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  • Marriage Win in Massachusetts

    The Massachusetts Supreme Court on Tuesday finessed the issue of gay marriage, deciding that same-sex couples have the right to wed but leaving it to...

  • Far From Over

    It's been a long time since the first World AIDS Day in 1988. In those earlier days of the epidemic, it was one of many...

  • Changeover

    Massachusetts State Senator Cheryl Jacques will become the next president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the organization announced on Monday, following...

  • No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon

    Reel Affirmations 2003 Review by Kristina Campbell Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/25/2003, 6:00 PM Feature presentation, $9 at Lincoln Theatre THANK GOD FOR...

  • Building Blocks

    The new HRC headquarters building at 17th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW. (Photo by Michael Wichita) Blue and yellow confetti filled the air at...

  • Putting It Together

    Photography by Todd Franson It's not easy finding the perfect job. Bob Witeck spent the first ten years of his professional life working on the...

  • Right Here, Right Now

    Photography by Todd Franson Casually dressed and sitting in his apartment building's lobby, Patrick Guerriero looks like a man intent on taking half a day...

  • Victory Party

    As the sun set on the gay victory day, the rally supporting the Supreme Court's decision overturning sodomy had already ended. Signs were scattered on...

  • Page Turners

    Photography by Michael Wichita In the back of Sparky's coffee shop members of Boys and Books sit on folding chairs, bar stools, or crowded on...

  • On the Agenda

    More than 300 people started Capital Pride week at a panel discussion on the ''gay agenda.'' (Photo by Michael Wichita) Is there a gay agenda?...

  • Festival Booths and Vendors

    (In alphabetical order; as of press time; subject to change) 1-800-Gay-Live Adoptions Together Adventuring Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons Affordable Health Insurance Alexandria Gay and...

  • Capital Pride Heroes

    Each year, the Capital Pride Planning Committee selects a number of individuals to honor as Capital Pride Heroes. These honorees have gone above and beyond...

  • Fit to Print?

    Ann Coulter-types who score book deals by condemning the media's ''liberal bias '' might infer affirmation from a recent report from the Gay and Lesbian...

  • Mautner's Main Man

    Photography by Michael Wichita People assume that Ty Christian is a lesbian. He's been volunteering at the Mautner Project for three years, and in that...

  • Popular Music Preview

    SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS No. 2 9/5: Neil Gust, formerly the gay co-frontman of Heatmiser, reinvents himself as the gay co-frontman of rawwwk-chopped pop outfit No. 2,...