DJ-ing at Nellie's. It's kind of the running joke around there.'' Bailer,...

  • Dancing Bears

    By on March 6, 2013

    '' was pretty much just bears in bars,'' Matt Bearracuda says of the bear scene in San Francisco. ''It was a little too conservative and...

  • Spring Rites

    By on February 28, 2013

    ''It's kind of just this dangerous, lurking area that's sort of vaguely reminiscent of a carnival.'' Technically, Daniel Alexander Osach isn't describing New York's Black...

  • Wigging Out for Charity

    By on February 21, 2013

    ''Fifteen years ago when I came out, my parents had a really hard time with it, particularly my mother,'' Jack Jacobson says. But now? Things...

  • Pussy Galore

    By on February 14, 2013

    Jason Barnes grew up a fan of the fairy-tale character Puss in Boots. ''Any character whose fashion is like his main power is good for...

  • Phase 1 of Dupont Turns 1

    By on February 14, 2013

    My, how time flies. Can you believe it's already been a year since Phase 1 of Dupont opened in the former Apex/Badlands space? ''The past...

  • Nostalgic Kick

    By on February 7, 2013

    ''Eighties music makes people smile, or at least it does for me every time I play it,'' says Adam Koussari-Amin. ''It was just such a...

  • Watching the Game

    By on January 31, 2013

    Does anyone just watch the game anymore? From betting pools to commercials to the halftime show, the punting, grunting and tackling over pigskin during the...

  • RuPaul's Right-Hand Woman

    By on January 24, 2013

    Michelle Visage long thought she might become the next Gwen Verdon or Bernadette Peters. ''As a kid growing up in New Jersey, I was a...

  • Political Parties

    By on January 17, 2013

    It's never as magical the second time around, but the second inauguration of President Barack Obama definitely offers plenty new to celebrate. After all, since...

  • Game Night

    By on January 4, 2013

    You might be considered a D.C. old-timer if you remember ''The Feygala Feud'' at JR.'s Bar. Ester Goldberg got out there and, with the help...

  • The Return of Kostas

    By on December 27, 2012

    Anytime there's a new gay-oriented party starting at a straight nightclub, it's one of the first questions to ask. Can men take off their shirts?...

  • A Ziegfeld's Christmas

    By on December 20, 2012

    Heard the rumor about local drag legend Ella Fitzgerald appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race? ''Why in the hell?'' retorts Fitzgerald. ''No, baby, that's for the...

  • Drag King Christmas

    By on December 13, 2012

    ''I am your sole drag queen of the house,'' purrs Isis Deverreoux of Phase 1 of Dupont. In fact, Deverreoux is becoming essentially the lesbian...