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  • March Madness

    There have been Princess Dianas and Marge Simpsons, Dorothys and Sarah Palins. Coming up on its 24th year, the annual High Heel Race changes to...

  • Marriage Meetings

    Monday, Oct. 26, is bound to be a red-letter day for plenty of locals interested in making marriage equality a reality in the District. The...

  • Convocation to Council

    Fresh from his flight home from Germany, where he was part of the final yet unsuccessful push to secure Washington's Gay Games bid for 2014,...

  • Nickles Hits Initiative

    In a letter dated Oct. 5, D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles has advised that a proposed ballot initiative to vote on defining marriage in the...

  • Come Together

    ''Our Time is Now,'' according to a call to action by several local GLBT groups seeking marriage equality. ''It is an invitation for all the...

  • Classical Music: Symphonies, Operas, and other Concerts

    BACH SINFONIA Evelyn Glennie: Music Center at Strathmore Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center Montgomery CollegeGeorgia Avenue and East-West HighwaySilver Spring301-362-6525www.bachsinfonia.org The Story of the...

  • Ben & Jerry’s ice cream “Hubby Hubby” celebrates gay marriage in Vermont [video]

    ”From the very beginning of our 30 year history, we have supported equal rights for all people. The legalization of marriage for gay and lesbian...

  • Q Street Questions

    There has been confusion and there have been endless questions in the few days since a knife attack left one local woman injured and another...

  • NOM's New HQ

    If you missed the ''Gathering Storm'' ads on TV, there's still a good chance you caught the parody on YouTube. Whichever version you may have...

  • Political Split

    Four months after being fired from his post as the director of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation -- the highest openly gay appointee...

  • Swimming for Scholarship

    Clayton Miller did not exactly leap at the opportunity to apply for a scholarship for out gay athletes. While students will often jump through all...

  • October's Advance

    There’s a ticking time bomb on the Equality Across America Web site. At least, that's how some local activists, like Michael Crawford, might view the...

  • Hitting Out

    Every sport has its hallowed grounds and those few athletes who have the good fortune and great talent to compete on them. In tennis, few...

  • Principles and Pragmatism

    IT IS SOMETIMES DONE with baby steps, other times with great leaps, and every so often it's done in circles. Still, advocates and enemies alike...

  • Referendum Wrap-Up

    Over the past several weeks, Bishop Harry Jackson, senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., has been speaking, rallying and even officiating a...