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  • Coverboy: Brandon

    By on May 4, 2012

    Resilience, hard work and independence are values prized by 24-year-old Brandon. The native Marylander earns his keep as an office administrator for the federal government...

  • Think Pink

    By on May 2, 2012

    The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force produces the famed Winter Party Festival in Miami, with the tagline ''party with a purpose.'' But why should...

  • Coverboy: Mark

    By on April 28, 2012

    A childhood accident nearly claimed Mark's life. It also shaped his worldview. When he was six, he fell out of a boat and was about...

  • Taking a Drag in Arlington

    By on April 26, 2012

    You won't see drag queens in swimsuits at the Miss Gay Arlington pageant. ''There are several queens who God blessed with an extremely good body,...

  • Coverboy: Dustin

    By on April 22, 2012

    A professional photographer with traditional roots, Dustin has a nontraditional outlook on life. The Louisiana-born, Florida-raised Southern boy living in Rockville likes to buck the...

  • Horoscope

    By on April 19, 2012

    Heavenly Round-Up: You can wake yourself from the dream state into which you've fallen. You can extricate yourself from the web of suppositions and innuendoes...

  • Coverboy: Andrew

    By on April 15, 2012

    Andrew must have been fated to be in the spotlight. The 24-year-old aspiring opera singer started out as a math major in college, but switched...

  • Martini Madness

    By on April 12, 2012

    ''It's a matter of pride for the bartenders to present these drinks, so they really go all out,'' says Hector Torres, a partner at Beacon...

  • Coverboy: Robert

    By on April 6, 2012

    Robert, 25, is one Buffalo, N.Y., native who actually can ''Shuffle Off to Buffalo.'' As a professional dancer, that's kid stuff. ''Shuffling off'' is actually...

  • Horoscope

    By on April 4, 2012

    Heavenly Round-Up: You're ready to look for the light at the end of the tunnel. You're on the brink of cracking the code and going...

  • Coverboy: Luke

    By on March 31, 2012

    Growing up in the relatively rural Shenandoah Valley, Luke now lives in Alexandria and is appreciating that the world is his oyster. ''My last trip...

  • Very Cherry

    By on March 29, 2012

    For the first time in many years, the hit radio station Hot 99.5 has been touting Cherry as an HIV/AIDS dance benefit, mentioning it as...

  • Raw Talent

    By on March 29, 2012

    Growing up gay in rural Virginia, Bil Todd bonded with music in a way he didn't with people. ''I retreated to music more than I...

  • Horoscope

    By on March 29, 2012

    Heavenly Round-Up: There's so much that might happen if the fates take a hand. There's so much that could turn around if the timing is...

  • Coverboy: Greg

    By on March 23, 2012

    If you have good taste in underpants, you may well have already seen Greg, who works at the Calvin Klein Underwear shop in Georgetown. Regardless...