Something different happens when a professional athlete steps out of the closet and into the public eye. Entertainers, lawyers, even politicians -- their stories can...
Well, the pressure is on. With Arena Stage reviving The Heidi Chronicles, the seminal and much lauded play of cultural icon Wendy Wasserstein, ''in loving...
''Come out and dance with us. Come out and dance with Men,'' JD Samson says, a bit playfully. Samson, a lesbian, is definitely not a...
Heavenly Round-Up: You've shifted pointless boulders uphill long enough, Sisyphus. With that immense obstacle out of your line of vision, you may be surprised to...
Gay Men's Chorus appoints new E.D. Robert Johnson has been playing the piano since he was 9 years old. Now 31, Johnson, a member and...
He may sing ''I've gone identity mad!'' on his debut album's opening tune and single, ''Grace Kelly,'' but Mika doesn't actually sound as confused about...
On the surface, an openly gay actor, one who majored in musical theater in college, may not run against the grain. But Eric Millegan is...
Whether I'm standing in a grocery checkout lane surrounded by bright plastic baskets, wandering a mall filled with gourmet-chocolate bunnies, or enduring the interminable wait...
You needn't enroll in a class at Northern Virginia's George Mason University to learn about the various activists, popular artists, scientists and authors who have...
Pam Grier enjoys being something you don't expect. She is, after all, the iconic star of such '70s blaxploitation action classics as Coffy and Foxy...
When DJ Susan Morabito plays Apex next Friday, March 30, you won't hear a certain diva on an endless loop shout ''Throw your hands up...
Across America, at various institutions of higher learning, some policies may seem less than enlightened. From Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., to Baylor University in...
Parents representing Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum (CRC) generated buzz last week by protesting against Montgomery County's sex-ed pilot program with signs that read ''Health...
To mark the fifth annual LGBT Health Awareness Week, organized by the D.C.-based National Coalition for LGBT Health, the Whitman-Walker Clinic is holding an open-house...
The spotlight that usually shines on Doug Spearman, whose roles include playing Chance on Logo's Noah's Arc, is the kind associated with Hollywood glitz. But...